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This is for a poet named john smith who disappeared here years ago. I never knew what became of him!!

The Surgeon Poet - Js

A fine poet and doctor is he

But my chats with him stopped suddenly.

He cut into me good.

It makes sense that he would

since his specialty is surgery!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Kendrick Avatar
May 30, 2015 at 4:57 AM
Congrats on your win..Sara
Johnson Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 9:17 PM
Congrats on your placement Andrea. Sorry that he abruptly stopped correspondence. That's always disconcerting. But with a name like John Smith, did you really expect him to stick around. :) Sounds like he was on the lam. :)
Marcum Wong Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 8:27 PM
Congrats on you win Andrea. Hope all is well with you?
A   Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 5:16 PM
Andrea, Congratulations on your wonderful win. Always ~LINDA~
Callus Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 12:53 PM
Pleased to be back with congratulations, Andrea. Another podium win, much deserved! // paul
A. Sharma Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Great Limerick Andrea! Congrats on ur win!
Allison Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 10:14 AM
Dropping back with my congrats can relate to this one big time:-( Hugs Jan xx
A  Avatar
May 27, 2015 at 10:01 AM
That's sad Andrea..... Congratulations, thanks for the contest support. Hugs SKAT
Babcock Avatar
April 21, 2015 at 6:49 PM
To bad he did not let you know why. Nice dedication. love phyl
Fraser Avatar
April 11, 2015 at 8:01 AM
Fine Limerick and nicely dedicated Andrea, James :)
Chakrabarty Avatar
March 2, 2015 at 12:44 PM
O John's lancet...
Neels Avatar
February 15, 2015 at 8:00 AM
This is a beautiful dedication Andrea. Hopefully John will reappear :) to answer your suggestion with regards to me publishing a book I actually did do that in April 2012. enjoy the weekend. love Wilma
Marcum Wong Avatar
February 11, 2015 at 9:50 PM
This poem may help you receive an answer Andrea. Gook Limerick!
Fisher Avatar
February 11, 2015 at 7:54 PM
Nicely written though frustration and loss is the theme.
Sirak Avatar
February 11, 2015 at 8:00 AM
To answer your question about Are You Dead. It is actually fiction. The someone you are thinking about from my life story was my boyfriend who died when he hopped a train.
Sirak Avatar
February 11, 2015 at 6:45 AM
Hopefully his travels will bring him back into your life again.
Nunez Avatar
February 11, 2015 at 5:57 AM
Hello Andrea, I love limericks and come to soup whenever I can for a dose of some good laughs. In your limerick, you're cut to the quick, but you got to the heart of the matter...That no matter what, a friend is a friend, that if he would come back, his quick departure won't matter...A 7 and more smiles from the land of thousand isles...Kim :)
Peranteau Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Andrea dear poetic friend of mine; I know certainly how you feel sweet writer, and I have the silk cloth which I am willing to part with if indeed it becomes necessary to wipe the feelings of your loss from your precious eyes. I know that the comparison may be off when it comes to your missing friend and myself, yet, I still am offering my friendship to you Andrea, to use as you feel compelled to..........
Peranteau Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 11:29 AM
and as regard the kerchief my dear Andrea, if there is tint, abreast its infant template....please do not feel obligated to return it in its taintless condition; keep it as hindsight ;) Have a blessed week Andrea, much love, james
La France Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 8:09 AM
Andrea, a great tribute to John Smith, it is unsettling when poet friends disappear suddenly, you always wonder, best of luck in the contest and thanks for visiting my poem Missing Linda-Marie, of course her death came as a shock to all of us, I was so heartbroken that when people were sponsoring tribute contests for her I just could not write anything, I kept the pain inside but now, I can let it go ~~
Thirtyseven Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 6:56 AM
Great humour, with that deep searching undertone.
Kendrick Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 5:34 AM
Very common given and surname..He could be any body..Great work ..Enjoyed reading this one..Sometimes life takes a person away..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara
Dietrich Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 6:05 PM
I know , it's such a shame. How can I find a JOHN SMITH in this country? There must be close to a million??
Ryerson Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 4:15 AM
Maybe he made a house call in Tibet somewhere and got snowed in? GREAT stuff from The Sonnet Queen and Limerick Princess of the Soup...
Callus Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 4:09 AM
A fine limerick with just the right dose of humour. Perhaps he might surprise you one of these days and turn up out of the blue! // paul
Deschler Avatar
February 10, 2015 at 12:52 AM
It hurts when we lose contact with a friend so abruptly. It has happened to me recently and I only hear from him every now and then... I enjoyed the humor in this sad poem. A great limerick, Andrea. Good luck in SKAT's contest!
Meade Avatar
February 9, 2015 at 8:51 PM
A wonderful tribute . . . yes, the question that always comes up . . . why, why indeed? I believe the quest for the answer is a worthy pursuit. Much love and light
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