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Give Not Your Heart

Give not your heart to hasty pleas
Resist lips of slick, pretty lies
Who weave duplicity and tease
Value yourself; you are the prize
Who is not won by shallow tries
Sugary words are spun of air
The blood of effort is more rare
Take careful measure of what grows
For the soil, thin or rich, will bear
Which is the weed, and which, the rose.

5/15/20

For Dear Heart's 'Dizain' contest

Shared 1st Place

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John Watt Date: 11/15/2021 3:15:00 PM Went back today to revisit this amazing piece of writing... wise, poignant, concise, so perfectly rhymed and comfortable within its form, just brilliant. 'Value yourself; you are the prize'... good words for us poets to remember and live by. Login to Reply

John Hamilton Date: 5/29/2020 9:48:00 AM Another stellar write Michelle, a worthy winner indeed! Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 5/22/2020 7:34:00 AM Michelle, beautifully penned and congratulations on your win in my contest _Constance Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/22/2020 3:28:00 PM Thank you for the placement, Constance (I have always liked that name!)

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 5/20/2020 2:51:00 PM Congratulations on your wonderful win with this brilliant poem Michelle! Blessingsxxoo Login to Reply

Mohan Chutani Date: 5/20/2020 11:05:00 AM Michelle, truely separating the grain from the chaff. Congrats. Mohan Login to Reply

Aditi Mishra Date: 5/19/2020 11:43:00 PM Blessed emotions expressed through your dizain. Congratulations on your win Michelle :) Login to Reply

John Watt Date: 5/19/2020 4:40:00 PM So happy to see this in the #1 spot, Michelle. Congratulations, my friend, and thanks for imparting some good wisdom. Login to Reply

Sam Kauffman Date: 5/19/2020 1:23:00 PM This is quite wonderful, Michelle. Every line is rich with poignancy. There is so much depth here - so much to ponder. Weed or rose, what will it be in light of growing self awareness. What is our choice as we take stock of and nurture our gifts and giftedness. Congratulations on your win, my friend. Login to Reply

Judy Ball Date: 5/19/2020 2:29:00 AM WoW! Love this. Great advice told with such wisdom. Excellent rhythm and rhyme. This is going in with my faves. Bravo and good luck in the contest. God Bless and stay well, JB Login to Reply

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders Date: 5/18/2020 8:14:00 PM Very beautiful and wise...lots of luck in the contest! xx Rhonda Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 5/17/2020 1:42:00 PM That's some good advice, good rhythm and rhyme here. Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/18/2020 6:38:00 PM Thanks, M.L!

JCB Brul Date: 5/17/2020 12:11:00 PM Wow, this is lovely! Best luck for the contest! Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/18/2020 6:37:00 PM Thank you, much appreciated-

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 5/16/2020 5:48:00 PM Wow Michelle, this is wonderful! A beautiful and clever ending too! Blessings xxoo Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2020 8:55:00 PM I am touched by your flattering comment, thank you, Connie-

John Watt Date: 5/16/2020 2:43:00 PM Michelle, this is absolutely a winner in my book and going in my faves to be reread. So on point, not a wasted word, great imagery (love the garden metaphor and "spun of air", "the blood of effort", and of course the crux of the whole matter, "value yourself". EXCELLENT dizain from start to finish ~ John Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2020 8:54:00 PM Thank you, John (this is a lesson I wish I had learned long ago!)

Arturo Michael Date: 5/16/2020 11:26:00 AM Nice...Give not your heart in vain... Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2020 11:43:00 AM Many thanks for your kind comment, Arturo-

Caren Krutsinger Date: 5/16/2020 6:40:00 AM "Value yourself; you are the prize"- absolutely write! Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2020 11:42:00 AM Write you are, Caren :)

Anil Deo Date: 5/15/2020 6:49:00 PM These 10 lines are Ten Commandments toward peace inside & out. Thanks for your heart & mind Michelle, "The blood of effort is more rare" than sugary words (Paz! Vrede, Pace, Shanthi, shalom) Deo Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/16/2020 11:41:00 AM Thank you kindly - shalom and peace -

Jan Allison Date: 5/15/2020 4:10:00 PM wise words indeed Michelle, good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/15/2020 4:38:00 PM Thanks so much, Jan!

Jeanne Mcgee Date: 5/15/2020 1:58:00 PM I love the wisdom here. Good luck in the contest...a winner! Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/15/2020 2:09:00 PM I appreciate that, thank you, Jeanne-

Gershon Wolf Date: 5/15/2020 1:35:00 PM Words of wisdom, my poetic friend! :) gw Login to Reply Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/15/2020 2:08:00 PM Many thanks, my wise teacher:)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/15/2020 12:23:00 PM Oh YES! Give your muse a pat on the back from me for this one. Word perfect. A fave. I expect to see this on the podium ;), My best to you Michelle! xomo Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/15/2020 3:12:00 PM I did, thank you! <3 Michelle Faulkner Date: 5/15/2020 1:06:00 PM Thank you, Mo (and hope you had a happy birthday!)