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A Response To Rudyard Kipling's If

Virtue is a liquid gold. If I took a cup and I tried to capture it, could I fill it up? All the courage, hope and love I could ever hold melted into just one cup of most precious gold . . . Knowing myself as I do, sadly I must say, I do not believe that cup would even fill halfway. Oct. 26, 2018

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John Watt

Date: 9/25/2020 11:40:00 PM

Surely you give yourself too little credit. But humility is one of my favorite traits, so THAT cup is overflowing! Nice write ~ John

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 9/26/2020 9:20:00 AM

thanks, John. I think I just found one I have never given to Brian. (wonder if it would at least garner an HM!)

Charlie Smith

Date: 11/26/2018 12:32:00 PM

I don't believe that, congratulations Andrea...

L. J. Carber

Date: 11/26/2018 10:12:00 AM

Congrat's Andrea (I don't think my cup would even make it 1/2 way)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/26/2018 12:25:00 AM

- Congratulations on yours: "In response to IF ...." poems, Andrea :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Eve Roper

Date: 11/25/2018 6:40:00 PM

Nicely done,Andrea, congratulations on your placement in the contest I enjoyed reading..

Silent One

Date: 11/25/2018 10:48:00 AM

Deep and profound take on the contest Andrea.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest..

Robert Johnson

Date: 11/2/2018 12:50:00 AM

When trials intense come hard upon us. It's patience and understanding that mend the fence. That's when we show what's in our cup. Be it full or half, that's what makes sense.

Alexis Y.

Date: 10/29/2018 9:29:00 AM

Hi Andrea, I with them below, your cup would over flow. Great response to the poem" If". I wish you the best of luck in the contest:-) Alexis

Viv Wigley

Date: 10/28/2018 7:12:00 PM

A lovely piece, Andrea,but methinks thy cup would runneth over, in reality. Good luck in the contest. Viv x

Linda Milgate

Date: 10/28/2018 3:16:00 PM

Clever quick poem, enjoyed it, I suspect people who write such a poem and think that way are kinder and deeper thinkers than anyone who thinks and says they are wonderful and great!!! Just in case you were worried about yourself! Hope not.

Pashang Salehi

Date: 10/26/2018 6:06:00 PM

Very nice my dear. Once I wrote... If you plant the "if", the "maybe" may grow...

Frederic Parker

Date: 10/26/2018 4:48:00 PM

nice take on this poem, I wasn't sure which way to go with this one...good luck

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/26/2018 12:52:00 PM

Lovely take on the challenge, Andrea.

Vijay Pandit

Date: 10/26/2018 12:01:00 PM

You will certainly fill up that cup. I think the sentiments you expressed are applicable to many. Words of modesty make you shine, Andrea. Best for a win at the TOP.

John Lawless

Date: 10/26/2018 10:25:00 AM

...half full or half empty.....at least you've got the cup....Andrea, the value is not in how full the cup is.....but in how it became less full......

Joseph May

Date: 10/26/2018 9:59:00 AM

I agree with Caren, your cup would overflow Andrea''

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/26/2018 9:50:00 AM

I believe your cup would be overflowing onto the table, out the door and down the hill, Andrea.