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If There Was No Poetry

I could not make sense
of the wonder
would stand 
bewildered and mute

I could not open
and let out
the feelings that well
from my depth

I could not speak truth
and would choke 
on the unsaid words
in my throat

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Line Gauthier

Date: 3/6/2020 8:08:00 PM

Powerful penning, Agnes.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

Date: 2/23/2020 8:41:00 AM

Back for more, and more congrats, hugs!

Line Gauthier

Date: 2/11/2020 3:27:00 PM

Congrats on your POTD, Agnes. Well penned.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/30/2020 5:42:00 AM

Wonderfully done. Congrats on POTD!

Charles Messina

Date: 1/27/2020 8:45:00 AM

Lovely, Agnes. Belated congrats on POTD. Charlie

Paul Callus

Date: 1/27/2020 6:20:00 AM

You have expressed your feelings very well, Agnes. Where would we be without poetry!! ~ Congratulations on p.o.t.d. Regards // paul

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/26/2020 4:44:00 PM

splendid, and congrats both in the contest and on a potd I see you got as well.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/26/2020 11:46:00 AM

Poetry helps us all to express our feelings whether we are the writer or the reader. A belated congratulations on your wonderful POTD honor Agnes. xxoo

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/26/2020 8:22:00 AM

- Congratulations on your great winning poem in S.O. contest, Agnes :) - Have a lovely Sunday :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Silent One

Date: 1/26/2020 5:35:00 AM

Congrats on your placement in the contest..

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/25/2020 1:41:00 PM

- Agnes, congratulations on your p.o.t.d. ... and good luck in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Beata Agustin

Date: 1/25/2020 5:40:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this. God bless you.

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 1/25/2020 4:20:00 AM

A excellent message and a great description of the torment a person goes through if he/she were responsible for the deaths of people due to their driving negligence. An excellent read my friend Tom, Congratulations on your wonderful honor of POTD. Blessings Jennifer.

Agnes Krampe
Date: 1/25/2020 6:55:00 AM

Jennifer, you wrote this comment for Tom on 1/25, but it shows up as comment on my poem from the day before. Perhaps copy it over so he can see it? It's probably a glitch in Soup

Ashok Kumar Mishra

Date: 1/25/2020 3:50:00 AM

So precisely expressive poetry..."I couldn't speak truth and choke".... Wonderful, congrats on POTD

Agnes Krampe
Date: 1/25/2020 6:56:00 AM

Thank you, Ashok

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/25/2020 3:39:00 AM

Nice to see you back Agnes, congratulations on P. O. T. D. Tom

Agnes Krampe
Date: 1/25/2020 6:56:00 AM

Thank you, Tom, same to you

Eve Roper

Date: 1/24/2020 5:16:00 PM

Congratulations on POTD

Edward Ibeh

Date: 1/24/2020 1:11:00 PM

Congrats on well-deserved p.o.t.d. recognition, Agnes!:-)

Tania Kitchin

Date: 1/24/2020 1:08:00 PM

Congratulations on POTD Agnes!

Brandy Nicole

Date: 1/24/2020 11:34:00 AM

"I could not speak truth and would choke on the unsaid words in my throat" A powerful way to express how it would feel- "if there was no poetry" Oh my!! Not being able to share emotions from the heart through words, that would be terrible indeed. I am so thankful that we can. This is beautiful and tender, all at the same time. Congratulations Agnes, on Poem of the Day. ~ Brandy

Agnes Krampe
Date: 1/24/2020 11:36:00 AM

Thank you so much, Brandy.