Yes, best avoided in such men. Do you need the second ‘that’?
Doug
> On Jan 23, 2019, at 4:09 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> cheers Bill I liked the idea of using cliches in a poem :)
>
> On 23/01/2019 10:21, Bill Wootton wrote:
>> Well, Patrick, no poem about poems from you this week. Cliches, as your
>> female protagonist suggests, always best avoided.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 at 8:24 pm, Patrick McManus <
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>>> *POET*
>>>
>>> she decided that
>>>
>>> senses reeling
>>>
>>> between a rock
>>>
>>> and a hard place
>>>
>>> stuff that dreams
>>>
>>> were made of
>>>
>>> young and foolish
>>>
>>> but tough as nails
>>>
>>> still waters running deep
>>>
>>> to err is human
>>>
>>> that her boyfriend
>>>
>>> was a total cliché
>>>
>>> and had to go
>>>
>>> /pmcmanus/
>>>
>>> /s419/
>>>
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