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To Laugh or Not to Laugh

by Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen — Read all 1,670 poems by Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen

Saturday, May 16, 2009

It’s harder to not not to laugh
Than not to not laugh.

It’s easier to not laugh than to
Not to laugh not to.

It’s a wonder laughter retains
Its not-to-laugh form, not.

I dreamed of Paris, the other morn.
They were laughing, I was not.

But, I want to laugh, not not to laugh,
But really to laugh, not.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
© Copyright 5/16/09

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Reviewed by jude forese

Reviewed on May 18, 2009

when you laugh not to laugh that's when you laugh the hardest ...

Reviewed by Felix Perry

Reviewed on May 17, 2009

I'm laughing at this poem...cute and bouncy and a fun read.

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Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan

Reviewed on May 17, 2009

interesting play on words--and well expressed feelings

Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner

Reviewed on May 17, 2009

Just let it out, Erin, 'tis easier to laugh than cry. :) I love the way you play with words - well done!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

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