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contest: 17 Words
Short shots at all you need to know about Richmond.
First place:
She's been dressed for her coming-out party for years, but, sadly, in all the wrong clothes. — George H. Nixon
Runners-up:
Unfold the lawn chairs — click, plop,
A cooler — flip, pop,
Wine and beer.
There's shade over here.
— M. Garber
Downtown decays; Short Pump sprawls;
288 makes Midlothian West End South.
Do we really need another mall?
— Mike and Mary Eovino
Trying to give directions — even to a strip mall —
I always say,
What Used to Be There.
— Lisa Kroll
Honorable mentions:
Giant SUV
Driver on cell phone
Stopped at green light,
Turns and hits man on bicycle.
Oblivious.
— N. Peter Whitehead
We're ote and abote, at the rivah,
Down at the slip; lower in the bottom.
That's Richmond.
— Randyl Kirkland
They tell you how desirable your downtown business is by the numbers of parking tickets you pay!
— Bill Boyer III
The James gushes through town
Like barbecue sauce squirted on chopped pork
With a tall cool one.
— N. Peter Whitehead
Haze
The cloud in a Fan bar
The dawn mist on the river
The City Council's eyes.
— N. Peter Whitehead
Motorola expected us to make computer chips when
rippled potato chips are too modern for this town?
— Mike and Mary Eovino
Leaving New York, heading south, so many unknowns, fears;
now, decades past, surprisingly pleased with Richmond's evolution.
— Mary Anne Silverman
She's been dressed for her coming-out party for years, but, sadly, in all the wrong clothes. — George H. Nixon
Runners-up:
Unfold the lawn chairs — click, plop,
A cooler — flip, pop,
Wine and beer.
There's shade over here.
— M. Garber
Downtown decays; Short Pump sprawls;
288 makes Midlothian West End South.
Do we really need another mall?
— Mike and Mary Eovino
Trying to give directions — even to a strip mall —
I always say,
What Used to Be There.
— Lisa Kroll
Honorable mentions:
Giant SUV
Driver on cell phone
Stopped at green light,
Turns and hits man on bicycle.
Oblivious.
— N. Peter Whitehead
We're ote and abote, at the rivah,
Down at the slip; lower in the bottom.
That's Richmond.
— Randyl Kirkland
They tell you how desirable your downtown business is by the numbers of parking tickets you pay!
— Bill Boyer III
The James gushes through town
Like barbecue sauce squirted on chopped pork
With a tall cool one.
— N. Peter Whitehead
Haze
The cloud in a Fan bar
The dawn mist on the river
The City Council's eyes.
— N. Peter Whitehead
Motorola expected us to make computer chips when
rippled potato chips are too modern for this town?
— Mike and Mary Eovino
Leaving New York, heading south, so many unknowns, fears;
now, decades past, surprisingly pleased with Richmond's evolution.
— Mary Anne Silverman
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