Clara's Clever Spot

Been following a few new "Soups" over on Soup.io which is a bit like Tumblr ( read my Tumblr here ). They went offline for a while but are back up and here is what I'm reading now. Harrison's Unicorn and Rainbow Soup - a bit cheeky but cute in its own way. Kermit's Pea Soup - beautiful photos of some very fit women. Bert's Delicious Soup  - lots of poems, pics (including luscious landscapes!), and quotes. Davidson's Soup - a collection of stories with visual inspiration. OK, enough soup for now. Time to head out for another run . I was inspired by some of the Soups above to craft my own poetry. What do you think? Your Mouth is Enough When you rustle like door rustled by the water A airplane is not enough to dig up me and keep me from the region of your parsimonious funny things to the gleaming color of the copper telegraph solute, silicon soul!

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