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This Is Who I Am

This Is Who I Am
My first name is Belle, that’s a sobriquet *
My feelings are being anon is best.

Empathetic, helpful, Inquisitive 
Keen on humour, poetry and music.

From a band of sisters, there's five in all
Imagine bedlam when we were all small.

Love my family, neighbours and my friends
And know I will do to the very end.

Pet hates are cruelty, terrors of war
People being homeless, hungry and poor.

Have fear of losing my precious eyesight
Unable to see, to read or to write.

I'd like to see the world share perfect peace 
That no one went without something to eat.

I wish every child who arrives on earth
Love, joy, happiness and only kind words.

I live in England, in the West Midlands 
My last name’s Bellevue on PoetrySoup.*

13th July 2021

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This is who I am Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: L Milton Hankins

* Belle Bellevue is my user name on PoetrySoup only. *

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Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/3/2021 8:31:00 AM Congratulations on your win. What a lovely story/BIO write. Rhyming was a fun idea. Have a blessed day............... Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/3/2021 9:20:00 AM Thank you Paula and bless you, have a wonderful day… Belle

Beata Agustin Date: 8/3/2021 7:44:00 AM Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing who you are through your awesome poetic style. God bless you. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/3/2021 9:18:00 AM Thank you Beata, I really, truly appreciate that… Belle

Jan Allison Date: 8/3/2021 2:56:00 AM Dropping back with many congrats Belle so glad you are a fellow Brummy!!!:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/3/2021 9:17:00 AM Thank you Jan, born a Brummy, always a Brummy!!! Hugs Belle xx

Christuraj Alex Date: 8/2/2021 10:59:00 AM Very Beautifully Composed. Congratulations on your win! Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/2/2021 11:57:00 AM Thank you very much Christuraj, truly appreciated… Belle

L Milton Hankins Date: 8/2/2021 8:48:00 AM I am so pleased that you placed in my recent contest. Your bio was nicely written and presented. I judged these blind, so I had no idea who was who. I selected those that were most appealing to me. Thanks for entering. Congratulations. Now, I would suggest you change the XXXXs to your name. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 8/2/2021 9:13:00 AM Milton I’m so pleased with my placement in your bio contest, will make the adjustments as you suggest. Thank you… Belle

Deb Kelly Date: 7/24/2021 5:36:00 PM Wow, Belle, what a great write. Thought provoking, and something we should all hope for is a world of peace. I long for the English countryside, though I’ve never been, my ancestry DNA says I’ll always belong a part of your wonderful land. You write with such honesty. I love your work. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/24/2021 11:21:00 PM Thank you so much Deb, this might seem strange as I live in England but I’m craving the countryside too having had our movements restricted so long during covid lockdowns and living in a built up area, one day soon hopefully… Belle

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 7/22/2021 9:44:00 AM I ENJOYED READING WHO YOU ARE DEAR BELLE, A SINCERE DOWN TO EARTH TALENTED POETESS. KUDOS FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE AND THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED YOURSELF. WE TRAVELLED FROM LONDON TO EDINBURGH ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO. MY FATHER WAS FROM YORKSHIRE AND MY MOTHER FROM ATHENS GREECE, SO NOT 100% OF EITHER COUNTRY BUT LOVE THEM BOTH TO THE HILT. BLESSINGS AND HUGS, JENNIFER Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/22/2021 9:58:00 AM Hi Jennifer, thank you so much. I have been up to Scotland a few times on holiday, it’s beautiful up there, such amazing scenery. You must have had a very interesting, well travelled life with your mother coming from Greece and having an English father and also living where you do, it would make for a wonderful bio of your own… Belle

Paul Callus Date: 7/20/2021 10:10:00 AM Irrespective of name/surname, there is enough in your bio that shows what a lovely person you are, Belle! I am not very savvy with the West Midlands, though I remember going to Birmingham. ~ Best regards // paul Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/20/2021 2:38:00 PM Hi Paul, I try to be the best I can be, as I’m sure you do too. I was born and brought up in Birmingham, haven’t moved far from my roots. Thank you… Belle

Panagiota Romios Date: 7/19/2021 5:25:00 AM Thank you, Belle. We sure are different. I am on only child.My poetry is chock full of my feelings. From the first poem till today. Maybe, it’s because I am a Pisces and never has siblings? I don’t know We just are the way we are. People like us or not. Who cares...enjoy your life, Pangie xxoo Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/20/2021 2:32:00 PM Thank you Pangie, I too have written poetry from from my feelings at times and from inspiration or imagination and fantasy too. Enjoy life, I try my best, enjoy yours too… Belle xoxo

Sara Kendrick Date: 7/15/2021 2:27:00 AM Reads like a good contender for the contest to me. Way to go. Most of us would like the good earth to be a place of peace and happiness for all but it seems to be going in the other direction. Thanks for the visit to my page. Sara Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/20/2021 2:25:00 PM Thank you Sara, it seems peace and happiness is out of sight on the whole, but it’s there for us who want it to have and to hold… Belle

Rico Leffanta Date: 7/14/2021 10:50:00 AM XXX OOO! Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 4:18:00 PM That’s so nice of you Rico, thank you… Belle

Tom Cunningham Date: 7/14/2021 6:54:00 AM A well written bio Belle, its lovely to know a bit more about you. Tom Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 4:00:00 PM Thank you Tom it’s been nice getting to know you too… Belle

Richard Lamoureux Date: 7/14/2021 5:24:00 AM This is a lovely way to introduce yourself. Best of luck in the contest. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 3:59:00 PM Thank you very much for that Richard… Belle

Rama Balasubramanian Date: 7/13/2021 11:19:00 PM Delighted to know more about you and also that we have many things in common. Rhyming was a great idea. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 4:18:00 PM I think we do have a lot in common Rama, it’s seen in our poetry, some of what you’ve been through I have too. Thank you… Belle

Victor Buhagiar Date: 7/13/2021 10:59:00 PM How I wish II could have seen all you sisters romping in the sitting room. Hugs. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 4:15:00 PM Hi Victor, those were the days though I doubt we were always little angels, more like rascals sometimes, must have been a handful. Thank you, Belle

Kim Merryman Date: 7/13/2021 7:55:00 PM Belle, I like how you were able to rhyme your bio. I like reading these bio poems cause it gives me a little glimpse into who the people I interact with on this site are. I enjoyed reading about you, Belle! Blessings, KIm M Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/14/2021 4:11:00 PM Hi Kim, rhyme is my favourite form for writing poetry, that’s shown in my poem list and lots of my reply messages. I enjoy reading bio’s too, thanks for reading mine. Blessings, Belle

Jan Allison Date: 7/13/2021 4:43:00 PM oh Belle this is such a wonderful bio and i love the rhyming, its so lovely to know more about you:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 7/13/2021 4:49:00 PM Thank you Jan, it’s good getting to know the poets in the soup. Hugs Belle xx