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My Friend Maureen

Can you imagine a bond with one I have hardly seen?
But if I can call someone my bosom buddy, it is Maureen.
We contact over the phone daily as a routine.
In keeping our friendship intact, both of us are keen.
We first met accidentally at the office canteen.
Soon she went away to another place and was never seen.
She was then so very young, hardly nineteen.
Her appearance and manners were quite clean.
She was petite and lean with a pleasant mien,
Endowed with a heart with qualities umpteen.
She seldom says or does anything harsh or mean.
Sane in her decisions with a disposition serene, 
In my heart’s innermost shrine, she stays ever green
Also brightens my life with dazzling sheen
She reigns in my heart as an unrivalled queen.
In my sorrow and in every need, on her, I can lean!

October.4.2022
Resubmitted for Brian Strand Premier Choice Poetry Contest

Single Stanza Monorhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsor. L MILTON HANKINS

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Deb M

Date: 10/6/2022 2:23:00 AM

Absolutely lovely Valsa! How lucky you and Maureen are to have such a friendship. Debx

Valsa George
Date: 10/6/2022 2:40:00 AM

Thanks a lot Deb. The name Maureen is fictional.....

Bill Baker

Date: 10/4/2022 9:11:00 PM

Wonderful entry for Milton's contest and a wonderful tribute to a true friend. You wrote a fine Monorhyme, My dear friend. Good luck! Hugs, Bill

Valsa George
Date: 10/6/2022 5:43:00 AM

Thanks a lot for your sincere and generous appreciation of my poem. Love and Hugs dear friend Bill.

Sotto Poet

Date: 10/4/2022 11:59:00 AM

It's a lovely Monorhyme, Valsa, and it's quite inspiring. Excellent words and rhythm choice. A good friend is more precious than anything else in the world. Best wishes for the contest.

Valsa George
Date: 10/6/2022 5:41:00 AM

You are an inspiring friend and I enjoy your friendship. Thanks a lot....

Vijay Pandit

Date: 10/4/2022 6:41:00 AM

Nice to have a friend to lean on. She is a special being--no wonder you hold her dearly in your heart. Best to you, Valsa.

Valsa George
Date: 10/6/2022 5:40:00 AM

Yes, in times of adversity we feel the need of a friend who can bring some cheer into our troubled hearts and on whom we can lean. Thanks a lot Vijay!