Welcome Carolyn

Please come in dear Carolyn.  I am thoroughly delighted.
Since I heard that you were coming I’ve been happily excited.

It was so kind of Michael to arrange that we should meet.
You’re exactly as I pictured you, both beautiful and sweet.

Let’s have coffee in my garden underneath the cloudless sky.
It’s April in my Northwest home. We’re so lucky it is dry.

The tulip tours have started, as has salmon fishing season.
The nearby Skagit holds the big ones, catching one’s not out of reason.

We’ll have our lunch and then start touring Skagit Valley tulip farms.
I want to show you quaint LaConner and explore all of it charms.

By: Joyce Johnson  lLWon first place

Welcoming Carolyn Devonshire in Michaels's "First Words Over Coffee" contest.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 4/26/2011 5:23:00 AM
Congratulations Joyce on your win in Michael's contest. Love, Carol
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Date: 4/25/2011 1:28:00 PM
Good job here! Congrad's I'd too would love to see the tulip farms. Light & Love
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Date: 4/25/2011 12:14:00 PM
Congratulations on your first place win. A wonderful write, I enjoyed the read. Caryl
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Date: 4/25/2011 4:19:00 AM
Loved this meeting of yours Joyce. Many congrats my dear friend.
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Date: 4/24/2011 3:32:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 4/24/2011 7:12:00 AM
Many congratulations : )
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Date: 4/24/2011 6:04:00 AM
Beautiful poem Joyce.Congrats on your 1st place win--kash
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Date: 4/24/2011 5:00:00 AM
kudos to you for the highest spot in the contest, joyce! :) huggs
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Date: 4/23/2011 7:29:00 PM
Congratulations on the first place win in the contest, Joyce
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Date: 4/23/2011 4:54:00 PM
Very nice, Joyce. Your meeting sounds truely lovely! I hope you someday have the pleasure of meeting Carolyn, as I have. Now, she is a very special person in my life...sweet and beautiful as you said...inside and out! Congratulations on your win. Lovingly, Dane Ann
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Date: 4/23/2011 4:24:00 PM
I think I commented on this earlier, Joyce. So soft and sweet, like you and Carolyn. Many congrats on your SUPER WIN. Love, Lainie
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Date: 4/23/2011 2:51:00 PM
Congratulations on taking first place with your poem, Joyce. I know you're having a lot of family over for the holiday so it should be a great way to spend Easter. Have a blessed day, dear. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 4/23/2011 1:44:00 PM
Congratulations, Joyce, on your win in Michael's contest with this beautiful poem, very nice,~~
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Date: 4/23/2011 12:33:00 PM
What a delightful way to spend the day with Carolyn! Lovely poem, Joyce...Congratulations on your win!! Love, Carrie
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Date: 4/23/2011 12:15:00 PM
Joyce, this was a darling one that I remember from earlier. Glad to see it did so wonderfully well in the contest. A big congrats for you, my friend.
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Date: 4/23/2011 11:43:00 AM
Congrats Joyce on your first place win in Michael's contest .. great meeting over coffee my friend.. enjoy your top spot and Happy Easter my friend..
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Date: 4/23/2011 10:34:00 AM
Congrats Joyce on your first place win in my contest... Thank you!!!! luv Michael
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Date: 4/19/2011 7:27:00 AM
it is amazing what you can do with words, which is why I love to write so.. cory
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Date: 4/7/2011 8:17:00 PM
Carolyn has written a lot of poems about fishing and I saw her comment below so I know she would enjoy a visit with you Joyce. I would like to enter this contest also but I haven't met too many people here yet. Two jobs keep me busy. This is a nice tribute. Good luck in the contest. Best to you, Diane
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Date: 4/4/2011 9:37:00 PM
ok, NOW i understand what this was about. I finally got back from my trip and saw the contest description!!
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Date: 4/4/2011 8:30:00 AM
Wow Joyce, love the poem. this meeting aspect could be the start of something, like a annual get together or something like that, 'good on yer' Michael this is a brilliant concept/contest. Harry
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Date: 4/3/2011 11:22:00 AM
Dear, dear Joyce! How much I would enjoy visiting you to see LaConner and maybe do a little salmon fishing! I haven't written yet for this contest, but I am touched by your words. Would really like to meet you one day and tour the Skagit Valley tulip farms in early spring. I'd love to see you win this contest! Love, Carolyn (Favorite for me of course)
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Date: 4/3/2011 7:50:00 AM
Someday I wanna go on a trip to go meet all of my PoetrySoup friends. Wonderful poem. Really enjoyed. Good luck in the contest.
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Date: 4/2/2011 9:18:00 PM
after reading this, it makes me wonder, what if all the poets on soup could get together. this was a great piece to write about, and i bet it made carolyn really happy.
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Date: 4/2/2011 7:39:00 PM
love it , you couldn't have picked a better poet to meet, good luck in the contest
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