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Blog Posted:3/5/2022 5:52:00 AM

Hello to all on 'Poetry Soup'

Many on the 'Soup' know that Olive and I were here quite a lot a few years ago, and it's where we wrote, posted, commented, then started writing together, then we eventually met in the fantastic city called 'Manila' where upon we wrote, grew together, and got married. Our world was complete when we had our son Jamie, and as quite a few whom aren't on social sites as much as the others I've mentioned, we thought, it's time this wonderful site had an update.

As you know, we're rarely on here, as work and family takes up a lot of our time, and I know some of our past poet friends like Debbie Guzzi, Jan Allison, Andrea Dietrich, Charmaine Chircop, Anne-Lise A Ertsland, Dane Anne Smith-Johnsen, Judy Croce Konos, Shizuka Zola, Kelly Deschler, Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty, Paul Callus, Upma Sharma, Phyllis Babcock, Robert Lindley, Sara Kendrick, Sharon Ruebel, Janette Fisher, Michael J Falotico, Connie Marcum Wong, Faye Lanham Gibson, Constance La France, Casarah Nance, Darling Sunshine, Craig Cornish, Edward Ibeh, William J Atfield Jnr, Mark R Pugh, Noel Villarosa, Liam MacDaibheid, Ai Yah, Dave Will Breidenthal, Aja De Torres, Irma Linda, Ram Mehta, David Meade, Catherine Lindsay, Raul Moreno, Eve Roper, Brian Strand, M L Kiser, Line Gauthier, Kin Rodrigues, John Lawless, Joe Maverick, and so many many more, so if we've missed you out apologies, and to our poetic friends no longer with us, your poetry lives always with us.

Take care all, be safe, be happy XxX

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Joe
Maverick

Date: 6/17/2023 10:15:00 PM

Hey James, thank you for the mention.' And what a lot of poets you remember Such integrity.'

Unseeking
Seeker

Date: 3/10/2022 11:50:00 PM

Blessings, joy, endless bliss

Craig
Cornish

Date: 3/7/2022 5:57:00 AM

You're a gift to each other and to Jamie!

James Fraser
Date: 3/7/2022 6:19:00 AM

Thank you Craig for your kind words, Olive, Jamie & James XxX He's a lovely little guy, we're so blessed :)

James Marshall
Goff

Date: 3/6/2022 7:30:00 PM

Highlander, your story is quite beautiful, and best wishes to you, Olive and Jamie!

James Fraser
Date: 3/7/2022 1:47:00 AM

Hiya James, thank you so much for your kind words :) I'll be sure to pass then onto Olive and Jamie, best wishes to you and yours, Olive, Jamie & James XxX

Constance
La France

Date: 3/6/2022 3:41:00 PM

James and Olive, you both look so happy and your adorable son, Jamie. Poetry Soup has a love story! (as Andrea mentioned) and thanks for mentioning me in your blog, I follow you and your family on Facebook and see all the great photos ~Constance

James Fraser
Date: 3/7/2022 1:52:00 AM

Hiya Constance, your always ever present on our pages and we love seeing our poetic friends see Jamie growing up. Hard to believe it's 7 years since Olive and I first commented on each others poems, and the rest they say is in our history. Now that Jamie is getting older, hopefully it leaves time for both of us to revisit PS more often than we've been. Thank you for your kind words and support over these past few years, hugs, Olive, Jamie & James XxX

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 3/6/2022 12:35:00 PM

wow, what a great blog. I did not even notice it till now, I've been so occupied with other things this weekend. Your love story is one of the most amazing stories of PoetrySoup. Thanks for remembering me. I sure do remember both of YOU, and I hope you are enjoying the child you brought into the world together.

