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How silly of you to think you are silly! Do you think folks just visit your page willy-nilly? Does one come for the show and leave with all forgotten? To think this is so is really quite wanton. It is too linger in the mouth, to be savored through out the day. Uncensored and full of life, let the pieces fall where they may! Could it be, Eileen, that people don't just stop for the rhymes. But maybe because through your poems, they see a beautiful mind? Could it be perchance, they long for a dance, through the avenues of a peculiar soul that isn't copy-and-paste, without frills and waste, but in fact is part of the greater whole? We see glimpses now and then through your ink and through your pen. But don't go on believing that you've let the cat out of the bag, just yet. (This is Eileen Ghali, after all ... lest we forget!) In response to Must It Be For Contest.

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Date: 3/18/2016 9:26:00 PM
Love the second to last stanza here...this is dedication is so so sweet!!! And of course your signature parenthesis to make it just so perfect and clever. Beautiful heart you have Timothy. I love Eileen's work..she's an amazing poet and it looks like you have warmed her heart wonderfully. : )Oh, and willy-nilly is fun. haha Always, Laura
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Date: 3/6/2016 1:20:00 AM
Very Nice... She is great..
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 3/6/2016 6:14:00 PM
That she is. Thanks for stopping by.
Date: 2/15/2016 3:13:00 PM
Nice!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/16/2016 2:20:00 AM
Thanks Amelia!
Date: 2/15/2016 8:52:00 AM
For me Eileen is truly an amazing gifted writer and she has a heart the size of Texas. She is after all "The Queen of Passion!"
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/16/2016 2:19:00 AM
Agreed, my friend! Thanks for stopping by.
Date: 2/14/2016 6:28:00 PM
Who better to write such a tribute for such a Lady,Poet and professor let us not forget her warm heart and inspiring soul! Eileen, my dearest, there is a plethora of knights to put their swords and pens at your service! Great writing Timothy, my friend!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:07:00 AM
Thank you Demetrios! She is all as you describe :)
Date: 2/14/2016 3:41:00 PM
A fantastic tribute to one of the best poets of the soup,even an amazing friend.. She deserves such praise. A fave.
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:06:00 AM
Thank you Charmaine! She has always been kind to me and full of life.
Date: 2/14/2016 11:27:00 AM
Your emotions and wit wrap themselves around your words and we are left in awe, for your words speak in a inspiring, loving voice that supplies the catalyst to spark further thought. Emile. #7
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:05:00 AM
With a comment like that I must have done something write! Your response is both intelligent and eloquent. Glad you enjoyed this piece!
Date: 2/14/2016 9:05:00 AM
An amazing tribute to our dear friend, Eileen my dear friend, Timothy! It's my pleasure to read one of your great write this evening. Thanks a lot for sharing! love lots and hug, Leonora
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:04:00 AM
She is a dear friend, and that was a lovely comment. Thanks for the visit to me this morning!
Date: 2/14/2016 12:28:00 AM
Love the dedication to Eileen, Timothy, great write. Happy Valentines Day
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:02:00 AM
You as well! Hope yours was full of joy :)
Date: 2/13/2016 7:09:00 PM
Timothy, this is amazing, I bet Eileen is tickled pink, and I agree with a comment below, Eileen is the Queen of passion, and such a wonderful poetess!!!!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 3:02:00 AM
Very humbled, Arthur. It made me happy to know she liked it ... and she, of course, continues to write great poetry!
Date: 2/13/2016 6:08:00 PM
This is super nice, Tim. I know Eileen is so happy with your tribute. She writes some amazing things!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:59:00 AM
Thanks Andrea! Yes it made me smile to read that she liked it and was moved.
Date: 2/13/2016 5:33:00 PM
Excellent, Timothy!! mostly for the sincerity that your words transmit. I am sure that most of us read her poetry because we like what it stands for; perhaps a few will do so to nitpick, but they are the losers. I always look for the positive, and Eileen has a lot of that to offer. #7 ~ Regards // paul
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:58:00 AM
Thank you Paul. Always genuine, you are.
Date: 2/13/2016 5:27:00 PM
A nice tribute Timothy. Glad to see she likes it. LINDA
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:57:00 AM
Thanks Linda!
Date: 2/13/2016 4:57:00 PM
OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!! Timothy!!! I'm so so touched by this write. Oh...you are a dear!!! Thanks ever so much. I was just going to head on your way to thank you for visiting so many of my writes and now I have THIS to thank you for. I will cherish it...ALWAYS! :) I'm so glad you're back at the Soup. I did miss you when you were away, dear. HUGS GALORE!!! You lifted my spirit. I can count on my friends to be there to buoy me up!!!
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:56:00 AM
Warms my heart to hear you say that. But more-so to hear that your spirit was lifted :)
Date: 2/13/2016 2:28:00 PM
what a wonderful, witty poem for Eileen, I am sure she will love it! :)
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:55:00 AM
You're very sweet, Sandra. She is a special person and a great poet.
Date: 2/13/2016 11:29:00 AM
aww Eileen will be so touched byt this poem Timothy - to me Eileen is the Queen of Passion and I visit her page and comment on her work because I love her poetry:-) hugs Jan xxx
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:54:00 AM
Thank you Jan. It's look like she enjoyed it :) I enjoy her poetry as well.
Date: 2/13/2016 11:28:00 AM
Excellent response Timothy. I believe many feel the same as you.
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Timothy Hicks
Date: 2/15/2016 2:52:00 AM
Thanks Tim. I had the notion after reading that poem of hers.

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