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Crab Canon

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By Denise E LindquistPublished about 19 hours ago β€’ 1 min read
Crab Canon
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Write a story whose first and last words are the same.

Author's Note: What I thought about right away was the poetry format for a crab canon. It is known as a musical piece, but I have seen it in poetry. Rhyme or not. An attempt to write the same words but with a slightly different meaning. First written forward and then backward.

Children with Grandchildren were here today

They came to play

With snowmobiles and big smiles

With cute babies and teenagers

Love this time with family

Nothing like it

Sammy's pizza for dinner tonight

Oh, what a bright night on the town

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Oh, what a bright night on the town

Sammy's pizza for dinner tonight

Nothing like it

Love this time with family

With cute babies and teenagers

With snowmobiles and big smiles

They came to play

Children with grandchildren were here today!

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About the Creator

Denise E Lindquist

I am married with 7 children, 28 grands, and 13 great-grandchildren. I am a culture consultant part-time. I write A Poem a Day in February for 8 years now. I wrote 4 - 50,000 word stories in NaNoWriMo. I write on Vocal/Medium daily.

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  • Angie the Archivist πŸ“šπŸͺΆabout 12 hours ago

    Lovely poem… cleverly done.

  • Janis Masyk-Jacksonabout 16 hours ago

    Very cute and very clever!

  • Tiffany Gordonabout 17 hours ago

    Very nice job!

  • Seema Patelabout 17 hours ago

    We can imagine.

  • Sara Wilsonabout 17 hours ago

    This was a fun read!

  • Mariann Carrollabout 19 hours ago

    Pizza sounds good for dinner. Fun poem 😊πŸ₯°

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