January - A Poem

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Visionaerie B. Oct 12, 2009, 12:27am EDT

Very nice! Did you ever see the original Dark Shadows series? I got the revival series (from the '90's) from Amazon and I've been watching that a lot. I think it was only about fifteen bucks (plus postage) and it's at least 12 episodes. It has the original music composer from the first series, too. Check it out, and thanks for posting this!

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 12:44am EDT

Your welcome. I used to watch Dark Shadows on sci fi when I was probably not even 20, I think it was when I was home when my son was a baby, which wasn't long, but that is what I did during the day, maybe it was at the end of my pregnancy, too, which also was not long, i worked up until i was 36 weeks lol, but that is what i remember, i think. The revival, I watched as a miniseries with my mum in high school. We loved it! It was James Woods, right, he was Barnabas collins?

Johnice R. Oct 12, 2009, 9:25am EDT

They do not make series like "Dark Shadows" anymore. I miss Barnabas Collins and I think somewhere there is a series brewing.

"Deep Dish: Johnny Depp is Barnabas Collins
So it looks like it's finally coming true--Depp will be playing Barnabas Collins in the new Dark Shadows adaptation..."
LINK:
http://marcharshbarger.blogspot.com/2009/03/johnny-depp-is-barnabas-collins.html

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 5:28pm EDT

OOOOOH, I am ultra excited about that. Johnny Depp is awesome and uber hot, too!

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 5:28pm EDT

going to visit now!

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Elizabeth O. Oct 12, 2009, 12:39am EDT

Amy ~ this is great....I'm soooo not looking forward to winter. Moving south sounds better and better every year.

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 12:42am EDT

Oh, I wish, when my son is big, I'm on my way down south lol!

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Love from Darlene! Oct 12, 2009, 1:44am EDT

I watched the Dark Shadows series when I was so much younger.
Again, I enjoyed reading your poem.

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 1:51am EDT

Thank you. I loved that series. Vampire in general fascinate me. You can do so much with them. I think everyone loves the attracted to something, but also forbidden and sort of repelled.

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Allen H. Oct 12, 2009, 2:06am EDT

In Australia in January you wish you could freeze
Outside my airconditioned sanctuary
the heat is like an oven - 45 Celcius Degrees
To translate for my Americans - Fahrenheit 113!

On New Year's Day in '005
we had a little heatwave not so nifty
It's not easy to live and survive
leaves crumble to powder at Fifty!

Fire warnings were set to Severe
People died from heat prostration too
discomfort for some turned to fear
As mercury hit Fahrenheit one twenty two!

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 2:39am EDT

Lol, that's awesome. You are good. I live five hours from Canada, just to give you a measure of how cold it gets here lol. The East coast, up north gets really, really cold. I live not too far from the mountains also, so even more so, but I have some time before any of that happens!

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Terry Collett Oct 12, 2009, 2:40am EDT

Stark poem. Enjoyed.

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 2:43am EDT

Thank you, very much so, it was a stark time when I wrote it.

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K K. Oct 12, 2009, 2:58am EDT

very good ..... but "just like January."? almost seems out of place... it was like a full stop in my mind when I wanted to dream on.

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 3:20am EDT

Lol, it was written in January when I was feelin' blue, so hold my breath as I turn blue like January. I was looking out the window and feeling really super depressed at my situation, so it was a very unhappy, dismal, dark poem. If you live in New England, January gets like that, so I was comparing myself and the way I felt to January.

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david f. Oct 12, 2009, 8:21am EDT

wonderful poem, amy - and very apropos - looked out the window this morning and it's snowing!

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 4:52pm EDT

Thank you. I have heard in many places its been snowing, not here yet.

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Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N. Oct 12, 2009, 9:12am EDT

Excellent, Amy, we have a frost here *shiver* in Connecticut, but we tried moving to Florida, BIG mistake and yes, I watched Dark Shadows too.

Featured in Gather Writing Essentials, Monday (we're going to be putting our days in the titles and tags, so we can find these)

It's in my prompt for today, but doesn't start until next week, with me, anyways. I did a recap from last week and I do believe you're in it - nice work!

Marilyn MWE Editor

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 4:51pm EDT

Thanks, I shall go over there and check it out. I didn't know that haha.

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Johnice R. Oct 12, 2009, 9:27am EDT

Excellent! I love January for just the reasons you mentioned...by February I am bored with winter and it is time for spring---that is just me!

amy r. Oct 12, 2009, 4:50pm EDT

I love fall!

Johnice R. Oct 12, 2009, 4:59pm EDT

The only season I have a permanent grimace for is Summer. I cannot tolerate heat over 75 degrees with no humidity. I feel faint and nauseous in the heat not to mention the sticky feeling from sweating.

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Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N. Oct 12, 2009, 9:40am EDT

Jonice,
Spring is usually my favorite season, new, rebirth, plants coming up, but we skipped it this year and got rain, rain and more rain. Ugh. So, I guess I'm looking forward to next year -- can we skip winter? :)