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What Love Is

So, you want to know what love is my son Well, of course, it happens with just that one Who has the chemistry the same as you And has that look that says come here, please do Now love ain't like Hollywood says it is, No sir, they save that stuff for just show biz They make it all so gentle and so sweet _ A smile here, a wink there, a little heat - Mostly they make love a little inane Well, it ain't, my boy, love's a hurricane It rattles your brain and churns your gizzard And it makes you wish for some calm blizzard You won't know up from down or calm from storm You'll burn with fever or you can't get warm You'll wish it was done but can't wait for more You'll stare at her face 'til your eyes get sore - Most of the time she'll have you in a tizz Yes sir, it's wonderful - that's what love is 10/8/2016

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 10/10/2016 10:45:00 PM

I'll be hog tied and darn right dumbfounded if this here isn't one great, moving, country song worthy write! I adore it and I could actually hear the tone and timber of a wise man's voice delivering each line. Maybe too many movies? I think not, the writing style brought the voice to life. The words and phrasing are perfect. Just wonderful, Larry ... CayCay

Larry Bradfield
Date: 10/11/2016 10:25:00 PM

The poem got an NA in the contest so your words have saved my ego!!!LOL

Caycay Jennings
Date: 10/11/2016 3:02:00 PM

As a fellow poet, I know how valuable feedback can be so I want you to know that my comments / all my comments are sincere spontaneity - I told you true, Larry! I'll check on you more later because I truly enjoyed spending time with this poem.

Larry Bradfield
Date: 10/11/2016 2:29:00 PM

That's probably the best compliment I've ever gotten, CayCay! I will treasure it!!..My daddy was an old country philosopher and he talked like that. One day he said,"Son do you know about the birds and bees?"I said, "No sir". He said,"Well do you know about sex betwen men and women?"I said,"Yes sir".He said,"Well, the birds and bees is pretty much the same thing."

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 10/8/2016 6:50:00 PM

Larry you did well on your poetry I enjoyed reading your poem. I thought that a couplet was only two lines.I did not know that it could be longer.

Larry Bradfield
Date: 10/29/2016 9:57:00 PM

Thank you, CayCay. I overlooked this note until just now. Very helpful..Larry

Caycay Jennings
Date: 10/11/2016 3:00:00 PM

Hey, there - I'm intruding, I mean helping: Couplet is a pair of lines that rhyme and a poem can include many couplets providing each is a rhyming pair; they can be spaced by couplets or grouped ... CayCay (FORMS - VERY TOP RIGHT, explains all forms, I know because I have to visit them often and frequently)

Larry Bradfield
Date: 10/8/2016 10:35:00 PM

Thank you...I hope I haven't misused "couplet", but I don't think so.I see many poems labeled as such that string together a series of couplets for one continuous thought....Larry