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1. about 12 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Jule tried blurring her face with a veil,

   but these efforts were all doomed to fail.

   Can’t give sister the slip;

   they’re conjoined at the hip.

   Never will be alone with a male.

2. about 12 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Their one dream all their lives was to be

   just a singleton, solo and free.

   Then to be truly known

   by a man of her own.

   Their dream, sadly, they’d not live to see.

3. about 13 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Years ago these two obstinate dames

   chose to shorten their similar names.

   Now they’re “Vanna” and “Jule.”

   Declined trying to fool

   their close friends playing “look-alike games.”

   /// Neither one switched identities in

   an attempt to be seen as her twin.

   They each wish to be known

   as unique, not a clone.

   They viewed dressing alike as a sin.

4. about 13 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Though they’re twins they work hard to express

   how they’re different through lifestyle and dress.

   One loves sun and fresh air,

   and she bleaches her hair,

   while her pale sister seems to fluoresce.

5. about 15 hours ago on That is Priceless

   That’s right, of course. (My powers of observation temporarily left me.) ;>)

6. about 17 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Leighton painted evocative tales.

   We’re all free to interpret details.

   That buff good-looking guy

   caught the young lady’s eye,

   but I still think that Malcolm prevails.

7. about 17 hours ago on That is Priceless

   Edmund Leighton was very good at painting intriguing situations filled with details that told a clear story. (Pictures worth a thousand words.) I think you are probably correct in describing what the artist intended. The man with a satchel is shouting from the far shore trying to get the attention of the ferryman, who is ignoring him to flirt with the girl on the bench. I wanted to come up with an alternate scenario that made a more unusual story and which accounted for the single red rose in her left hand.

8. about 17 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Sev’ral suitors have tried to make Merry,

   (one tried serving her punch laced with sherry),

   but the man she will prize

   must be good, kind, and wise,

   so she’s zealously guarded her cherry.

   /// Malcolm’s “lonely hearts” letters she read

   made her think, “Here’s a man I could wed.”

   And she couldn’t ignore

   his swim from that far shore.

   Would she opt for some “himbo” instead?

9. about 19 hours ago on That is Priceless

   /// Felt “regret” is a thing we all had

   done when knowing we’d been a bit bad.

   But to say that his wife

   made him rue his whole life?

   Sorry, Ish, but I think that is sad.

   /// I do know that my story’s a fiction,

   but I stand by my sunny prediction.

   An unusual twist:

   Happy endings exist,

   despite lives that include some affliction.

10. about 20 hours ago on That is Priceless

    /// Soon that legend so well known in Surrey,

    (who responds when a lover won’t hurry),

    gave the boatman a shock.

    Reaching under that frock

    he learned “Merry” is really named Murray.