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A Poem For All Seasons

What makes a good poem? The beauty of the words? The easy flow of its lines? How deeply personal? Or should it be universal... singing to all of humanity? Should the poem be easily clutched by the mind's hand, or is it best to be recondite: hiding its meaning, secretive, needing a key to unlock what treasure there may be found? (For myself, I like the simple, both to read and write... for I have lived enough complicated.) Good poem, bad poem... what makes one catapult exuberantly into your soul while another is dragged down into the basement of the unconscious, there to be forgotten forever?

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Date: 12/16/2019 12:44:00 AM
Congrats on your winning poem :)~ Len
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L. J. Carber
Date: 12/16/2019 8:16:00 AM
Gregory, thank you,
Date: 12/15/2019 10:10:00 PM
Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this. I'm delighted with your last stanza.... God bless you.
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L. J. Carber
Date: 12/16/2019 8:17:00 AM
Thanks Beata, I'm glad you liked it
Date: 7/4/2019 12:12:00 AM
You have captured the feelings of so many of us in this poem L..J. Poets are a breed of their own. Congratulations on your deserving first placement! : ) xxoo
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L. J. Carber
Date: 7/4/2019 9:47:00 AM
Thank you Connie, and congrats on your 1st as well!
Date: 3/13/2016 10:21:00 AM
Len, Congratulations on your awesome win. Thank you so much for supporting my contest. Stop by my blog "LAST CALL" if you like. ((( note from MEakaPD Thank you ALL for waiting and chilling, while I sat on the sideline. Since March 1st, I moved to the 4th largest city in the USA (by population.) One of the hardest decisions EVER-EVER!!! I will keep short on my visits until April 1st. After that, there's no holding me back LOL -unless God has other plans. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
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