I like ladders, but there’s a snake in some squares
I’ve sticks and stones to beat it with
build a house with blocks to keep me safe
My house has ladders to take me to the sky
I’ve sticks and stones to beat it with
Serpents can’t pull me down in dark holes
My house has ladders to take me to the sky
Believe me or not, some day I will fly
Serpents can’t pull me down in dark holes I like ladders, but there’s a snake in some squares Believe me or not, some day I will fly My house has ladders to take me to the sky
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Nice in content and style.
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Thank you, Oneta!
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Great take on the prompt, Reena. Thanks for reminding me of a game I used to enjoy playing back in the day 🙂
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Thank you so much! We did not realise back then that the game represents life.
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A lovely poem about the game we all have played and sometimes still do. I like how you set out the verse to form a ladder/staircase.
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Thank you, James!
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This is wonderful. So well done and presented.
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Thank you so much!
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Brilliant, Reena. I liked the style.
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Thank you, Indira!
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Nicely done, Reena.
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Thank you, Bill!
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What a lovely take, Reena.
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Thank you, Dale!
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Dear Reena,
I like the repetition of the first verse at the end. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle!
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This is beautiful. Your mind went to a similar place as mine did today 🙂
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Will check it up ☺️
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As long as there are more ladders than snakes, you’ll get theere in the end. Very poetic.
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The law of probability says so 🤗 Thanks!
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Snakes & Ladders- so well incorporated.
Creative.
And yes, let us go high & fly using the ladders.
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Amen! 😀🙏👍
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What a fun poetic take on the old board game, well done.
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Thank you, Mason!
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This has a nice rhythm and almost communal ‘chant.’ V nice!
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Thank you, Ain! But why communal?
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I enjoyed the oral poetry tradition among bedouin people in Saudi Arabia, which is often communal. Similar crossed my mind when reading yours. Somehow jt feels more powerful like that.
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Thank you!
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I enjoyed how you presented this, we all need ladders
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Thank you, Michael!
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Interesting construction, not a villanelle or a pantoum I think. What is it?
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It is a Pantoum. Thank you, Sandra!
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I loved the idea of the snakes and ladders board. The game is an early metaphor of life for children.
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Thank you, Neil! I use it often to explain Risk Management in training programs.
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