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Tentative Dancer

Do I choose to join, this Poetic Dance
To reveal my soul, to take this chance
I am left to wonder, who will care
If my life is charmed, or full of despair

I release my emotions, to the page
The good the sad, the parts with rage
The pen gets started, revealing each part
A stitched together, healed broken heart

Like many a writer, I am a bleeder
Revealing my secrets, to you the reader
My only hope, is that you have time
To see yourself, in the words I rhyme 

Because without you, there is no dance
You are the reason, I take this chance
A dance with a stranger, one two three
Perhaps at the end, you will know me

The very first Poem I posted to the soup.

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Duke Beaufort

Date: 7/23/2025 4:58:00 AM

Richard, just fun to look back more than a decade. It was obvious to many that you are a talented poet and willing to share your thoughts. Who could ask for anything more? I guess that makes you a gentleman and a scholar! Smiles!!

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 7/1/2025 5:29:00 PM

I enjoyed reading your first poem posted on the soup Richard, very much… Beryl

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/1/2025 10:16:00 PM

Thanks Beryl.

Bill Baker

Date: 9/9/2023 2:43:00 PM

And a humdinger of a poem it is, Richard. I like to go back and see where a poet started here on Poetry Soup. I see you started running full speed. I feel blessed to have found you and your mindful poetry, my friend. I'll eventually read all you've written, it may take a while, but I'm only going on 79; I got another 30-40 years. I can do it! lol Have a great weekend! Bill

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 7/1/2025 10:12:00 PM

Hi Bill, I missed your kind comment.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

Date: 9/5/2019 11:05:00 AM

A lovely proper hello, I enjoyed this, wonderful stuff! xomo :),

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 9/5/2019 11:26:00 AM

Thanks Maureen, hugs Rick.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/27/2019 6:05:00 PM

Seven years ago you delivered an inviting poem! Nicely done.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/28/2019 8:32:00 AM

Thanks Kim. I appreciate you visiting my first Poetry Soup poem.

Silent One

Date: 10/19/2017 9:26:00 AM

I remember reading this when I first joined.. I'm sure you did it for a contest or held a contest about it... How we change as poets over time, however, your talent is evident in this write.. How you joined the poetic dance and have left so many in a trance..

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 10/22/2017 9:32:00 AM

You are kind my friend.

Lynn Marie

Date: 3/13/2017 8:36:00 PM

It's nice to visit where it all began for you Richard and what a first poem this is! The wondering of what it will be like, the uncertainty, expressed so wonderfully. I am so glad to have crossed paths with you, you are a tremendous talent and more importantly, a very fine man with a wonderful, gracious heart.:-) May you dance forever. many blessings to you, lynn

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/14/2017 8:02:00 AM

Thanks for reading my first one and for such a kind response.

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 3/5/2017 7:33:00 AM

Thank you for visiting my first posted piece, I wanted to pay back in kind, and what a lovely poem I have come to read. It shows all the promise that you have gone on to reveal.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 3/5/2017 9:06:00 AM

It was my pleasure Scott. You are a talented poet but more importantly you are a nice guy. Enjoy your Sunday my friend.

Darren White

Date: 2/24/2017 1:08:00 PM

I took the time to visit your very first poem here. It's so relatable. To whom do you bare your soul, will anyone read it, what will they say? Is it too much, too little, need I be proud or embarrassed :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/24/2017 8:16:00 PM

Hi Darren, thanks for reading my first one.

Eileen Manassian

Date: 4/19/2016 8:27:00 AM

Lovely...wish things were like they were back then. I'll dance...