James Fraser
Date: 3/7/2022 1:56:00 AM

Hiya Andrea, yea, it's been a while since we let people know re Jamie, so an update was badly needed as there's so many lovely poets whom we've known from the Soup that probably wondered what's happened to us. Thank you for remembering us ;) for we sure remember you and all the poetic prods and prompts you've kindly shared with us whilst here, very much appreciated. Re Jamie, he's awesome, and now starting to engineer his own character, so funny at times, take care you and yours, Olive, Jamie & James XxX

Joanna
Daniel

Date: 3/6/2022 12:30:00 AM

Hi James, I have been an avid follower of Olive and was really happy to hear of your marriage:) thank you for your update, keeping you, Olive and Jamie in prayers:)

James Fraser
Date: 3/6/2022 3:30:00 AM

Thank you so much Jo :) it was nice to pop back for an update :) xxx

John
Lawless

Date: 3/5/2022 2:27:00 PM

Well, James, the most poetic of all collaborations ..... and now he's three.....join him in the poesy of his youth

James Fraser
Date: 3/6/2022 3:32:00 AM

Thank you kindly John, he's a cracking little boy, and we're so blessed, take care Sir, Jamie, Olive & James :) xxx

Eve
Roper

Date: 3/5/2022 6:22:00 AM

Your son is getting so big. Congratulations to both of you, your love has been blessed.

James Fraser
Date: 3/5/2022 6:26:00 AM

Hi Eve, he's 3 now, born on Christmas Eve, no better present than that :) Thank you so much for popping by XxX

