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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 18, 2011 Today's poetic tweet comes from poet and runner Melissa Holm of Atlanta, Georgia. Listeners are also invited to send in original poems, no longer than 140 characters, via Twitter, using the hashtag, #TMMpoetry.
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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 18, 2011

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Tweeted Verse Of The Day: April 18, 2011

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By @melissarholm:

My father was like April: cacophonous cyclone, then sweet, sweating hero bearing chainsaw for the oak with exposed roots.