Carolyn Devonshire Poet Couplet

My Bucket List

Ten things I would like to do before I meet my maker
Atop the list – a grouper-catching record breaker

Hang gliding takes the second spot on my bucket list
Have snowflakes melting on my nose as my true love I kiss

Free-fall parachuting is one I mustn’t leave out
And feeling the empowerment of one who has some clout

Joy I’d find white-water rafting through the Grand Canyon
With an eagle spirit guide overhead as my companion

Penning a best seller sure would make one dream come true
Competing on “Survivor,” yes, I’d enjoy that too

Touring Europe’s haunted castles has always been a goal
And if I explored pyramids too, I’d complete my roll

Some may think me crazy, but I live for adventure
My friends call me “wild woman,” it’s my nomenclature



*For Joe's Top 10 Contest

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Connie Marcum Wong August 4, 2010 at 11:10 AM Carolyn, your list was very exciting and daring. I would be too chicken to do anything on your list. Congratulations on your win!

Andrea Dietrich August 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM Glad you made the winner's list. Congrats, Carolyn with your bucket list poem! Luv, Andrea

Carol Sunshine Brown July 27, 2010 at 6:59 AM Congratulations Carolyn on your win in Joe Flach's contest "Top 10". Love, Carol

Joe Flach July 25, 2010 at 3:41 PM Carolyn, very creative and entertaining read. I love the items in your bucket list and I hope you get the chance to achieve each one before the bucket you kick. Thanks for sharing this with me through my contest. Joe

Ralph Taylor July 24, 2010 at 7:05 AM Congrats, Wild Woman. Great write. Enjoyed. Kudos. Have a great weekend. xxxRalph

John Loving Iii July 17, 2010 at 8:41 AM this was funny. you must have missed spelled that last word, i could'nt make hide nor tail of it. john

Destiny Orschell July 11, 2010 at 11:58 PM An exciting bucket list. My best wishes in the contest. Love Destiny

Carrie Richards July 11, 2010 at 12:36 PM Thanks so much for my honor, Carolyn, in your Heaven's Smile contest!! The picture did bring a smile and a bit of heaven to see it!! Thanks so much!!! ~ Love, Carrie ps..you find the most interesting photos to inspire our poetry!!!!!!

Sara Kendrick July 11, 2010 at 10:58 AM Good luck in this contest with your write of a lifetime..I think I will also make a bucket list..It would be interesting to see what I really wanted to accomplish from the very bottom of my heart..Sara

Gert W. Knop July 11, 2010 at 9:26 AM Lovely expressed desires, Carolyn! Wish you best of luck in Joe's contest and have a nice week ahead. Thank you also for you kind comments...Love, Gert

Dr.Ram Mehta July 11, 2010 at 6:16 AM A wonderful entry for the contest. A nice ineresting list of top 10. Good luck in the contest

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen July 11, 2010 at 3:41 AM Great Bucket List, Carolyn. Have you written to "The Survivor" yet to find out how to get on the show? Knowing you, I am assuming that this list is filled with true wishes. Dreams are possible, as you know. But you might need to take your true love up north to feel that snow. BIG SMILES and Love to you. Lovingly, Dane Ann

Caryl Muzzey July 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM Nice entry for the contest, I enjoyed the read good luck with your list. My list of 10 is to keep my feet on the ground. Caryl

James Fraser July 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM Cracking top ten Carolyn, I do hope you eradicate them one by one and retire to rest with many years and look back. Good luck in Joe's contest >> James

Carrie Richards July 10, 2010 at 4:37 PM Wow....you have a soul of adventure, and daring!!! This top ten will be among the top ten on the winner's list...no doubt about it!! ~ :) Love, Carrie

Caroline Cécile Delacroix July 10, 2010 at 3:56 PM Awesome! Carolyn, you wild woman! :) Well written couplet. Good luck in the contest. And thank you for always grant me such uplifting reviews on my poetry. Your friend, Caroline.

Doris Culverhouse July 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM nice list, you are a great adventurer.

Ralph Taylor July 10, 2010 at 12:25 PM Great Bucket list, Carolyn. Good luck and thanks for the congrats. Have a great weekend. xxxRalph

Daniel Cwiak July 10, 2010 at 12:14 PM You sound like a "wild creature" to me. Adventure seems to be in your blood, so my suggestion is not to wait until it's too late to do any of the things on your bucket list. Great write! Dan C

Daver Austin July 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM Oh, Carolyn, you ARE wild! The list makes it so. I suggest you find someone like Clint Eastwood to chum around with. Even Clint would have to sprint. Good write, old buddy. Love, Dave

Andrea Dietrich July 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM wow, you are up for some major adventure. My list would be much more "comfortable" and the novel would be at the top. I love survivor but no, i would NOT want to go on a show that made me eat a gross thing and make me look stupid with those puzzles they have to do. hahaha. Luv, Andrea ps funny what you said about spineless creatures.