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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

PICNIC TIME FOR TEDDY BEARS

by Barbara A. Taylor


if you
go down
to the
woods
today
Mohammed
will not
be there
but for
every bear
that ever
there was
today's
the day
the teddy
bears have
their
picnic


Barbara A. Taylor is a regular reader at poetry nights. Her poems appear on literary zines including Triplopia, The Salt River Review, Cezanne’s Carrot, Flashquake, Tattoo Highway, Lynx, Ribbons, Wisteria, Stylus, Kaleidowhirl, Simply Haiku, Kokako, Eucalypt, The Yellow Bat Review, Poemeleon, The Blue Fifth Review, NewVerseNews, Contemporary Haibun On Line, Harrington Lesbian Literary Quarterly, Sinister Wisdom, and others. Poetry with audio is at http://batsword.tripod.com.