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1. about 3 hours ago on Luann

   But mittems reduce your manual dexterity. Try to use your keys or handkerchief with fingers all muffled up.

2. about 6 hours ago on Rose is Rose

   Everybody dreams of being unprepared for a class exam. Actors dream on going onstage in a play they’ve never rehearsed and having to adlib their speeches. There’s also the one where the clothes in your closet aren’t your own on the eve of an important appointment.

3. about 7 hours ago on Dogs of C-Kennel

   If you mean that mudmen represent Black people, then snowmen must represent White people—but what, then, would you say are represented by sandmen or woodmen? Be careful with metaphors that can be extended indefinitely.

4. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   You mean when Luann is 92 years old and living at Sleepy Creek? Will Phil still be working at his age?

5. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   He might, however, be dismayed at such intense scrutiny, and wonder what Luann now expects from him. Some people get very uncomfortable being put on a pedestal.

6. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   Because addressing an audience allows EVERYONE to think that the poem is about them, and them alone. The artist and the subject both are absolved of commitment.

7. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   Does your town have a Poetry Slam, FrenchPersons?

8. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   For some people, one is not enough.

9. about 7 hours ago on Luann

   And they were right! The artist may run out of time, but there’s always the possibility of a sequel.

10. about 7 hours ago on Luann

    He’s not insisting. He’s apologizing.