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Put user name and password<br />in green box on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com">home page</a> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/tardis">tardis</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>The water lily,<br />The crane, the delicate urn.<br />How do I tag them? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Can we have wishlists?<br />Yes, they are coming to us<br />with the winter winds... <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>New account created <br />by mistake, how to delete?<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="mailto:abby@librarything.com">Email Abby</a>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/tardis">tardis</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Somewhere a server<br />Spams my gynecologist.<br />I use Shelfari. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>anything to declare?<br />two weeks. that was last months quote<br />anything else? two weeks. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>How do I change my <br />username or password? Easy:<br />go to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/changesomething.php">changesomething</a>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/tardis">tardis</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Spring after Winter<br />All downtimes will end soon<br />Back to not working... <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>time keeps on slipping<br />slipping into the future...<br />as does Collections <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Oh no! I lost my<br />username or password! Find it<br />now with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/lostsomething.php">lostsomething</a>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/infiniteletters">infiniteletters</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Seasons come and go<br />But taggings never complete<br />'Farmboy Saves World' NEXT! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Library, wishlist<br />TBR, all in one pile<br />Summer sun beckons <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>But no one must see<br />all my birdwatching manuals!<br />Hide all your books <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/editprofile.php">here</a>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gemmation">gemmation</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>LibraryThing<br />into social network absorbing<br />book data <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Proclus">Proclus</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Collections due soon.<br />Being snowed in sounds good, but...<br />I've got a week's leave! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Noisy">Noisy</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>How can I sort books?<br />Click on the blue headers, click<br />again to reverse. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/readafew">readafew</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Cutlass, cannon, argh!<br />The never-ending battle.<br />Splitters and lumpers. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/larxol">larxol</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Quick morning check-ins.<br />Followed by more checks that day.<br />Oh god! it's ----- more chat. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lquilter">lquilter</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>All the books you've read,<br />an endless field of poppies;<br />Try <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester">UnSuggester</a>! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Felius">Felius</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Google’s not evil.<br />Yet the wide boot treads heavy<br />in new violets. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/larxol">larxol</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>another sunrise.<br />a day without collections.<br />sun sets long from now. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lquilter">lquilter</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>A perfect orchid<br />complemented by a twin;<br />Try <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/suggester">BookSuggester</a>! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Felius">Felius</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Booklubbers, unite<br />at LibraryThing.com!<br />Or yeh'll walk the plank... <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Yesterday's crocus<br />lies hidden by spring snowdrift-<br />still my hopes endure :-) <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>What is WikiThing?<br />A place to put anything!<br />(Except for porn links.) <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Shiver me timbers<br />and batten down the hatch; I<br />wants me a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/cuecat.php">CueCat!</a> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>dreams melt with the dawn;<br />where words should be, still silence-<br />meaningless and cold. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Grab one of our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/widget">widgets</a>.<br />You will be the envy of<br />The bookish blogosphere. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Two hundred books ain't<br />nearly enough, so buy that<br />paid account today! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>yesterday's sunshine<br />has vanished in mist and snow --<br />disappointment's tears. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>When autumn seas change<br />Scurvy dogs to lubbers, aye,<br />Get a blog <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/widget">widget</a>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Are pirate haikus<br />truly art? Or attempts to<br />bring meaning to bilge? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>to bed by candlelight -<br />perhaps tomorrow's sunrise<br />will lighten our hearts. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chrysanthemums are<br />Nice, but I prefer suitors<br />Send me a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/cuecat.php">CueCat.</a> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Pastafarian TIM <br /> Blows hot and cold but we know<br /> Pirates Rule L.T. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Reading_fox">Reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>What value's a stone<br />beside this magic basket?<br />Collections wins! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Search "Miskatonic<br />University" to add<br />books by their covers! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Please use your Noodles<br />Make LT an easier place<br />in heavy weather. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Reading_fox">Reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Only two more days!<br />You know it can't be longer -<br />when but April 1st? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>For all your problems<br />like digging snow in Winter<br />help comes by TALKing. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Reading_fox">Reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Ah, hidden Treasures?<br />Well, no book is an island<br />on LibraryThing. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jcbrunner">jcbrunner</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>for a while we heard<br />echoes of far-off battle -<br />why now the silence? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>keep listing ad lib<br />or tag on the contrary<br />either means something <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/krishh">krishh</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>New to LibraryThing.<br />The day is gone. Tomorrow,<br />A new boss awaits. