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Appreciate Imagine waking up and everything has changed. No free will, your entire life prearranged. Being told where to go and what you can do. All aspects controlled, even your view. No more crime and no need for law. A life without love, no ma and no pa. Imagine this gift suddenly taken away. Would this life be good, even for one day? No more dreams of what you could be. Nothing to look forward to, we would all just agree. What if opinion would no longer exist. No more falling in love, or that first time being kissed. Maybe we need the good with the bad. How else can we appreciate all that we’ve had? Without bad in this world, would good be a thing? What is free will and what does it bring? 4/25/2021

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Date: 5/12/2021 3:42:00 PM
Hello Mark Koplin, we better appreciate what we have now, Enjoy your evening my friend.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/15/2021 11:23:00 AM
Hello Mark Koplin, we agree. Your welcome my friend. I will. Enjoy your weekend to Mark.
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Mark Koplin
Date: 5/15/2021 6:02:00 AM
Indeed! Thanks for the visit Darlene, have a great weekend!
Date: 5/9/2021 10:06:00 PM
The poet has penned a beauty/ He has followed simplicity/ He has rhymed so nicely/ With the meaning made so wisely/ His language is easy to follow/ It can be grasped by any fellow/ He surely needs our pats/ Dear poet accept our congrats!
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Mark Koplin
Date: 5/15/2021 6:01:00 AM
Thank you so much!
Date: 5/4/2021 10:36:00 AM
How true!! Nicely expressed! Congrats!
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Mark Koplin
Date: 5/4/2021 11:34:00 AM
Thank you so much, I appreciate that!
Date: 5/3/2021 2:45:00 PM
An interesting exegesis for the necessity of free will as it gives meaning to our lives, though throughout history kings, dictators, commissars, and now the PC police and cancel culture keep trying to deprive us of it; to paraphrase C.S.Lewis, the hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men. Congrats on your win, Mark!
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Mark Koplin
Date: 5/4/2021 10:11:00 AM
Thank you LJ
Date: 5/2/2021 5:02:00 PM
I agree there was a reason God left us to our own device, sometimes we don't understand it, but there is a greater scheme in it all. Congratulations on your win, well written piece Mark
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Mark Koplin
Date: 5/4/2021 10:11:00 AM
Thanks Rose, I appreciate your time!
Date: 5/2/2021 9:21:00 AM
Excellent Mark! Such thought probing depth. These are questions all of us need to ask and discuss with civility. Congratulations on your win!
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Date: 5/2/2021 6:42:00 AM
An excellent write!! Love it! Congrats on your win with this thought provoking poem!
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Date: 5/2/2021 1:23:00 AM
This is wonderful Mark, congratulations! This very thought was on my mind last week, that I should thank God even for the terrible times, because those things make us appreciate the good so much more. Also, that God teaches us through the hard times, so we can actually thank Him even for difficulties. Sometimes that is EXTREMELY hard(and I'm not exactly there yet). Your poem is confirmation to me, and thought provoking. I am adding it as a a fav! Congratulations!
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Date: 5/2/2021 12:00:00 AM
Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing this... making us reflect the essence of appreciation. God bless you.
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Date: 5/1/2021 11:40:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. WOW!!! What a wonderful write. Love your line, "What if opinion would no longer exist." That is something to think about. Have a blessed day..................
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Date: 5/1/2021 8:49:00 AM
Congratulations, Mark. Have a great week-end.
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Date: 5/1/2021 7:07:00 AM
Congrats ... God bless you. Love, Gina
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Date: 5/1/2021 6:42:00 AM
Thank you for taking part in this contest, Mark. Congrats on your win and look forward to your participation in the next contest, ‘EMBRACE & RELEASE’. God bless!
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Date: 4/26/2021 4:40:00 AM
I faved this meaningful poem! You’ve said it! God is so good, he gave it and himself when mankind screwed up. God bless!
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/29/2021 6:32:00 AM
Thanks for the fave Kim, I'm glad you liked it!
Date: 4/25/2021 5:31:00 PM
Nice...This is NOW. What was THEN.
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/29/2021 6:31:00 AM
Thanks Arturo!
Date: 4/25/2021 5:29:00 PM
thought provoking piece my friend, well penned:-) hugs Jan xx
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/29/2021 6:31:00 AM
Thanks Jan, I appreciate your stopping by my friend!
Date: 4/25/2021 1:48:00 PM
you've made some excellent points here, mark! i enjoyed...
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/29/2021 6:30:00 AM
Thanks Ilene!
Date: 4/25/2021 8:08:00 AM
I really enjoyed your poem, Mark. It is so true and so well-written. Thanks for sharing.
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/25/2021 8:40:00 AM
Thanks Milton, I appreciate that!
Date: 4/25/2021 7:54:00 AM
Nice piece with a pleasant presentation of the realities of life. Thanks for posting ! Darrell
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Mark Koplin
Date: 4/25/2021 8:39:00 AM
Thanks for reading Darrell and your nice comment.

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