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lay your head on my shoulder feel free to cry, but know I care if you shake, I will steady you if you fall, I’ll lift you dependability and loyalty my most valued qualities never ignoring a friend in need always offering reassurance the nicest thing ever said to me: “What you see is what you get” no pretense, no delusions of grandeur just a friend who has your back wealth and fame I do not seek but crushed I’d be devastated if I weren’t there when a friend required help by Carolyn Devonshire For Kristen Bruni’s “Love Me Why?” contest

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Date: 11/12/2012 8:49:00 AM
LOVE this!!!!!
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Date: 5/2/2011 1:16:00 PM
Fabulous win Carolyn loved it.Haven't been here much been waiting for a good friend to start getting well.Wanted to say thanks for all your kind comments and congrats.So you take care.~LOTS OF LUV~Teresa
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Date: 5/1/2011 7:31:00 PM
You are known (famous) for your loyalty and dependability to others on this site! To us soupers, you are OUTTA SIGHT! Congrats on this poem that tell us something we know to be true! You are a friend indeed! Gwendolen
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Date: 5/1/2011 7:55:00 AM
Congrats on your well deserved win. Noble character traits that you are known by. gf
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Date: 5/1/2011 6:56:00 AM
Congrats Carolyn on your fabulous win. A beautiful person you are and anyone would love to have a friend like to you. Luv and hugs to you. God bless, gautami...
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Date: 5/1/2011 6:44:00 AM
Congratulations Carolyn on your win in Kristen's contest "Love Me Why"? Love, Carol
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Date: 4/30/2011 4:00:00 PM
You are very caring from what I know about the times you spend consoling your friends. I think this was one of the best I read in the contest. (some really good ones I am reading are down here at the bottom! ) Congrats on your win.
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Date: 4/30/2011 7:39:00 AM
Great to see your success Carolyn with this unique talent. Congratulations on your honored in the winner's circle. I totally agree that the second stanza describes you exactly. Agape, Moses
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Date: 4/30/2011 7:23:00 AM
An awesome pardon and a great friend to have.. Congratulations on your win in the contest Carolyn, love Wilma
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Date: 4/30/2011 7:20:00 AM
Congrats, Carolyn on this beautifully written, well deserved win. Awesome piece, my friend. Kudos. Thanks for your gracious comments on my recent postings. You and yours have a great weekend. luv Ralph
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Date: 4/24/2011 2:45:00 PM
I believe that this is a sincere piece Carolyn, it almost lives and breaths on its own!
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Date: 4/22/2011 8:09:00 AM
a very touching piece that touched my heart and i know this came from your heart as the reading shows. thank you for commenting on Beetle Sees Daylight, and those beetles get no respect.
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Date: 4/22/2011 7:56:00 AM
Great entry dear poet ! Just the kind of friends which make my day ;) This is one fine write Carolyn ! Have a good one love ! much love, james
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Date: 4/22/2011 6:55:00 AM
You know that you are one of my favorite poets, you always come through with a comment to aid me when I am down in the dumps, You are my mentor sort of speak, you were also the first person who ever commented on my work, and deligintly you have always boosted my ego, which I had little of, so thank you from this grateful struggling poet. God bless
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Date: 4/22/2011 4:48:00 AM
Carolyn love this poem , says so much about you as a person. Anne
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Date: 4/22/2011 12:03:00 AM
It needs a big heart to pen down the above lines Carolyn. i am lucky to get a friend like you!that quote was by Mahatma Gandhi(live life as.......)-kash
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Date: 4/21/2011 3:20:00 PM
Carol this is just it! I love the... wealth, wisdom, intelligence and poise in your words! WHAT A POEM! This sure is a master piece in my books. Thank you for searching vaults of your heart and retrieving this gem to share with us! it is beautiful in so many ways! How well off we'd be with friends this. > Thanx 4 ur kind comments n ur warm-hearted friendship. May you be blessed, and may you have a propitious Easter holiday!
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Date: 4/21/2011 12:36:00 PM
Being a friend to someone who needs one shows how kind you are. This is why you are loved by friends and family. Good luck in Krisens contest. Best to you, Diane
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Date: 4/21/2011 12:32:00 PM
The best qualities anyone could ask for in a friend. You are a beautiful person. Best wishes in the contest! Ellen <3 ...soupmail!
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Date: 4/21/2011 11:42:00 AM
This is really beautiful and touching to know, Carolyn, and very comforting to know that you are one of those friends who can be counted upon :D-- and thanks for your sweet comments in my poem for Frank :) I just love the friendships we have here at the Soup! hugs!
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Date: 4/21/2011 11:17:00 AM
What a magnificent friend you are Carolyn. I love this poem and you. Of course you can sit under my cherry tree with me anytime. Thank you for your always kind comments. Have a great Easter and don't catch all the fish. Love, Carol
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Date: 4/21/2011 11:15:00 AM
A poem so aptly titled also a testimony of the type of friend you are Carolyn.. Wishing you all the best for the contest.. Love Wilma
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Date: 4/21/2011 10:17:00 AM
If only everyone had a friend like you, Carolyn, the world would be a happier place
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Date: 4/21/2011 9:13:00 AM
I can vouch for this! What a great friend you are. BG
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Date: 4/21/2011 8:58:00 AM
This is so magical and enchanteing, Carolyn, I just love the flow of it, mesmerizig, best of luck in the contest, and thanks for your ever lovely comments on my poetry~~
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