The Birth of a Poem

Birth of a poem Is attended by your muse With the first faint cry Write of life and of living Beating your drum until death

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 3/19/2014 4:43:00 PM
Barbara, It is what it is, and I love what you made of this poem... Congrats. ~have a nice day~ <3 LINDA
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Date: 3/19/2014 10:29:00 AM
Congratulations. Good to take the journey with fellows like you. Share your thoughts for me to be inspired. Thanks
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Date: 3/19/2014 9:42:00 AM
Well done! Congratulations on the win! A shorty like mine!
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Date: 3/19/2014 4:34:00 AM
- Congratulations on your winning poem in the contest: "Life is what YOU make it!" Sponsored by: Dave Wood. - Wonderful win, Barbara ! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 3/18/2014 10:40:00 PM
Congratulations on your winning poem in the contest on Life, barbara
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Date: 3/18/2014 9:21:00 PM
Barbara, congrats on your winning poem. ~SKAT~
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Date: 3/18/2014 8:59:00 PM
And to think in the complexities of life, it is really this simple...Congrats on your win, Barbara.
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Date: 3/18/2014 8:38:00 PM
Very clever!! Love this idea...congratulations
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Date: 3/18/2014 8:20:00 PM
Well done.....and in one of my favorite forms......I do love a Tanka well done! Congratulations, Barbara!
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Date: 3/18/2014 6:45:00 PM
Congratulations on the win Barbara! Verlena
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Barbara Gorelick
Date: 3/18/2014 6:50:00 PM
Thank you dear..thanks for your support. BG
Date: 3/18/2014 6:29:00 PM
Tanka well tackled to treat the subject in your own original way. congrats on win. // paul
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Barbara Gorelick
Date: 3/18/2014 6:51:00 PM
thank you Paul. Sometimes "original" completely escapes me. lol.
Date: 3/18/2014 6:01:00 PM
What a beautiful Tanka Barbara. Congrats on the win
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Date: 3/11/2014 9:43:00 PM
this is such a cool metaphor, Barbara. I always admire your writing skills.
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Date: 3/8/2014 7:01:00 AM
Dear Barbara: An Aha! Moment, no doubt eh? Leon
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