My Past Blog Posts


Finally us. Date Posted: 3/5/2022 5:52:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
2/9/2024	There is a Darkness out There	Rhyme	abuse,age,anger,angst,ani
9/30/2023	The Lady With the Smile In Her Eyes	Rhyme	business,career,cheer up,
9/22/2023	Autumnal	Acrostic	autumn,beauty,color,earth
8/19/2023	Drifting Through the Clouds of Living	Rhyme	change,emotions,goodbye,h
7/28/2023	Kissed By the Passing Breeze of Awakening	Rhyme	angel,feelings,love,marri
3/26/2023	Who Would Ever Have Thought	Rhyme	boy,celebration,love,marr
3/18/2023	When Everything Else Loses Its Voice	Rhyme	anger,corruption,earth,fu
1/21/2023	No Longer His Shadow Shows	Rhyme	friend,winter,word play,w
12/12/2022	Losing	Rhyme	children,christmas,dad,ho
12/3/2022	Still Trying To Understand	Rhyme	africa,age,beauty,memory,
10/10/2022	Blinkered By Greed	Rhyme	money,
10/10/2022	Jinn Or Jacks	Rhyme	woman,
5/7/2022	Blinkered By Hope	Rhyme	dark,hope,journey,life,li
4/16/2022	Wheels of Confusions	Rhyme	war,
3/7/2022	Threats of a Bully	Rhyme	angst,betrayal,death,disc
3/7/2022	Ukraine	Acrostic	anti bullying,anxiety,cru
3/5/2022	Ostracised	Acrostic	anger,angst,death,humanit
11/25/2021	Thrilla In Manila - Philippines Coliseum	Rhyme	character,history,men,pla
10/1/2021	Gasps of Witnessed Horrors	Free verse	cry,death,family,hero,sad
8/6/2021	When I Arrive	Rhyme	boy,brother,death,father,
6/25/2021	When Nightmares Happen	Rhyme	dark,deep,dream,fate,horr
5/29/2021	Dragging My Life Around	Rhyme	fate,how i feel,life,lost
4/8/2021	She's Hurting - Anacreontic Verse	Free verse	angst,anxiety,business,ch
3/20/2021	My Name Is	Rhyme	angst,animal,dark,horror,
2/18/2021	Three Irishmen and the Clergy's	Limerick	humor,jesus,men,people,pl
2/18/2021	Quaint Coastal Setting	Rhyme	birthday,car,color,people
2/8/2021	Naked Curves	Senryu	body,kiss,love,lust,peopl
1/28/2021	Two From the Soup Plus One	Rhyme	family,love,people,places
11/30/2020	Heaven Scent-Tb	Than-Bauk	food,how i feel,life,sati
11/8/2020	The Railings of Life	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,blue,child,
11/5/2020	Pandemic	Rhyme	cry,death,life,loss,lost,
11/5/2020	Heaven's Hung In Black	Rhyme	dark,death,deep,family,lo
10/17/2020	Autumnal Massacre	Rhyme	autumn,dark,death,environ
10/7/2020	The Great Gig In the Sky - 2020	Rhyme	deep,giving,guitar,heaven
10/4/2020	The Chair	Rhyme	age,beautiful,deep,desire
9/8/2020	Entwined They Become	Rhyme	beautiful,emotions,feelin
9/4/2020	That Light In the Sky	Rhyme	absence,abuse,age,anger,a
8/18/2020	From That Shower Exit	Rhyme	love,magic,song,water,wom
8/18/2020	Bill's Cucumbers	Limerick	beauty,dream,emotions,fun
8/16/2020	Yea, Those Seeds	Limerick	color,confusion,drug,flow
8/13/2020	Oppressed, Suppressed	Rhyme	abuse,age,angst,bullying,
8/7/2020	Our Country Is Ours	Rhyme	abuse,angst,betrayal,free
8/7/2020	What Do Us Humans Yearn	Rhyme	age,angst,history,home,ho
7/28/2020	Staring At the Moon	Rhyme	boy,kid,life,lonely,moon,
7/23/2020	Have You Ever Thought In Silence	Rhyme	abuse,anger,angst,life,pe
7/22/2020	Contests No More	Footle	absence,dedication,poetry
6/25/2020	Palawan Sighs	Rhyme	love,people,places,
5/19/2020	When the Sparkle Has Gone	Rhyme	heartbroken,life,lost lov
5/17/2020	Why Do Certain People Think They'Re Special	Rhyme	abuse,death,grief,horror,