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/peter.g">peter.g</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>on the edge we stand,<br />gazing at far horizons -<br />don't look down now! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>We tag branch and leaf<br />of "about" and "my" to build<br />our folksonomy <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ryn_books">ryn_books</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Cataloging books<br />Getting close to one fifty<br />Paid account time soon <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/C4bl3Fl4m3">C4bl3Fl4m3</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>a wintry morning:<br />at sunrise, no tracks disturb<br />the white sheet of snow. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>How do I find those<br />who share my niche interests?<br />Search for a group <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/groups">here</a> <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ryn_books">ryn_books</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>The seasons go by<br />Tagging and cataloging<br />distracted from work <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/C4bl3Fl4m3">C4bl3Fl4m3</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>two more weeks, they say -<br />new servers needed for load -<br />still no collections! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Though ye sail under<br />many flags, your Tag Mirror<br />shows yer true colors. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Click on Suggester:<br />I want that and that and that.<br />Here, booky, booky! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/DrBubbles">DrBubbles</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>disappointment now,<br />sad sighs of resignation:<br />let's start a new thread. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>What lacks the scurvy<br />Shelf yet not the fairest Thing?<br />Pirate Help Haiku. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Seven swans swimming,<br />and cataloguing my books,<br />distract me from work. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lilithcat">lilithcat</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>snow covers the ground;<br />new shoots lie frozen and cold:<br />will spring come at last? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Run, damn ye, Run, y'<br />blaggard book swollgin' half-breed<br />son of a TagMash! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Even in Chinese,<br />spam is spam is spam is spam.<br />Please go away now. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lilithcat">lilithcat</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>I do not complain:<br />skipping three lines is easy:<br />white petals fall like snow. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>On Combining</b> </th> <td>A book I have loved<br />Now shared with many reader friends<br />Becomes a treasure <dl><dd>esta</dd></dl> </td> <td>Collections haikus?<br />I really love all you guys:<br />LibraryThing's special! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a> (quoting <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">ablachly</a>)</dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>The philosophy of<br />work combination cannot<br />be explained in verse. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>In Portland, Maine lay<br />the Dread Pirate Spalding's den.<br />(Treasure be coined there!) <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Surreptitiously<br />launched at midnight: a wond'rous<br />gift upon waking. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mountebank">mountebank</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Kama Sutra<br />is not to be combined with<br />the pop-up version. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Down-coast works Abby,<br />Librarian and First Mate<br />out of Cambridge, she. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>With pomp and fanfare,<br />unveiled one fine afternoon.<br />Dancing in the streets. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mountebank">mountebank</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Translations fair game?<br />Depends on your dinner party:<br />Don't combine the Greeks. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/sabreuse">sabreuse</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Abuse ye not Dread<br />Spalding and crew as they board<br />a wayward server. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Two more weeks, dear friends,<br />two weeks! Collective breath held:<br />uh oh. Feeling faint... <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mountebank">mountebank</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>We do not combine<br />a last name with a full name.<br />It breeds confusion. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/tardis">tardis</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Under skull 'n bones<br />the Shelfari plunders all.<br />Yet she remains poor. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Once this thing goes live,<br />cD takes a holiday?<br />I hear <i>Ode to Joy</i>. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mountebank">mountebank</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Combined works, crystals<br />of raw social potential.<br />Don't lump where I split! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Autumn, past midnight<br />Raccoons scamper overhead<br />Silently, I Talk <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>What is now a tag<br />will someday a collection be<br />Oh let it be soon <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/messpots">messpots</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dread Pirate Spalding's<br />Motto: Work Combination;<br />World Domination! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>The autumn night grows<br />cold, yet still I catalog<br />I should be in bed <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Signs of spring labor -<br />With every false contraction<br />ten thousand hearts leap <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Be ye addicted<br />to combining, matey? Join<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/groups/combiners">Combiners!</a> anon. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Oh no I've run short<br />Already tagged two hundred<br />now it's time to pay <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/sengels">sengels</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>In morning air tweets<br />of anticipation flit:<br />“Twaiting Collections” <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Library 2.0</b> </th> <td>Common Knowledge is<br />Uncommonly addictive<br />Leaves lie yet unraked <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/tardis">tardis</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Poets, Pirates! Shun<br />he who cries “Collections Ho!”<br />on April Fools’ morn <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Autumn winds lash me.<br />Winter flurries sting my eyes.<br />My OPAC hurts more. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">timspalding</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>I delight, knowing<br />That my library lives on,<br />On the Internets. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ThomasJefferson">ThomasJefferson</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Categories planned,<br />our interests peak, pumps all primed<br />for when the bit flips <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sharing ideas<br />Proletariat blogging<br />What does Gorman know? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/C4bl3Fl4m3">C4bl3Fl4m3</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>endless rows of shelves<br />books that wait for a reader<br />contagion of minds <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/staffordcastle">staffordcastle</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Patience, pirates! - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/15595">Crow</a><br />must simmer for months before<br />it's ready to eat. