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A Preface To My Poetry

I have emptied my heart into these pages
My pen has bled words in red
You can look straight into me 
I have painted me as I am 
Honest and truthful

I don’t want to be a sham
Here have I laid bare my life
Fraught with aches, dotted with smiles
My longings and my heart aches
My expectations, my disappointments
My triumphs, my defeats
My search through every nook n’ cranny for success
My plunge into the nadir of despair on defeat
My moments of escalating joy
My dark hours of crippling distress
Everything I wanted to be
Everything I failed to be

Loaded with imagination, 
Some are purely fictional, I admit.

Yet how a poet unveils himself/herself  
Through the tone and timbre of one's verse

Please have a peek into it
Read the candid chronicle of my life
And tell me if my soul is black or white

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November. 6. 2022

A Freed Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Brian Strand

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Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 12/31/2022 7:32:00 AM

The story is not yet over friend Valsa. Congratulations on your win! :)

Bill Baker

Date: 11/8/2022 7:28:00 AM

Your soul is pure white, my dear friend. We all have flaws, make mistakes and sometimes wrong choices, but the soul is whiten by the Love within and all the darkness we mix in is quickly dissolved in its Love. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:28:00 PM

With all flaws, we cannot be untarnished or purely white. What we can do maximum is to be conscious of our flaws and making an earnest effort to lessen them. I am so grateful to you dear Bill for the good opinion formed of me.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/7/2022 2:04:00 AM

Your soul is certainly white. Truth or fiction, your writing is always positive. A wonderful poem.

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:23:00 PM

Thanks a lot dear friend Victor for giviing me a clean certificate. I always try to be true to myself.....

Rico Leffanta

Date: 11/6/2022 9:53:00 AM

Developing; whether black or white depends on the choices you continue to make . . . .Aloha!

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:21:00 PM

Yes, it is not yet time to decide if the soul is black or white. You have said it right, Rico

Susan Lawrence

Date: 11/6/2022 7:00:00 AM

Wonderful… real … poignant and human dear Valsa . I love your heart exposed and emotions pouring forth in this poetry of yours . Write on ! Blessings, Susan :)

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:19:00 PM

Susan , thanks a lot if you think so. Your endearing comment is much appreciated

Sotto Poet

Date: 11/6/2022 6:35:00 AM

As always, but particularly this time, wonderfully written. Valsa, it is better to allow mental discharge flow without fiction or downsides; the readers understand and grasp true emotion rather than untruth.

Valsa George
Date: 12/1/2022 4:17:00 AM

Thank you so much. I had responded to your sweet comment earlier. Now accidentally I noticed that it is not figuring in the comment section. Sorry. Thanks a lot dear friend Lasaad.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 11/6/2022 5:46:00 AM

So well said, Valsa--Everything I wanted to be Everything I failed to be... True to life poem.

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:18:00 PM

Thanks a lot dear Vijay !

David Kavanagh

Date: 11/6/2022 2:59:00 AM

So much better to just let catharsis flow Valsa, without hang-ups or hindrance, the reader totally gets and understands real emotion rather than fiction, beautifully penned as always, cheers David

Valsa George
Date: 11/9/2022 9:17:00 PM

Candid expression of sentiments makes heart light and peaceful. Thanks a lot David for your insightful comment !