5/6/2020	In Times Like These	Rhyme	bereavement,family,humani
4/23/2020	Into Our Tomorrow's	Rhyme	appreciation,health,hope,
4/1/2020	With Sporadic Participation	Rhyme	appreciation,earth,educat
3/19/2020	Tick-Tock	Rhyme	anxiety,death,home,people
3/16/2020	Once It Hits You	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,death,peopl
3/16/2020	Viruses	Rhyme	anger,angst,anxiety,food,
3/14/2020	Yea, It's Me	Limerick	anxiety,health,
4/12/2019	Before Comfortably Numb	Rhyme	anxiety,freedom,moving on
4/12/2019	Internal Screaming	Free verse	animal,anxiety,cat,confus
3/22/2019	From Birth We Become	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,break up,in
3/16/2019	I'M Up To My Neck In You	Rhyme	abuse,anger,dark,fate,lif
3/2/2019	A Scraping of Shovels	Rhyme	age,anger,bullying,confus
1/5/2019	I'M, I'M Kinda Lost	Rhyme	confusion,i am,loss,lost,
12/30/2018	I'M Always Amidst the Fog	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,feelings,fu
12/8/2018	Being Brought Down	Free verse	angst,anxiety,conflict,de
9/9/2018	Black Pepper Seed	Rhyme	bullying,courage,cry,life
8/24/2018	Lusting Abyss, His Darkness	Rhyme	love,peace,people,places,
8/17/2018	It's Dark	Rhyme	dark,rain,
8/17/2018	Am I Going Insane	Rhyme	people,sad,
8/10/2018	Glancing, I Find I'M Just Not There	Rhyme	lost,
7/13/2018	Boy, 1978	Rhyme	beauty,class,my children,
7/13/2018	Drowning In the Currents of Life	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,deep,depres
5/8/2018	From Ones Abyss	Rhyme	blue,deep,hurt,identity,l
4/22/2018	I Must Be Worth a Little Something	Rhyme	absence,angst,appreciatio
10/7/2017	World Cruise	Acrostic	anger,angst,humanity,jour
9/15/2017	I'M Just a Fallen Angel	Quatrain	addiction,grief,hate,hist
9/15/2017	I'M Actually Half-Human	Couplet	africa,appreciation,earth
8/12/2017	People Come People Go	Rhyme	absence,addiction,adventu
8/5/2017	Free, But No	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,death,
7/29/2017	Blind Infuriate	Rhyme	dream,
7/21/2017	Another Day Passes	Rhyme	change,depression,emotion
7/8/2017	When Are We	Haiku	absence,abuse,betrayal,gr
7/8/2017	Hey	Couplet	abuse,addiction,allah,fai
6/30/2017	And Then It Stopped	Sonnet	dark,deep,how i feel,hurt
6/30/2017	When Petals Ignite	Tanka	body,desire,image,love,ni
6/27/2017	Amidst Highland Heather	Quatrain	appreciation,beauty,futur
6/11/2017	Through Eyes of Today	Couplet	abuse,conflict,death,hurt
5/20/2017	When I'D First Seen Her	Quatrain	boyfriend,girlfriend,life
5/14/2017	Now Just Faces In Life's Distance	Quatrain	change,hope,how i feel,in
5/14/2017	Tracks To Nowhere	Quatrain	how i feel,journey,life,p
5/14/2017	When You Can'T Do Any-More	Quatrain	adventure,anxiety,dream,f
5/14/2017	Bee L Zee Bub	Couplet	angst,corruption,dark,des
2/25/2017	Role Reversal	Rhyme	abuse,angst,animal,betray
2/3/2017	Amidst Ruined Scatter, I Demise	Rhyme	angst,death,death of a fr
1/21/2017	Landed Thereon	Couplet	absence,adventure,age,bea
1/14/2017	Who Decided Right Or Wrong	Couplet	addiction,birth,body,inno
1/14/2017	Destinations Reached	Dodoitsu	beautiful,culture,husband
1/7/2017	Heaven's Gate	Quatrain	angst,death,endurance,far
1/7/2017	Crimson Flow	Quatrain	angst,courage,dark,depres
1/7/2017	Eyes Now Curfew	Quatrain	dark,death,deep,depressio
1/7/2017	Branches of Life	Quatrain	dark,death,deep,depressio

