Agates

My poet’s life (not known then as such) flowed along life’s swift course rippling with glee and roaming youth’s chasms. It then streamed relentlessly to the Now. I polish agates left in its wake so I can display them.

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Skat A

Date: 11/30/2014 2:04:00 AM

Awesome win ~SKAT~

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 11/24/2014 9:49:00 AM

You are an agate, bright, warm, deep, multicolored. Great.love Andrea XXXX rajat

John Lawless

Date: 11/23/2014 9:56:00 AM

Andrea, The shaping of the poem adds to its subtlety of verse. The artist honing a skill always thought perfect yet always in need of a coat of new polish. Love this one.

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 11/22/2014 11:41:00 PM

Oh this is so bright n brilliant Andrea! Congrats on huge win!

Kayod5 Kayode

Date: 11/22/2014 9:56:00 PM

Congrats Andrea,no doubt you really polish agates and when you display them ,behold how beautiful they are that today the World says of you; Andrea:poet of poets.

Sandra Haight

Date: 11/22/2014 8:48:00 PM

Andrea, congratulations on your win! I love this form and the well-chosen words you used to describe where you were then and where you are now as you display your beautiful "polished agates" to share with all of us! Fav, Sandra

Joseph May

Date: 11/22/2014 8:13:00 PM

Congrats on a great win Andrea

Maurice Yvonne

Date: 11/22/2014 5:54:00 PM

Stunning and everyone of your words like a drop of life a shine of joy enters my very core.

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 11/22/2014 5:44:00 PM

Well done my dear, Interesting that you chose this form..it worked beautifully.. Congrats. BG

Jennifer Walker

Date: 11/22/2014 4:10:00 PM

Wow, sis, I love how you compare your poems to polished agates. You do have such a wonderful way with words.

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/22/2014 4:07:00 PM

Nice way to think of poems! Congrad's Andie! Light & Love

Jan Allison

Date: 11/22/2014 4:02:00 PM

a gem of a poem Andrea - many congrats:-) hugs Jan xx

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 9/6/2014 12:38:00 PM

Nice Andrea. Congratulations on your win.

Faye Gibson

Date: 9/6/2014 11:16:00 AM

Oh, those agates...some of mine will need a lot of polishing. Lovely. Congrats.

Casarah Nance

Date: 9/5/2014 9:53:00 PM

You are one of the most awesome gem I have met ;) neat poem, I like the structure. :) Grats on your win

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 9/5/2014 5:34:00 PM

Congratulations, ANDREA , 'thank you for supporting my contest... Stop by my latest blog, "TWILIGHT" if you'd like... Sending hugs to all. <3 LINDA

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/9/2012 4:14:00 PM

interesting aspect here, Andrea, love the poem and the form....

Sean Claudine

Date: 1/6/2012 1:50:00 AM

true to form, i am a social nightmare, well spoken but too honest to be liked.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/11/2012 4:53:00 PM

Learn to temper honesty with diplomacy! YOu can be liked, Sean. I like you.

Jon Arno

Date: 12/29/2011 7:39:00 PM

And you do it well...Another nice one :)

Kash Poet

Date: 12/28/2011 9:28:00 PM

Spandan karmakar.you typed karmakar spelling wrong:)

James Rasmusson

Date: 11/26/2011 6:52:00 AM

Hi Andrea. Thanks, I’m so happy to share my ‘sad’ poem and to barely make it into the top ten- I was 10th. Your 'Agates' should have been in the top ten. I really like the words "I polish agates left in its wake". I seem to be the only one who didn't put a space between the two halves of the poem. I went online and reviewed the form and the separating space seems to be optional. What do you think? Hugs, ~Jim

Joe Maverick

Date: 11/17/2011 11:41:00 PM

Beautiful Andrea, a good way to express the positives we find after the turbulence of life's years..! i can emphathise with this:) this should soar in the contest..!

Bl Devnath

Date: 11/14/2011 1:20:00 PM

Wonderful wining poem, my friend. Best of luck for contest.bl

Wilma Neels

Date: 11/12/2011 11:41:00 AM

Shine on comes to mind Andrea, awesome write you have here, enjoy your weekend.. love Wilma

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 11/11/2011 11:42:00 AM

Beautifully done and I like the flow this poem takes. You are a polished gem and display it beautifully. A winner in my books. love phyl