Words

The greatest gift of god above Is sewn with sonant strands of love That takes a half and makes a whole, Whose kingdom lies within a soul. No heralds cry or trumpets blare Are grander than the stir of air Moved by whispered words of love The greatest gift of god above. *God's two greatest gifts to mankind - speech and the opposable thumb. While the thumb is lovely for opening jars it is speech that enables love.

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Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/12/2013 4:00:00 AM

- Welcome to P-Soup, Charles ! - Nice to read your first poem here.:)) - Hope you will have much pleasure to be with us. - Wishing you good luck - have a nice day! - (Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours). - My first greeting to you from Norway. - I will come back to read more.... another day :) - oxox / /Anne-Lise :)

Charles Braun
Date: 12/12/2013 9:03:00 AM

Thank you for the welcome. I've never posted anything before so your kind words are a great comfort to a newbie. I look forward to reading your poetry!

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 12/11/2013 10:51:00 PM

amazing poem, Charles. .. my first post is titled WORDS... ,A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. Dropping by to invite you to my latest contest. You will find the contest page on the top left hand side* -Looking forward in following and reading your poetry. Hope to hear from you soon. You will enjoy the community, we are one big happy family. (Drama & Love. LOL) ~ Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Charles Braun
Date: 12/12/2013 1:21:00 AM

Thank you so much for the welcome and the kind words. I've only had time to read a few of your poems so far but particularly enjoyed "Skeletons". Much too chew on. A quick question of advice; is it ever appropriate to add commentary after the poem to supply context? My poem "My mothers cat" was inspired by the D. H. Lawrence short story "The Rocking Horse Winner" whose main character describes his relationship with his mother as "when her children were present she felt the center of her heart go hard". Should I provide context? Thanks again!