My Photos

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The Bald Eagle	Verse	animals
Another Leader Emerges	Rhyme	history,people,social,peo
Kilted Warrior	Prose Poetry	death,imagination,loss,pl
All On a Summers Eve	Rhyme	nature,sea,seasons,uplift
Take Time	Rhyme	inspirationaltime,time,pr
If I Knew Picasso	Ekphrasis	art,education
Mysterious Ways: a True Christmas Story	Rhyme	devotion,faith,holiday,in
The Choice of Bonny Aileas	Narrative	adventure,history,love,pa
Seashore Flowers	Rhyme	fantasy,nature,
The Wild, Wild West	Narrative	cowboy-western,life,peace
Manslaughter First Degree	Verse	imagination,
I Lost a Whole Weekend (Please Pardon My Rant)	Narrative	confusion,dedication,devo
Stolen Youth	Rhyme	angst,childhoodchild,abus
Past-Life Nightmare	Narrative	autumn,mystery,
The Holocaust	I do not know?	history
Buildings Go Up	Rhyme	inspirational
Don'T Let Right Become Wrong	Verse	family,husband,life,love,
Carried By the Wind	Choka	nature
She Says	Free verse	love,
In Her Fathers Arms	Free verse	childhood,confusion,daugh
A Memorable Person	Narrative	life,peoplelife,me,time,l
Happy Mother's Day	Quatrain	mother
White Chariots	Haiku	nature
The Breed	Couplet	confusion,introspection,n
Belly Time	Rhyme	family,happiness,love,son
Disposable Wisdom	Rhyme	age,cat,endurance,life,wi
Stupid Fights	Rhyme	forgiveness
My Friend	Rhyme	friendshipfriend,
Just...Be	Couplet	angst,confusion,depressio
First Love	Rhyme	lost love,love,nostalgial
When God Calls Me Home	Quatrain	forgivenessgod,sorry,god,
Naked Shades	Free verse	devotion,love
A "hopeless" Diamond (In the Rough)	Quatrain	history,mysterylost,hope,
California Highway # 1	Free verse	inspirational,nature
Mackenzie Trail	Quatrain	adventure,cowboy-western,
Mother Earth	Rhyme	native american,natureear
Stunning Revelations From Ancient Maps	Quatrain	history,science,urbanlost
Reaching For Peaks	Free verse	happiness,inspirational,n
Red Line	Free verse	loss,lost love,lovelost,l
The River	Rhyme	inspirationalwater,life,r
Gentle Dove	Rhyme	loveme,me,
Pterodactyls Thriving	Couplet	animals,imagination,myste
By Any Other Name	Blank verse	nature
Soft Kisses	Free verse	love,
Holes In My Shoes	Rhyme	on writing and wordspoets
Ashes To Ashes	Rhyme	fantasy
Rose and Rose Marie	Personification	heart,jealousy,love,me,oc
Possum Juggling	Couplet	animals,fantasypoets,,cut
Mo Nighean Donn	Haiku	peace
Ballad of Love	Free verse	love
The Aging Process	Rhyme	age,childhood,children,da
' the Power of a Poet ... ' 32nd Senryu	Senryu	inspirational,introspecti
The Flowering Almond	Haiku	nature
Ship of Imagination On the Scottish Coast	Rhyme	imagination,places,seanig
Liquid Lullaby	Haiku	nature
Generations	Senryu	life
Atacama / English Version	Free verse	historywater,history,wate
Honey Suckle Candy Kiss	Rhyme	love
A Tribute To the Highlander	Free verse	dedication,on writing and
Acid Rain	Choka	music,nostalgia
A Winter Rose - a Sonnet	Sonnet	rose,winter,
Picture This	Lyric	faith,placesmay,
Summer Song	I do not know?	naturesweet,sweet,
25th October 1854 Part 2	Epic	epiclight,prayer,light,
Blood Born	Free verse	adventure,allegory,animal
A Picture's Story	Haiku	nature
Peaceful Dreams	Free verse	peace,visionary,wardeath,
The Bealach	Haiku	fantasy,imagination,natur
Day of Reckoning	Choka	nature
Atlantis Lives	Narrative	inspirational
Conjoined Dreams	Narrative	lost love,on writing and
As Far As I Can	Quatrain	death,family,father,husba
Where She Stands	Quatrain	depression,friendship,ima
The Loner	Terza Rima	allegory,animals,lifebird
A Single Rose	Sonnet	introspection,love,season
A Midsummer Dream	Shape	seasons
Lover's Love Lesson	Narrative	friendship,lifeme,fear,me
The Peony	Quatrain	love,natureflower,flower,
Regeneration	Quatrain	introspection,life
No Fear	Rhyme	adventure,death,dedicatio
Bonny Scotland	Limerick	happiness,love,wife
Remembering Willow Pond	Quatrain	love,naturelove,
2012	Rhyme	visionaryworld,
The First Thanksgiving	Senryu	holiday,native american,
The Old Red Barn and I	Couplet	nostalgiaold,time,old,red
Happy Birthday Highlander	I do not know?	dedicationbirthday,birthd
Popcorn Anyone	Monoku	imagination,nature
In Dreams	Tanka	imagination,romance,
'when We Meet, This Is What I Want To Say'	Light Verse	funny,imagination
He Wrote a Perfect Poem	Couplet	friendship,life,lovedream
Superman	Rhyme	anniversary,health,loss
Empty Halls of Blank	Lyric
Gathering of the Golden Girls - Soup Convention	Limerick	friendship,funnytime,
The E Street Bus	Rhyme	life,people,social
My Song To You	Rhyme	loveautumn,
In Strangler's Wood - Tanka Version	Tanka	autumn,mystery,rain,
The Dart Chalker	Rhyme	humorous,sports,
Have You Ever	Rhyme	life,lost,lost,
Locked In a Jar	Terzanelle	love,heart,dark,dark,hear
Oasis	Acrostic	absence,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Carolyn Devonshire	United States	Read
James Marshall Goff	United States	Read
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen	United States	Read
Francine Roberts	Canada	Read
Sharon Ruebel	United States	Read
Poet Destroyer A	United States	Read
Wilma Neels	South Africa	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Elaine George	Canada	Read
Vince Suzadail Jr.	United States	Read
Charmaine Chircop	Malta	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Donna Jones	United States	Read
Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser	Philippines	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Kristy De La Keur Scoville	United States	Read
Avishi Agarwal	India	Read
Gary Bateman	Germany	Read
Nancy Beckman	United States	Read
Carol Sunshine Brown	United States	Read
Hyle Chu	United States	Read
Nathan D.	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Hgarvey Daniel Esquire	United States	Read
Ann Foster	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Sara Kendrick	United States	Read
Imran Islam	Bangladesh	Read
M. L. Kiser	United States	Read
Julie Little	United States	Read
Casarah Nance	United States	Read
Afzal Nusker	India	Read
Mark Toney	United States	Read
Anthony Nutter	United States	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Lord R. E. Taylor	Australia	Read
Billy Thekidster	United States	Read
Quoth Theraven	United States	Read