Sunshine and Showers

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Sunshine and showers; grey clouds and rainbows. Woes vanish, and then, again our pain grows. Our happiness wilts, and then again flowers. Grey clouds and rainbows; sunshine and showers! So on and so on, our pathways will wend - some paths beginning where others’ paths end. Mornings to nightfalls, and nights to each dawn, our pathways will wend so on and so on. Into centuries, from months and through years, we keep passing on our foolhardy fears. All that we’ve gleaned drifts on with the breeze. From months and through years into centuries. Can love and peace grow? God alone knows this. In this life or the next, will we find bliss? All that restricts us! When will we let go? God alone knows this. Can love and peace grow? Feb. 20, 2018 for Robert Haigh's Sunshine and Showers Contest (This is using Swap Quatrain form, created by Lorraine M. Kanter)

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Date: 3/21/2018 12:07:00 PM
(: <------ I believe this is the way to write a smile
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Date: 2/23/2018 10:27:00 PM
Congrats on your top win with this delightful poem, Andrea.
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Date: 2/23/2018 3:56:00 PM
Hey Andrea! Back to congratulate you on getting 2nd place in the contest! Wow! Also, I just wanted you to know that I added the video back to mine since the contest is over now.
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Date: 2/23/2018 8:25:00 AM
EXCELENT, moving piece, Andrea! CONGRATS on your win. I may try this form. Janice
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Date: 2/23/2018 8:25:00 AM
Congrats on your win, Andrea. I really like this form, I have never seen it before. I shall have to try it sometime. All the best. John
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Date: 2/23/2018 5:56:00 AM
Hi Andrea, This is such a good take on the contest theme. Good metaphors and content. Well done. Congratulations on your high placement. It was well deserved:-) Alexis
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Date: 2/23/2018 5:47:00 AM
Big congratulations Andrea. Tom.
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Date: 2/22/2018 11:06:00 AM
Yes and yes - excellent write. I thoroughly enjoyed this poem. Love ... CayCay
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Date: 2/21/2018 7:48:00 PM
I really like the form. Enjoyed reading, well done.
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Date: 2/21/2018 7:14:00 PM
This is lovely, Andrea, you use the form well, such a nice flow. Viv x
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Date: 2/21/2018 2:43:00 PM
so nice to read you again, andie...love the introspective mood and flow of your marvelous piece.... soupie soon.. huggs
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Date: 2/21/2018 6:44:00 AM
Lovely write Andrea.... Loved it thoroughly... Really a brilliant work... Definitely a winner...
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Date: 2/21/2018 6:41:00 AM
Like the way you started with a mix of happy and gloom and ended with a yearning for love and peace. Good question: when will we let go? Best for a win, Andrea.
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Date: 2/21/2018 6:38:00 AM
The last stanza is full of question, but something over thinking can prevent answers.. You did this form very well..
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Date: 2/21/2018 5:34:00 AM
This is a marvelous write Andrea. So many questions with the ebb and flow of our emotions ...'Our happiness wilts, and then again flowers' and again...' we keep passing on our foolhardy fears'...I loved all of it - it's so true. All the best in Robert's contest...Maria xxx
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Date: 2/21/2018 4:07:00 AM
- Beautifully written, with interesting questions Andrea - Best wishes in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 2/21/2018 2:19:00 AM
Beautiful verse and seamless flow Andrea. Good luck in the contest. Tom
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Date: 2/21/2018 1:30:00 AM
Love the verse and the form , Andrea, good luck in the contest. Hugs Eve~`*
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Date: 2/21/2018 12:37:00 AM
It's beautiful, Andrea. As usual, your poetry "nails it"! Good Luck, my friend.
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Date: 2/20/2018 9:28:00 PM
Okay, Andrea...it's confession time...I don't visit your account often enough because I am so frequently jealous of your talent. You are amazing! I love the "so on and so on" Genius!
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Date: 2/20/2018 9:22:00 PM
nicely done Andrea, this is an interesting form not to much change just enough to make it interesting...as for the substance of your poem maybe one day your questions will be answered
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