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Contest: Voir Dire on Love
Sponsor: Suzette Richards
Written: 02/26/2026
Last stanza of Suzette's poem: Sprang from it (5th) stanza.
I checked the syllable count with How Many Syllables. 
11,  7, 7,11, 13, 3, 7, 3 and last line is 11 syllables

As with any topic today one needs to take a step back 
in order to view ineluctable facts objectively. 
No one that’s in the vice grip of the phantasmagorical 
can with a clear and sober mind discern what constitutes LOVE.

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Case No 5-2-2026

if I speak more than one language without flaws
 having not been taught any

would only produce much noise
if I didn't love others with a love that's true
if I could speak and move mountains and they moved for me

without love
any of this would not mean
anything

how often do I do anything in love

true lovesuzette prime

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sara Etgen-Baker

March 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM

well done...outstanding contest entry,

Sara Kendrick

March 7, 2026 at 4:37 AM

Your visits, Sara B., are always uplifting. Sara K

Kim Rodrigues

March 3, 2026 at 5:53 AM

Nice rewording of Corinthians 13! Congrats!

Sara Kendrick

March 3, 2026 at 10:38 AM

Kim, yes, I used 1 Corinthians 13 as a support. Sara K

Andrea Dietrich

March 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM

Congrats. You made the list. I gave a last ditch effort but it was to no avail!

Sara Kendrick

March 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM

So delightful that you stopped by with Congratulations, Andrea. You are so nice to do so. Sara K

Andrea Dietrich

February 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM

Well done. I just don't understand the instructions!

Andrea Dietrich

March 1, 2026 at 10:14 AM

I may try. Only today left and it closes!

Sara Kendrick

February 28, 2026 at 5:42 AM

Yes, the instructions were confusing. You chose a stanza from a very long poem of hers and use that as a spring to write your poem and that is the first number of your case(title) then I guess the other two numbers are the month and year. That gets your title. Then you write a suzette prime from that stanza chosen which has to be no more than 10 lines long. Maybe that will help. After you read this maybe then you can reread the instructions. Sara K

Len Gasun

February 27, 2026 at 6:28 AM

A splendid poem my dear poet friend Sara. I'm sure this will do well in the contest. Thanks for sharing. I'll fave it. Good luck always my dear. Thanks also belatedly for your visit on my poems. Sorry for the late visit coz of time constraint due to files of school paper works. Again tyvm and God bless you always. Hugs

Sara Kendrick

February 27, 2026 at 12:22 PM

Len, I am honored that you faved it. I can't imagine what it might be like today working in the school system with so much more paperwork than in the past. You know who a Brave is? A person who teaches the younger generation. Sara k

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh

February 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM

Love perfectly defined.Like it

Sara Kendrick

February 27, 2026 at 5:08 AM

Akham, your visit and nice comment is uplifting. Sara K

Paula Goldsmith

February 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM

A powerful write here. Love is what we need to get and to give out. "Good Luck" Have a very blessed day writing away............

Sara Kendrick

February 26, 2026 at 4:38 PM

Yes, it is, Paula. It is not easy even if we have the Holy Spirit living in us because we are still human. Your visit and nice comments were uplifting. Sara K

Suzette Richards

February 26, 2026 at 9:08 AM

I've send you soupmail:)

Sara Kendrick

February 26, 2026 at 9:36 AM

Okay..Will check it. Sara K

Victor Buhagiar

February 26, 2026 at 8:30 AM

Everyone defines love in their own manner. We are all selfish occasionally, but we should aim high.

Sara Kendrick

February 26, 2026 at 9:35 AM

Yes, we should set our goal for agape love, but we are human. God put some selfishness in us so that we might save ourselves, but too much of it can destroy everything around a person and even the person who is selfish. Thanks for dropping by and leaving a nice uplifting and understanding comment. Sara K

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