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Contest: Lessons learnt in life 1 double etheree contest
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Quote 3 - Sooner or later everything you love… you lose

I never imagined I’d see the day When you drew your final breath and died Nothing can ever prepare you For the loss of a loved one No one lives forever Cherished memories Stay forever In our hearts And our Minds. Your Assets Are all gone Nothing remains Your home has been sold Life must go on for us Our time on earth is precious We don’t know when we will depart Family and friends can’t be replaced Material possessions mean nothing 2nd October 2015 Submitted to Any Form E contest Sponsored by Broken Wings Checked with how many syllables

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Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 1/30/2017 7:22:00 AM

Hi Jan, big congratulations on your top-of-the-class win, my friend so well-deserved with this magnificent piece! What a beautiful double Etheree, a form that I have not yet succeeded in doing! Thanks for showing me how this should be done with your deep, powerful, words of wisdom! A-7 for sure. Hugs. Pandita

Larry Bradfield

Date: 1/25/2017 1:35:00 PM

Congratulations, Jan..well done and well deserved..Larry

Janice Canerdy

Date: 1/25/2017 8:10:00 AM

A 7 for this WINNING piece--so well-written and moving! Janice

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 1/25/2017 4:55:00 AM

This is so true Jan....material things mean nothing. An excellent Etheree! This form has become more and more popular. I love it. You know the Arkansas poet, Etheree Taylor Armstrong who invented the form was a woman! So cheers for your poem and for the form that landed you in first place! Congratulations! 7 ; )

Caycay Jennings

Date: 1/24/2017 11:11:00 PM

Excellent job, Jan! I came to congratulate you and bonused out cause I got to read a poem of yours I've not seen before. It is an impressive job, form and content. Hugs ... CayCay

Afzal Nusker

Date: 1/24/2017 9:36:00 PM

Such true emotions reflects from this wonderful double etheree, Congrats, Jan.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 1/24/2017 7:12:00 PM

Congrats on your top win!

Joseph May

Date: 1/24/2017 7:09:00 PM

Congrats on your top win Jan...a touching write

Sandra Haight

Date: 1/24/2017 6:45:00 PM

Jan, congratulations on your top placement for your moving Double Etheree! Hugs, Sandra

John Hamilton

Date: 1/24/2017 5:03:00 PM

Great message and great win Jan!

Alexis Y.

Date: 1/24/2017 4:55:00 PM

Hi Jan, You've penned such a touching and moving double etheree. One never really gets over the loss of a loved one. You expressed that very well in this write. Congratulations on your top win. It was well deserved: -) Alexis

Jan Allison
Date: 1/24/2017 5:02:00 PM

Many thanks Alexis I have written very few of this form I must write another one day:-) hugs Jan xx

Janis Thompson

Date: 1/24/2017 4:24:00 PM

If we could visit we wouldn't want to leave or maybe we could change the way some live their lives on earth. This is a lovely, free flowing etheree. Congratulations on a top win.

Jan Allison
Date: 1/24/2017 4:36:00 PM

Oh wow thanks for letting me know Janis:-) hugs Jan xx

Casarah Nance

Date: 10/12/2015 8:31:00 AM

I completely agree, I'm to the point that material possessions mean nothing, the whole perspective of life changes whey you are face to face will illness/death. this was a powerful and reality filled etheree, and a good win for you Jan, hugs xx

Jan Allison
Date: 10/12/2015 9:00:00 AM

Yes we've both experienced life changing issues and your perspective does change NOT that we were particularly materialistic before Bob got cancer but Christmas 2013 all I wanted was for him to beat his illness and we just spent £10 on each other and this will now continue:-) hugs jan xx

Skat A

Date: 10/10/2015 11:48:00 AM

Jan, nice win. SKAT

Jan Allison
Date: 10/10/2015 1:57:00 PM

Thanks Skat:-) hugs Jan xx

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/10/2015 9:39:00 AM

Well expressed with much wisdom! Congrats!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/10/2015 11:40:00 AM

Thanks Richard the last 18 months have been a very steep learning curve for me:-( hugs Jan xx

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores

Date: 10/9/2015 9:13:00 AM

Congratulations in your win.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/9/2015 9:15:00 AM

Thanks so much:-) hugs Jan xx

Sandra Haight

Date: 10/8/2015 8:24:00 PM

Jan, stopping back to read your poem again and congratulate you on your nice win! Hugs, Sandra

Jan Allison
Date: 10/8/2015 8:26:00 PM

Thanks Sandra i was delighted to place in the contest:-) I really enjoyed writing in this form:-) hugs Jan xx

Michael Tor

Date: 10/8/2015 7:57:00 PM

Nice win Jan congratulations.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/8/2015 8:25:00 PM

Thanks again Michael:-) hugs jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/8/2015 3:29:00 PM

Glad to see you with this win. I wish I had followed directions. I could just kick myself!

Jan Allison
Date: 10/8/2015 3:47:00 PM

It's galling when you find you hadn't done it quite right - happens to us all or we miss the contest deadline which is so irritating:-( hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/8/2015 3:29:00 PM

oh, and big congrats.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/8/2015 3:47:00 PM

Thanks as ever for your support:-) hugs jan xx

Eve Roper

Date: 10/8/2015 2:47:00 PM

This poem has so much meaning. Congratulations on your wonderful win.

Jan Allison
Date: 10/8/2015 2:49:00 PM

Thanks so much Eve - It is written from the heart after everything I have been through in life this year and also before with my husband's cancer :-( hugs Jan xx