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Home of Happiness

Be it a hut of bamboo and palm frond roof
maybe a hut made of straw and mud,
or a stone dwelling with unglazed windows.

It is not what a home is made of that counts
but about what resides inside.
A spirit of happiness is what
truly makes a house a home.

written 01/26/2015

contest: Home Sweet Home

Copyright © Shadow Hamilton | Year Posted 2015

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Sara Kendrick Date: 5/27/2015 5:12:00 PM Yes, the love and spirit of happiness do make a home a home..Great winner..Congrats..Sara Login to Reply

Sandra Haight Date: 5/26/2015 1:33:00 PM Hi Shadow, I've been away for 10 days, still catching up with PS! Congratulations on your fine win for your lovely "Home Sweet Home" poem! Hugs, Sandra Login to Reply Shadow Hamilton Date: 5/26/2015 5:40:00 PM ty Sarah hugs

Poet Destroyer A Date: 5/23/2015 1:21:00 AM SHADOW, Nice win...... LINDA Login to Reply Shadow Hamilton Date: 5/24/2015 3:41:00 PM ty Linda hugs

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/22/2015 12:08:00 AM OH my, I am glad I decided to check winner lists to find this one of yours I had not seen before. A very good one, Shadow. It was a worthy win. Congratulations. Login to Reply Shadow Hamilton Date: 5/22/2015 6:54:00 PM ty Andrea hugs

Skat A Date: 5/20/2015 7:04:00 PM Shadow, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN. Enjoyed your Home Sweet Home Entry. Thank you for supporting my contest. ~~SKAT LOVE~~ Login to Reply Shadow Hamilton Date: 5/22/2015 6:53:00 PM ty Skat hugs

Anne Rutherford Date: 3/30/2015 5:50:00 PM Beautiful and so true Shadow .This reads like a winner. Anne Login to Reply

Peter Lewis Holmes Date: 3/25/2015 8:48:00 PM I hope you will be tempted to write more free verse ....lovely pen!...Peter Login to Reply

M. L. Kiser Date: 1/26/2015 4:25:00 PM Such a big statement in such a small poem; beautifully done. Login to Reply

David Meade Date: 1/26/2015 10:01:00 AM Home is where the heart is and where the heart is . . . may it be filled with love. lovely dear Shadow. 7 Login to Reply

Constance La France Date: 1/26/2015 7:54:00 AM Shadow, well written, I also believe the same thing, best of luck in the contest and thank you so much for my placement in Railway Journey Contest, I am very honoured ~~ Login to Reply

Poesy Relish Date: 1/26/2015 7:20:00 AM simple yet appealing... love the way you dealt with the topic.. best wishes.nad! Login to Reply

Dr.Ram Mehta Date: 1/26/2015 6:44:00 AM I appreciate how you have dealt with house and home. The happiness is never complete without the two, Shadow Login to Reply

John Fleming Date: 1/26/2015 4:46:00 AM There is nothing said more true! W B Yeats would have approved of your little poem....nicely done! :-) john. Login to Reply