Sami Helbaoui Poet Verse

Nostalgia

I look upon this weary ground
as my bare foot touches the holy soil
why is this? We no longer bound
we love ourselves… and we became foils
some fight for money, some fight for glory
but I will always fight for memento mori

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6th place in the contest, A Nature Verse  by John Freeman

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Carol Sunshine Brown September 21, 2011 at 2:22 PM Congratulations on your win in the contest of Moses "A Nature Verse" Sami. Love, Carol

Dr.Ram Mehta September 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM Congratulations on the win in the contest of John, Sami

Ralph Taylor September 18, 2011 at 10:56 PM Congrats on your win, Sami. Nice going. Ralph

John Freeman September 18, 2011 at 4:33 PM Sami, thanks for taking the time to offer your memorable verse, the honor was mine in reading this worthy Verse entry. Agape, Moses. Sami Helbaoui September 18, 2011 at 5:09 PM Thanks for the ranking! :D I didn't think I was even going get a placement... i was about to remove it from the contest :P

Bob Quigley September 18, 2011 at 2:52 PM Congratulations on your win Sami Sami Helbaoui September 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM i won?! :O i thought that i wasn't following the contest's rules :P thanks a lot!

John Smith September 18, 2011 at 9:29 AM You are headed for a momento gory. Hope not. There are great goals to fight for, especially in Syria. Sami Helbaoui September 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM wait what does momento gory mean?! :P