by Elsie Duggan

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Want to Escape Winter With Me

January 07, 2009 01:53 AM EST

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I'd like to cruise off to an island

I don't really care which one

As long as there is a sandy beach

And lots of warm loving sun

Doesn't that just sound great

Get out of this Winter blast

For it started snowing again

It's coming down really fast

I know just where I'd like to be

by the blue Caribbean Sea

I hear it calling my name

Would someone like to go with me

It could be like the great escape

We won't come back till it is spring

When flowers are poking their heads up

And the birds begin to sing

I'm really raring and ready to go

Packing my bags, getting away

Someone should come so I don't make a mistake

And get hooked on some old fat guy's sleigh

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Comments: 57

Jan S. Jan 7, 2009, 1:59am EST

This is excellent, Elsie. I'd love to go along with you. I'll ride shotgun, on the lookout for old guys in sleighs.

Thanks for posting to Absolutely Everything Winter

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Rick *Don Rico* J. Jan 7, 2009, 2:15am EST

I can't believe it! For once I disagree with you!

I should have spent the last 2 months on the sunny beaches of Mexico. But, along came my teenage daughters in need. So, instead of Mexico, I spent two months in court getting custody of these 2 sweet rascals!

I never would have guessed November and December would be warmer and sunnier in Oregon than it would have been in Mexico!

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Elsie Duggan Jan 7, 2009, 2:18am EST

That's another kind of "weather" Rick, and I would find it warmer with my kids too, no matter where they were.

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Rick *Don Rico* J. Jan 7, 2009, 2:22am EST

Okay. We're right back to agreeing!

I can't believe how much warmth and sunshine those two girls brought into my dreary winter!

By the way, this is a great piece of writing!

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Elsie Duggan Jan 7, 2009, 2:39am EST

Thank you Rick, so glad you have your children,

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Svetlana Goryacheva Jan 7, 2009, 2:43am EST

So sweet, Elsie, dear! Admirable! ;-)

Love and hugs - S.

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Dena Straughn Jan 7, 2009, 4:21am EST

Elsie, I will take a retreat with you anytime, and how well you go there in your mind, and then transfer it in your rhymes.

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Rob Appell Jan 7, 2009, 6:02am EST

I'm more than ready to go...but I call dibs on the pool boys!!!

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Kathryn E. Jan 7, 2009, 6:05am EST

Let's go!!!!

Featured in the Triple Name Club.

Just exactly what I was looking for..........

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Kathryn E. Jan 7, 2009, 6:05am EST

Rob: No, I GET THEM~!

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JOHN BECK Jan 7, 2009, 6:24am EST

Have a lovely time, Elsie. I wouldn't want to miss out on the snow and ice!

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Dorothy H. Jan 7, 2009, 6:47am EST

Sounds like a great plan. When can we get started? Like, YESTERDAY!

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Sandi S. Jan 7, 2009, 7:01am EST

Hey, I'll come with you!

:) Cute Santa reference there at the end...ha ha!

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Wilhelmine Estabrook Jan 7, 2009, 7:03am EST

Watch out for those old guys Elsie. They're a lot more work than young ones.
The other day I got so tired of looking out the window at snow, that I "googled" the world's greatest beaches, and fantasized being there. Turned out the beach I liked best was in Carolyn Madden 's back yard. Australia, here I come.

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Janie E. Jan 7, 2009, 9:12am EST

Love the last lines of your poem, Elsie!!!! I'd join you, too, if it weren't for my hot flashes! One reason I love the cold weather!!! LOL

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Linda T. Jan 7, 2009, 9:22am EST

I am so with you Elsie. I am dreaming of Hawaii!

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Ariel Storm Jan 7, 2009, 9:31am EST

I'm in too!

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Donna C. Jan 7, 2009, 9:57am EST

I think that sounds great!!

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K D. Jan 7, 2009, 10:04am EST

Hold on Elsie while I get my purse!

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K D. Jan 7, 2009, 10:05am EST

This is as good as that trip we all took to the moon a while back!

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Nana to Seven Cutiepies Jan 7, 2009, 10:20am EST

Just got back Elsie but I'd love to go again. Love the poem.

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Kay M. Jan 7, 2009, 10:58am EST

I'd love to go with you Elsie!

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Samantha V. Jan 7, 2009, 11:09am EST

Wonderful!!!! I wanna go too! :)

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Denise W. Jan 7, 2009, 11:54am EST

Sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing

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Nora Davenport Jan 7, 2009, 12:17pm EST

I wanna go, too....we have TONS of ice around here...I am sick, sick, sick of this nasty, disgusting winter.......don't think spring will ever get here. I love the poem!

