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Because peace is more important than winning... Like arrows shot right through a weary heart these words in anger pierce the tender flesh. This gift of verse, each eager to impart feels wasted as our egos wax afresh. Why can't we just agree to disagree and check our pride outside the cyber door? Perhaps agape love still holds the key to ending this vain philosophic war. There was a time we shared each other's muse and wrote a song for all the world to hear. Such loving lyrics penned in rainbow hues gave both of us a vision that seemed clear. To ponder losing this I cannot bear these humble words reveal that I still care.

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Date: 2/1/2025 7:00:00 AM
I wonder if a time like this would ever come. A time when people would understand that greed and war has been the source of all our problems and it has taken us no where. This is a very nice and needed piece, dear Tommy. Great work.
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Tom Woody
Date: 2/1/2025 11:11:00 AM
This was actually a very personal write but I'm glad so many could identify with it. Thank you
Date: 1/10/2025 3:38:00 PM
Your sonnet is heartfelt and eloquent capturing the emotional toll of conflict and the longing for reconciliation. Beautiful!
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Tom Woody
Date: 1/10/2025 3:43:00 PM
Funny thing is I wrote this many years ago about a conflict I was having with a treasured poet pal. Seems to have resonated
Date: 12/19/2024 8:34:00 PM
Peace before everything, the world needs this beautiful and powerful message right now. A very well written poem indeed :))
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Cloud Fever
Date: 1/10/2025 8:12:00 PM
You are welcome. Also it doesn't matter actually, just 'cloud' is fine :)
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Tom Woody
Date: 1/10/2025 3:42:00 PM
Thx much Mr cloud (or is it Ms.?)
Date: 12/3/2024 12:32:00 PM
Way to go Tom! Congratulations! Xo
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Tom Woody
Date: 12/3/2024 1:04:00 PM
Absolutely! Thx
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Crystol Woods
Date: 12/3/2024 12:39:00 PM
I reread this, always a pleasure to read your poetry... that first line struck me anew..."Because peace is more important than winning..." Just a provoking thought... it depends on what you are fighting for. I'll never make peace with evil, as I know you won't. When fighting evil(the evil one) , we know good (God)will win in the end! Xoxo
Date: 11/30/2024 7:08:00 AM
I would argue that no one has asked a more worthy question.In the last thirty five years. "Why can't we just agree to disagree and check our pride outside the cyber door?" Your positivity shows deeply through my friend. Regards A.S.
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/30/2024 5:29:00 PM
Achtung my anon pal!
Date: 11/30/2024 6:21:00 AM
Flawless rhyme with a humbling message! It’s nice that you care Tom and never change that! Congratulations on your win!
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/30/2024 5:29:00 PM
Gracias, gracias
Date: 11/29/2024 2:54:00 PM
Very well expressed. Well-structured sonnet. Judging was hard and took a lot of research and evaluation. Thank you for contributing your poetic gift to the world and contest. Blessings, Janis Congratulation
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/29/2024 4:03:00 PM
Thx
Date: 11/18/2024 6:38:00 PM
Dear Tom, you bared your heart so beautifully upon the poetic page. "There was a time we shared each other's muse" - so true, so poignant! Unfortunately, passion and creativity can flare in undesirable ways as well. Your couplet says it all, my poet friend. Warmest wishes my poet friend.. ~Suze
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/19/2024 5:24:00 AM
Thx for visiting Woody's page
Date: 11/15/2024 10:37:00 AM
I likek "Peace is more important than winning"
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/15/2024 1:22:00 PM
Yessir Mr Crandall sir. Thx for stop
Date: 11/5/2024 9:22:00 PM
Let us strive for peace and love. We really need a d'etente in this war- torn world. Let us end our rivalries, see each other as fellow beings, bound by love. Inspirational poems like yours can highlight the positive side of life. Thanks dear Tom for your loving exhortation to humanity to walk in the path of peace.
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/6/2024 5:28:00 AM
Appreciate your support Valsa
Date: 11/5/2024 5:54:00 AM
The world is upside down, and it is going to stay like this. I can understand your anger, but modern times are a curse. This is a very well-written sonnet, which I have enjoyed and thoroughly understood.