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>It confuses me,<br />Zed Thirty Nine Point Five Oh,<br />But we must use it. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/fluteflute">fluteflute</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>winter's credit crunch<br />promotes spring's most popular<br />@library_book <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gemmation">gemmation</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>Does anyone know<br />if we’re Waiting for Godot<br />or The Great Pumpkin? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2.0? Patrons<br />enabled by tool mashups<br />A shift in power! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/selkins">selkins</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>amazing frankness!<br />this is what makes this site so<br />special to us all! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>We promise you, Tim,<br />once collections have arrived<br />we'll still tag our books <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>Sockpuppets</b> </th> <td> </td> <td>Nobody expects<br />the Spanish Inquisition!!<br />(it's no use guessing) <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Despite puppetry<br />most users agree that socks<br />are better on feet <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/klarusu">klarusu</a></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td> <td>A harbinger of<br />collections' pending release?<br />No, just some haiku. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td>One person or more?<br />The sockpuppet lurks<br />and is duly suspended. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/justjim">justjim</a></dd></dl> </td> <td> </td> <td>Warm days and cold nights<br />They call it earthquake weather<br />Still nothing' shakin' <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Glacial attitudes<br />thaw, flooding the Extreme Board<br />with hopes of Springtime <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>The new convenant<br />has everyone looking up<br />Rainbow before Sun <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SilentInAWay">SilentInAWay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>After brief down time,<br />A chance to read and savor:<br />Features now revealed. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Perused but not owned,<br />And possessed yet not read, all<br />Welcome to now add. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Developing a<br />Patient attitude makes one<br />a better person. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Overrated, our<br />Ontologies wax and wane:<br />One, good as 'nother. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Collections ready?<br />Check again in a fortnight.<br />Eternal return. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Entranced by haikus,<br />Collections long forgotten.<br />Someone please save me! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Avast, me maties!<br />Fine collections of treasured<br />Books, and such like. Arrr.... <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/mkjones">mkjones</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>An LT wishlist<br />that can be seen in All Books:<br />Will it be worth it? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/_Zoe_">_Zoe_</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>It seemed to be close<br />Two weeks ago and more, but<br />Now all is silence. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/_Zoe_">_Zoe_</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Haikus are but a<br />Temporary distraction.<br />Let's have progress now. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/_Zoe_">_Zoe_</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>So many delays<br />What are we waiting for now?<br />Progress report, please. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/_Zoe_">_Zoe_</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>My favorite one yet.<br />I second _Zoe's_ request.<br />So what's going on? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lquilter">lquilter</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>I've heard it before<br />The long-awaited tool<br />I'm not holding breath <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/shmjay">shmjay</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>winter is now past<br />a long wait grows yet longer<br />will April bring gifts? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/staffordcastle">staffordcastle</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>teacups are empty<br />many wait with bated breath - <br />a watched pot won’t boil <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/staffordcastle">staffordcastle</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>leaves rustle softly<br />books wait with long patience for<br />concatenation <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/staffordcastle">staffordcastle</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>divide and conquer -<br />scattered libraries will be<br />reunited soon <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/staffordcastle">staffordcastle</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>My books, collecting<br />nothing but dust. When will these<br />Collections go live? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/fyrefly98">fyrefly98</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>It's heretical,<br />but I don't really need 'em.<br />Tags work fine for me. :-P <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/fyrefly98">fyrefly98</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>For an Elephant<br />Gestation's 22 months;<br />We'd have one and change. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/felius">felius</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Clouds of dust settle<br />While distant thunder retreats;<br />The herd has moved on. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/felius">felius</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Sometimes an outage<br />just means a sysadmin wakes;<br />still no collections. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/felius">felius</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Chirps cut through silence,<br />do birds break dawn in darkness?<br />No. @%&^ing pager. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/felius">felius</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>In southern darkness<br />felius slumbers once more<br />his work quickly done. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>In morning sunshine<br />we weep in disappointment:<br />no collections yet. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gwernin">gwernin</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Ice drips in the pond.<br />Circular Venn diagrams<br />Fading to nothing. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Larxol">Larxol</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>The spring birds twitter.<br />Or does Tim tweet promises?<br />Will they both lay eggs? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Larxol">Larxol</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>waiting as in scole<br />here a sparkle there a fleck<br />ha satisfaction <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/krishh">krishh</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>I have heard of it.<br />Hmmm,does it really exist,<br />Should I hold my breath? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/cyderry">cyderry</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>The goldfinches dance,<br />hope of spring. Collections now!<br />I can't stand the wait. