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A prompt from Writer’s Digest Poetic Asides: Use an adage or popular saying as the title of your poem.
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Tacked to a dorm room wall, it provides
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I like those.
Nice chuckle for a tired mind.
Sad part is, I use cliches just a little bit too frequently as titles for my flash.
Thanks, G. I think the poem uses cliche, but it was either cry, rage or laugh and I was already in a bad mood. :-)
I think a fresh take on a cliche is always entertaining – there’s usually a twist. I bet there is in your flash.
Hahaha… Very nice, Pamela. I hear the Suck It Up – Life is Unfair variety pack can only be bought at Costco.
Alan, you know my mind too well – I had Costco in the original and took it out!