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Kathryn E. Jan 7, 2009, 12:34pm EST

Featured in Gather Writing Essentials, Wednesday

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Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' Jan 7, 2009, 12:52pm EST

Want to Escape Winter With Me
Oh...when it's you...sure...lemme pack my bag....wow...beautiful.

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Steph-in-NE ..... Jan 7, 2009, 1:02pm EST

you know I go to the moon with ya,, I go anywhere,, enjoy you mental vaction

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Courtney C. Jan 7, 2009, 1:02pm EST

Sounds great to me!

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Paula Love Jan 7, 2009, 1:14pm EST

oh hell no Rob you have to share and Elsie you best have lots of room on that ship cause the majority wanna go with you. Me included!!!!!! I never did get to the beach while in Daytona over Christmas so I still need my "fix". You know.

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Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Jan 7, 2009, 1:17pm EST

I wanna go.
Thanks for sharing Elsie.

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amy s. Jan 7, 2009, 1:19pm EST

this is a really funny poem thanks for sharing

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amy s. Jan 7, 2009, 1:19pm EST

just dropping by to give a howdy and a hi. Hope you have a wonderful day.

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Dame Ruth, Chief Executive Elitist D. Jan 7, 2009, 2:16pm EST

Thank you for posting to this group whose only purpose is to thank you for posting to this group.

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Marge H. Jan 7, 2009, 2:35pm EST

Makes me want to go on a cruise with you or to the moon again.

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Natalie Neal Whitefield Jan 7, 2009, 3:08pm EST

Count me in! Some warm sunshine would be a great change of pace...

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Deb J. Jan 7, 2009, 3:17pm EST

I hear you Elsie!!! I would love to go see my son and family in AR and my brother in TN about now!!! We've already gotten about 4-5 inches of snow today and more tomorrow.

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Layla Morgan Wilde Jan 7, 2009, 3:57pm EST

Love this poem, Elsie. You're just north of me with the same weather. I love the Caribbean but paradise does have its snakes ;-)

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Wilma M. Jan 7, 2009, 6:26pm EST

Oh, Elsie, you can't imagine how badly I want to escape the blizzards and now the floods. First we needed snow equipment and now I need an ark! There are roof problems everywhere, the schools are closed, buildings are collapsing. Please, let's go right now!

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Angie E. Jan 7, 2009, 6:40pm EST

beautiful poem

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dee b. Jan 7, 2009, 8:03pm EST

TAKE ME! TAKE ME! I can even fit in your suitcase! What I wouldn't give for some warm sunshine, and a leisurely swim, in the cool waters off any island.
This is a really cute poem, and for a brief moment really took away my winter blues. Ok back to reality.

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Larry H. Jan 7, 2009, 8:25pm EST

Sounds like fun, Would love to see the moon rise up out of the ocean again.. Think I would be afraid I would fall off the ship or someone would throw me off. Haven't heard if they found the women or the crew memember that came up missing yet.

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Jennifer aka Jenn B. Jan 7, 2009, 8:53pm EST

and i would love a blizzard

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Andrea (Ms. Conservative) L. Jan 7, 2009, 9:21pm EST

10 - Here's wishing you much success this year!

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Donna S. Jan 7, 2009, 9:27pm EST

Take me with you.

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Mariana T. Jan 7, 2009, 11:37pm EST

Oh yes, I'm already there in my head - loved this Elsie - earlier I featured it in The Ruth MacGill Fan Club - thank you so much...many hugs, Salud

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Alison Pearce Jan 8, 2009, 12:32am EST

Fantastic Elsie!! Come on down here, the weather is just perfect right now!

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Sandy Estabrook Jan 8, 2009, 5:26pm EST

I've got my own tropical island hangout. it is here: AbacoEscape.com

I'll be a waiting

Sandy Estabrook

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Debra C. Jan 8, 2009, 8:01pm EST

Shall I put you in my luggage to Hawaii in a couple weeks?

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Doc, in the middle, holding on... Curmudgeon esq. Jan 8, 2009, 11:04pm EST

great one E.

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Shelbia C. Jan 9, 2009, 3:00am EST

I want to go with.

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DIANE D. Jan 10, 2009, 5:55am EST

Sounds wonderful, I do hope your wish comes true~

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Virginia M. Jan 12, 2009, 6:24pm EST

Hey, Elsie! If there's still room, I'd like to go, too:)

I enjoyed your poem!

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Priscilla P. Jan 12, 2009, 10:05pm EST

Wonderful poem and a superb suggestion. I am ready for the trip.

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Wilma M. Jan 13, 2009, 11:32pm EST

I just came by to ask why you hadn't been here to pick me up yet for our trip!

I've tried to send you an outside e-mail twice tonight in response to your last one but it keeps coming back as being undeliverable. This had better not mean that you've already left for the South Sea without me!

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