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9/2/2024 for Soupers Unite and Write! Poetry Contest sponsored by Benjamin Bartley

Souperb Soup

Let's toss some poets into a soup like a gumbo 
to make a concoction of proportions quite jumbo,
with a variety of flavors, so delicious,
yet, for our hearts, minds, and spirits, highly nutritious.

Let's call this exotic concoction, PoetrySoup,
and then welcome that ridiculous Dave Crandall dupe,
with his oddball poems of distaste and aberrance,
making him grateful for everyone's forbearance.
 
Like a fly, I do the backstroke in this soup as I read
poems that sow beauty and happiness's seed;
or, snorkeling, I think hard as I dive down deep,
and devour a profound poem before I sleep.
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Bartley Avatar
October 4, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations on the #2 spot and a trophy for this contest of mine. I should have known this poem was yours. But of course, I rate the poems based on merit not popularity. I always try my best to keep all poems anonymous until the results come out. Well done!
Crandall Avatar
October 4, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Thanks Benjamin! Oops, I noticed what I did afterward - won't happen again. It was a fun contest!
Kauffman Avatar
October 2, 2024 at 10:38 AM
So creative and full of fun, David! I couldn't help but think of the song "All God's Children Have a Place in the Choir" when I read your line about being a dupe! You are needed and necessary to give your special flavoring to this precious soup! Congratulations on your win! Blessings to you!
Crandall Avatar
October 4, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Thanks so much Sam. Wow, I remember that song from when my son was little, I remember a guy named John McCutcheon did it - great song!
Woods Avatar
September 30, 2024 at 7:15 AM
How wonderful! I always love your writing... it has simplicity but also a powerful depth just as you so whimsically describe! Congratulations! Xoxo
Crandall Avatar
September 30, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Thanks Crystol, always a pleasure to hear your kind words!
Edmonds  Avatar
September 30, 2024 at 6:34 AM
David consider yourself the top winner as the poem chosen for top spot was AI generated… Beryl
Crandall Avatar
September 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Thanks Beryl! If a machine produced the poem I wrote, I'd take it back to the shop - lol!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
September 29, 2024 at 10:59 PM
A nice funny poem on PS. Congratulations.
Crandall Avatar
September 30, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Thanks Subimal!
Jones Avatar
September 29, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Congrats David on your win!
Crandall Avatar
September 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Thanks Karen!
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