Lesson from the Garden of Eden
When Adam tripped on Eden’s portal,
Eve could not resist a chortle.
She found she loved this new sensation––
her first encounter with jubilation.
Day by day, she watched him jiggle.
Without clothes, he made her sniggle.
Meanwhile, he admired her wiggle
and secretly, he learned to giggle.
Day in, day out, behind their knuckles
they resorted to these chuckles
privately, not knowing the other
also had tee-hees to smother.
Where things before had made her bitter,
now they simply made Eve titter.
And when occasionally they bickered,
instead of shouting, Adam snickered.
Thus did laughter come to save
these first children of the cave,
and when they became ma and pa,
they taught their children to guffaw.
Then each succeeding generation
increased their sense of jubilation––
enjoying each others’ flubs and gaffes
with chuckles, chortles and belly laughs!
As friends and family still use humor
to solve discord and dispel rumor,
would that nations forever after
Replaced their guns and missiles with laughter.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/giggle/
https://silverthreading.com/2016/04/13/writers-quote-wednesday-writing-challenge-laughter/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Excellent Judy! I loved this! KL ❤
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… nice!
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Good Lord! What was I laughing at??!! HH
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:51:40 +0000 To: chateaucrow@hotmail.com
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This was the first writer’s retreat with Judy… on my porch. It was the second day as I remember but I can’t remember what it was. You were laughing so hard tears were running down your cheeks, as I recall. Too good not to share. And you are a good sport to let me do so. I’ll run a pic of you looking your usual gorgeous soon.
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Judy, this was an excellent poem! I loved it and have a HUGE grin on my face! It is just too cute! ❤
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Muchas Gracias!!!
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Yes indeed!
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gawd! I love that photo. Love the poem, too. thankx.
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Harriet was generous enough to give me permission to use it. You were there!!!
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Chuckles, but the last stanza, unexpected and very powerful.
Connie
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Thanks, Connie. Afraid it might be too preachy but I just can’t resist the soapbox. Sometimes.
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This is definitely NOT the way they taught this tale in Sunday School. I like your version, with all the giggling, snickering, etc. than the original version.
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Perhaps we’d still been in Sunday School if they’d improved the material, huh?
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This was so whimsical and fun to read! Your rhymes are perfection!
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Thank you, Jade. ;o)
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