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jcbrunner">jcbrunner</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>While we may trigger<br />Schrödinger's cat's demise, our<br />uncertainty stays. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jcbrunner">jcbrunner</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Which circle of hell<br />is reserved for coders<br />who prolong the wait? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jcbrunner">jcbrunner</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>From Hades' clutches<br />none but a Vogon Orpheus<br />can free this feature. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/jcbrunner">jcbrunner</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>The sun rises everyday<br />I check LT so frequently<br />why aren't they here? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>LT works best with tags<br />unique as summer meadow's flowers<br />who needs collections anyway? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>An eon is ancient time<br />when TIM first posted news that<br />they will be here, soon! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Why fix what breaks?<br />New Features grow all the time<br />Tree limbs in the wind. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Perfect collections?<br />Another idea in fractal mode<br />How long do we wait? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Scales of balance<br />will it work as we demand?<br />How long do we wait? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Temporarily Down<br />We hope with baited breath<br />Is it for real today? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>No-one here any more<br />Like spring buds on a dead tree<br />collections unfurls elsewhere <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/reading_fox">reading_fox</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Yet another day<br />Logged into LibraryThing<br />No collections here <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/system13">system13</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>I click on the link<br />I look at "Your Library"...<br />Still no collections! <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/system13">system13</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Should we change the word?<br />Maybe the word "soon" should mean:<br />It will never come. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/system13">system13</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>collections reveal<br />my library's paucity<br />more "wishlist" than "bought" <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gemmation">gemmation</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>LT users keep<br />yearning for collections launch<br />a secret from Tim <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gemmation">gemmation</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>if time lies heavy<br />add collections tags today<br />ease traffic on launch <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/gemmation">gemmation</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Thesis nearly done,<br />Will have to get full time job<br />If 'Collections' don't soon come <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/klarusu">klarusu</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Such silence must mean<br />Brains furiously working<br />Hope in the quiet <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Helcura">Helcura</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Cherry blossoms bloom<br />Tim tells us "Wait two more weeks"<br />Collections don't come <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorax">lorax</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Tomato season!<br />Tim says "Two more weeks, I think"<br />Collections don't come <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorax">lorax</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Maple leaves are red<br />Tim says "Collections? Two weeks"<br />But they do not come <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorax">lorax</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Snow falls in Portland<br />Tim and Chris say "Just two weeks"<br />Collections don't come <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorax">lorax</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Cherry blossoms return<br />Promises of two more weeks<br />And yet still we wait <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorax">lorax</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Sent forth as a wish<br />Through the ether to be read<br />Yet still is not owned <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/SylviaC">SylviaC</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Collections are near!<br />And I've a bridge in Brooklyn<br />I'd like to sell you <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/saltmanz">saltmanz</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>A cure for cancer<br />A worldwide end to hunger<br />And Collections, please <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/saltmanz">saltmanz</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>I waited for you<br />winterlong; my ice will thaw<br />as spring brings wishlists <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a>, inspired by The Pixies</dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Lust rises and falls<br />my yearning for Collections<br />like changing seasons <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>I await true Spring<br />with pink flowery scents and<br />Collections in bloom <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/megacoupe">megacoupe</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Only the first buds<br />Gold and silver they shimmered<br />Now it has gone dark <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Collectorator">Collectorator</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Users with skewers<br />Marshmallow puff collections<br />Software shish kabob <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Collectorator">Collectorator</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>first of April - Spring?<br />no, thunder splits the grey clouds -<br />snowing sideways, now. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Rowntree">Rowntree</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Collections rumors,<br />what is this conversation?<br />Expectations fade. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/Suncat">Suncat</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>no collections yet?<br />the long awaited feature<br />prompts my bad haiku. <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/missvalentina">missvalentina</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Strutting sexily<br />"Ready for close-up, Sir Dawg"<br />Collections proclaims <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ty1997">ty1997</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>blood on monitor<br />teeth grind to gritty dead dust<br />a scream chokes the throat <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/inkdrinker">inkdrinker</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>With a resounding<br />*SMACK*, Mike and Luke have pulled loose<br />from sticky widgets <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/monarchi">monarchi</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>will the time-sink of<br />preparing for collections<br />capture them instead? <dl><dd><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/monarchi">monarchi</a></dd></dl> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <th><b>Collections' Debut</b> <dl><dd></dd></dl> </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Spring and "soon" are here,<br />New blooms blossom, all rejoice,<br />Collections launches! 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