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Offer the Other Cheek

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English Quintain
An English Quintain poem is (five line stanzas with a rhyme pattern of a,b,a,b,b ), there is no specific syllable count, meter, or length of line.

To offer the other cheek seems weak, but it requires courage not to fight. Jesus bequeathed the Earth to the meek who don't seek revenge for every slight; for two wrongs can never make a right. Violence begets more violence, opening doors that cannot be closed. And you will suffer shame in silence with your inhumanity exposed, inheriting the pain you imposed.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Charles Messina
Date: 12/16/2019 5:17:00 PM
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Awesome write, Emile. Congratulations on your win my friend.
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/17/2019 7:21:00 AM
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Thanks Charles, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
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Eve Roper
Date: 12/15/2019 7:22:00 PM
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Emile, congratulations on your win. Hugs Eve
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/16/2019 8:43:00 AM
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Thanks Eve, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
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Na Na
Date: 12/15/2019 5:31:00 PM
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Well done on getting a winning poem :)~ Emile
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/16/2019 8:42:00 AM
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Thanks Gregory, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
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Silent One
Date: 12/15/2019 4:56:00 PM
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you are right my friend.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest..
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/16/2019 8:42:00 AM
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Thanks Silent One, I appreciate the placement my friend, Emile.
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John Hamilton
Date: 12/4/2019 4:36:00 PM
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This is great Emile, should do well in SO's contest!
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/5/2019 8:16:00 AM
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Thanks John, I appreciate your support my friend, Emile.
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Lin Lane
Date: 12/4/2019 12:03:00 PM
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Very well expressed, Emile. Vengeance is not ours to take.
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Emile Pinet
Date: 12/4/2019 12:48:00 PM
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Thanks Lin, I appreciate your comments my friend, Emile.

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