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/19/2016 9:29:00 AM

Thanks Eileen, this one feels like a lifetime ago and yet in a way like I wrote it yesterday.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 10/10/2015 12:41:00 PM

Here, you have done a wonderfully poetic job summing up a universal feel among us poets. Great job ... CayCay

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/13/2015 8:48:00 AM

Shall we begin? I felt the breeze that you blew my way With colourful leaves you wanted me to play I couldn't see the beauty I was lost in yesterday The summer that had passed I wanted it to stay

Kp Nunez

Date: 6/2/2015 9:54:00 AM

Lovely first post, Rick. I see myself in your words. Looking back, I wonder what I was doing when you were already making initial steps with your Poetic Dance. Now you've made leaps and bounds. An excellent and sincere first post!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/2/2015 5:40:00 PM

Thanks, it feels like such a long time ago. I appreciate you searching out my first post.

Sandip Goswami

Date: 4/4/2015 2:21:00 PM

Brilliant rhyme. Yes, we are with you dear poet. I love your poetic dance with respect. Best wishes to you from India. Long live your divine love in poetry.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/4/2015 3:36:00 PM

Thank you my new friend.

Constance La France

Date: 3/4/2015 4:21:00 PM

Richard, because you have honoured my first poem, I decided to visit your first and what a poem, just wonderful in everyway possible, yes, we get to know each other in our poetry, I have no problem revealing my secrets here and I want to thank you so much for my fine placement in your Beginnings Matter Contest, I am very honoured . . .

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 4/4/2015 3:36:00 PM

I am in deed honoured Constance.

Njeri Hunjeri

Date: 2/23/2015 1:52:00 PM

Richard, i Love this nice introduction. Now am ready for the rest:)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 2/24/2015 9:46:00 AM

Thanks so much for going back to the beginning!

Cynthia Jones

Date: 1/15/2015 9:20:00 AM

And a great first poem posted it is. Well done. :O) *S* Cynthia

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 1/15/2015 9:30:00 AM

Thanks Cynthia, this feels like such a long time ago.

Tim Smith

Date: 8/10/2014 12:43:00 PM

This is great for your first offering...I love you poetic dances my friend.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/11/2014 10:02:00 AM

Thanks Tim. I appreciate you checking out my older poems.

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 8/1/2014 11:43:00 AM

What a heartfelt and beautiful piece. That third stanza is most touching to me. Thank you for sharing your work here on the soup. I'm going to check out some more of your older poems. Your words do flow so nicely. Always, Laura

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 8/1/2014 2:32:00 PM

Thanks for reading my first poem Laura.

Casarah Nance

Date: 6/20/2014 7:15:00 PM

Well Richard, I love it, I am looking forward to more and more of you, you seem like a good dancer and I like to waltz, maybe even a disco or slow dance, I can't wait to see what other steps you got :)

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/20/2014 7:22:00 PM

I do enjoy dancing, thanks for reading my first one. I was a teenager at the tale end of Disco. I'm a Bob Marley fan myself. Also like Genisis. Some of the oldies like Marvin Gaye and Dr Hook are also on my favorite list.

James Fraser

Date: 6/9/2014 2:31:00 PM

Fine flowing rhymed first on the Soup, and as the days, weeks & months progress, I shall be reading and commenting on your portfolio Richard. A dance with a stranger has so many what if's - nice one, James.....

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/9/2014 11:16:00 PM

Thanks James, I appreciate you looking back at my older piece.

Jake Ponce

Date: 5/21/2014 7:59:00 PM

Hi, Richard! Good day! I haven't swung by your page in a VERY long time and I can't remember if I ever left comments on your poems. I saw you leave your kind words in some of mine and I think I went on hiatus. I'll review your work starting from the first post. You are a very accomplished poet and your poetic structure here says a lot about what you're capable of. The artistry, imagery and passion are timeless and I believe I'll also learn a lot from your pieces as I progress into reading more.

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/21/2014 10:24:00 PM

Wow what a great comment, I am honoured. Thanks for dropping by. Welcome back to the soup.

Ivor Kos

Date: 5/14/2014 9:05:00 PM

Your first poem! Or, at least, your first submission here! Well, this is a really awesome first submission. Quite a nice musical feeling in it! I enjoyed your poem.