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Happy Valentine's Day to all friends, poets, travellers! What a great day to share poetry in the toads' patch of the blogosphere.

A Writer in Love.

I was just a word weaver
What did I know of love?

Only that
Some days when the words weren’t enough,
I knew
I was in love.
― Saiber, Stardust and Sheets

Please link up a poem of your choice today - and bring the love.

Recycle a Saying (Poetry and Flash Fiction with Magaly)

Write a three-stanza poem, or a very short story (313 words or fewer).

I just spent a lot of time conversing with a friend who speaks, thinks (and seems to look at other people) in altered axioms. If you don’t know him, you might think that he’s just a bit silly, even confused. But if you listen to what he is saying, then you might see what I’ve seen: my friend is hilarious (and completely addicted to proverb deconstruction).

With that in mind, for today’s prompt, I invite you to take a famous proverb, change some of its keywords, then use the altered version to write a new three-stanza poem or a short story (of 313 words or fewer). Please share the original proverb somewhere in your post.

Here are some short proverbs you could use (view the complete list HERE):

- “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

- “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”

- “Never look a gift horse in the mouth.”

- “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.”

- “Two heads are better than one.”

Feel free to use my image and alteration of “Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.”

When you are done writing, feed the direct link to your entry to Mr. Linky. Visit other Toads.