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Friday, May 02, 2008

Writer's Diary #47- Wise Appliance (a found poem)



Wise Appliance (a found poem)
Large/Heavy
loads will take
more time
to dry.

Separate
Large/Heavy
loads into
smaller
ones.

--John Mutford

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Blogger Cloudscome said...

I like this so much!! I am going to use it as my mantra this weekend. Thanks!

Friday, 02 May, 2008  
Blogger a. fortis said...

Excellent! Amazing how just the formation of each line somehow makes this very profound advice...though I'm not sure how to apply it beyond laundry... ;)

Friday, 02 May, 2008  
Blogger John Mutford said...

Cloudscome: Don't thank me. Thank GE.

A. Fortis: I'm thinking it can be applied to any large problem.

Friday, 02 May, 2008  
Blogger Sara said...

Ha! You should start a series of these. I can picture your book being a best seller, a la Chicken Soup for the Soul: Appliance Wisdom (and Other Things The Manual Taught Me)

Friday, 02 May, 2008  
Blogger Juli said...

I'm visiting your blog for weekly geeks! Cool find on the poem.

Friday, 02 May, 2008