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Tom Woody
Date: 11/5/2024 6:03:00 AM
Hey thx NGS. Yes, topsy turvy world. For now
Date: 10/27/2024 12:01:00 PM
Your words ring true and are prophetic in these turbulent times. Politics in America have been a contact sport as long as I can remember. A blood sport now. A long litany of demagogues --Huey Long, Father Caughlin --check out George Lincoln Rockwell and David Duke! Trumps not unique, just broke through to the mainstream. America's not Denmark! Excellent, Robert
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/27/2024 12:03:00 PM
I'm not into politics Bob, though I get your point. Dysfunction can be found at every level of society
Date: 10/27/2024 7:13:00 AM
Very nicely written, Tom. Compassionate and heartfelt.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/27/2024 9:19:00 AM
Thx Chas
Date: 10/26/2024 7:12:00 AM
Hi Tom, a beautiful piece nicely put. It sure would be nice to experience peace and harmony again. Have a great day, my friend.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/26/2024 9:35:00 AM
U2 Zy and thx
Date: 10/26/2024 4:47:00 AM
A very thoughtful and compassionate poem, Tom. Should be a POTD. I strongly agree with it's positive all inclusive message. Have a creative and inspiring Saturday. Blessings :)
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/26/2024 5:18:00 AM
Thx for the POTD mention. Have a wonderful day
Date: 10/25/2024 11:06:00 AM
Sharing and caring for each other. I wish everyone felt this way. Beautifully written.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/25/2024 11:08:00 AM
Me too Alesis. Me too
Date: 10/25/2024 12:49:00 AM
Beautiful sonnet that voices the importance of peace and unity, Tom. God bless. ~ Ani
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/25/2024 5:31:00 AM
Thx Ani. Glad you found your way here
Date: 10/24/2024 11:05:00 AM
an impeccable poesy signifying the importance of unity in this otherwise abrasive world... so apropos for the month of peace celebrated last October... let peace begin with you, with us, tom!
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/24/2024 11:16:00 AM
Yes ma'am. Agreed
Date: 10/24/2024 7:33:00 AM
Absolutely, in fact, there can be no winning without first, self peace. It is complicated, much deeper than one laying down one's arms -- there can be no peace without surrender of lesser ego... -- unfortunately, giving one's self to a higher deity, in most minds, wrongly equates to becoming a puppet of religion...which is far from truth. Well said, Woody. Blessings my friend.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/24/2024 8:03:00 AM
An overinflated ego is the cause of so many conflicts. Who can say they haven't struggled? Peace is always the goal, if in reality unachievable
Date: 10/23/2024 7:16:00 AM
Great writing Tom, and a sentiment we all share, Is this a song in the making
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/23/2024 7:45:00 AM
No it's a sonnet. Maria is working on one of my songs now hoping to debut this week. Thx much
Date: 10/21/2024 6:54:00 PM
Well written sonnet. Mr favorite form. Content matter is important as well. Agape love is God's ideal and only He can provide it.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/22/2024 5:39:00 AM
And we have a choice whether to live by it. Thx Eileen
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Zyrool Gifford
Date: 10/21/2024 10:43:00 PM
Date: 10/19/2024 7:27:00 AM
Like you Tom, I have come and gone from this site a couple of times. Recent tones have made me consider it once more…and I rarely interact anymore, never knowing who will be offended…including myself. It may just be the nature of social media (for any medium). I wouldn’t have expected it here though. BTW, excellent sonnet.
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Mark Massey
Date: 10/19/2024 11:04:00 AM
You too, Tom.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/19/2024 10:13:00 AM
Thx Mark. Yeah I agree, SM lends itself to jealousies, envies, backbiting and even lies and slander. Fortunately there are more decent people than otherwise. Hang in there
Date: 10/18/2024 7:48:00 PM
Reminded me of that commercial. I want to teach the world to sing. Was that coke or Pepsi?
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/22/2025 11:50:00 AM
What??
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/19/2024 2:51:00 PM
Nehi
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Arlo Parker
Date: 10/19/2024 1:58:00 PM
Fantasy
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/19/2024 5:27:00 AM
Fanta
Date: 10/17/2024 1:36:00 PM
Many times it seems overwhelming and the war brings a destruction that nobody wants to see or feel especially when they've been touched by it.
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/17/2024 1:38:00 PM
And yet it happens despite our best intentions. Imperfection sucks! Thx
Date: 10/17/2024 12:49:00 PM
Very inspiring, we should all care about one another... just like this
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Tom Woody
Date: 10/17/2024 1:23:00 PM
Easy to say hard to do but yes, of course. Thx for stopping by Paige
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