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Friend Qualities

My closest friends came to be serendipitously
acquaintances through circumstances...
age deepened respect through several years...
honesty, laughter and tears abated fears...
now that we are here... by faith we persevere

It seems 'to take a village' to keep me in ink...
I appreciate each of you, all you do and think
Two, because of you, helped me want to stay...
The kindness of your ways, I still admire today


June 23, 2018

QUALITIES YOU ADMIRE IN FRIENDS Contest by CAROLYN DEVONSHIRE AND JACK HORNE
Sixth Place

Copyright © Susan Gentry | Year Posted 2018

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Timothy Mcguire Date: 7/5/2018 9:32:00 PM Well Written... It makes me think of my good friend and Ill bet you are someone's great friend too! Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 7/6/2018 1:44:00 AM Thank you. Such a nice thing to say.

Virginia Waters Date: 7/1/2018 2:00:00 AM moving tribute. Congratulations Susan Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 7/1/2018 6:24:00 PM Thank you!

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 6/29/2018 12:07:00 AM Friendship beautifully captured in your lines Susan. Congratulations on your win! Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/29/2018 6:44:00 AM Thank you!

Joseph May Date: 6/28/2018 11:57:00 AM Dropping back with my Congrats Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/28/2018 1:00:00 PM Thank you!

Anisha Dutta Date: 6/27/2018 11:05:00 PM BIG CONGRATS to win on the wonderful poem. Love Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 11:51:00 PM Thank you!

John Gondolf Date: 6/26/2018 3:53:00 PM Susan, Congrats on your win for this wonderful poem. John Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:13:00 AM Thank you!

Jan Allison Date: 6/26/2018 2:34:00 PM what a lovely tribute Susan, many congrats:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:13:00 AM Thank you!

Curtis Moorman Date: 6/26/2018 2:26:00 PM Susan, how wonderful! And such imagery in the description. I believe you could be classified as a true friend because of your kind nature and sincere heartfelt way of expressing yourself. Congratulations on your win! Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:12:00 AM Thank you!

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/26/2018 1:12:00 PM Back with congratulations Susan. Tom. Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:12:00 AM Thank you!

Carolyn Devonshire Date: 6/26/2018 11:59:00 AM Jack and I really enjoyed your poem, Susan. You gave me a chuckle when I read, "It seems 'to take a village' to keep me in ink." Thanks for supporting our contest and congratulations on your win! Hugs, Carolyn Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:11:00 AM :) I'm thrilled and honored to be on the winners list. It was a fun contest. Thank you, Caryolyn and Jack, for sponsoring it and for all you all do!

Janis Medders Tobechi Date: 6/26/2018 10:29:00 AM Nicely said. Good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/27/2018 6:09:00 AM Thank you!

Kim Rodrigues Date: 6/26/2018 5:36:00 AM Lovely sentiments, Susan! We gain love and understanding only through years. Those two sound wonderful! Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/26/2018 9:36:00 AM Thank you, Kim.

Probir Gupta Date: 6/25/2018 11:05:00 PM A deep and beautiful write, Susan ... Lovely and enriching ... Best wishes ... Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/26/2018 9:35:00 AM Thank you so much, Probir! :)

Joseph May Date: 6/25/2018 10:29:00 PM nicely expressed Susan.. Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/26/2018 9:35:00 AM Thanks.

Heidi Sands Date: 6/25/2018 6:37:00 PM Very nicely written Susan! Special :) Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/26/2018 9:34:00 AM Thank you.

Cheryl Hoffman Date: 6/24/2018 9:52:00 PM A very sweet down to earth tribute to all your friends Susan! Good luck in the contest with this friend gem!~Che :) Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:37:00 PM Thank you!

Alfred Berggren Date: 6/24/2018 8:32:00 PM Well written and the rhyming is spot on. Hope you win. Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:37:00 PM Thank you!

Gershon Wolf Date: 6/24/2018 7:59:00 PM Your sincerity and uncommon decency reach out from the lines of this wonderful tribute, gripping the reader and demanding his/her attention. Excellent!! ~ Gershon Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:36:00 PM Thank you, Gershon! Always look for your input. :)

Winged Warrior Date: 6/24/2018 6:25:00 PM Beautifully expressed Susan...hopefully you are my friend...love & light...^WW^ Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:35:00 PM Thanks so much! Of course I am. :)

Robert Johnson Date: 6/24/2018 5:07:00 PM Loyal friends who reach inside and take away the pain. Are truly what life's all about when it begins to rain. And when they offer up a hand to help you on your path. That's when you know that when together you'll survive the wrath. Love the heart in this Susan. :) Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:33:00 PM Oh I like yours! Thanks so much.

Janice Canerdy Date: 6/24/2018 12:54:00 PM Concise and powerful, Susan! Janice Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 10:33:00 PM Thank you, Janice.

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/24/2018 3:01:00 AM True friends are precious, friends you would trust with your life. Well written Susan. Tom Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 5:39:00 AM Thanks, Tom. :)

Viv Wigley Date: 6/24/2018 12:23:00 AM Yeah, you don't need hundreds of 'friends' on social media. Just a couple of good strong real ones. Nice write, Susan. Viv x Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 5:38:00 AM Thank you!

Line Gauthier Date: 6/23/2018 11:13:00 PM Well penned, Susan. Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 1:06:00 AM Thank you.

Lyric Man Date: 6/23/2018 10:31:00 PM Susan.. I like how and what you value in your friends. All the best to you! Login to Reply Susan Gentry Date: 6/24/2018 1:04:00 AM Thanks so much :)

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