What Is War

War                
is only
blood, sweat, tears
smothered dreams and death
war
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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January 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM
concise and poignant. Love your cinquain and welcome to poetry soup! Toni O.
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January 2, 2016 at 9:27 PM
Toni, thank you and thanks for the welcome. It means a lot.
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December 29, 2015 at 5:07 PM
Hi, Robyn... Guess what? I just spotted your poem on the Home Page Featured poems.... Awesome... Congratulations..... I'm on the third page by the way. LOL, on the home page.... I'll write more tonight... Your friend... SKAT
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December 29, 2015 at 6:31 PM
Thanks for telling me. Congratulations to you. Your poems are written like I want to write. They say something. Always.
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December 29, 2015 at 6:05 PM
Really? Are you serious? What an honor. I'll go read. xoxo
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December 28, 2015 at 3:50 PM
Yep... if we could only understand!
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December 28, 2015 at 3:59 PM
If only. Thanks for reading.
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December 27, 2015 at 8:08 AM
- Welcome to P Soup with your first poems in the last week of the year, Robyn - Where I would wish from my heart .... A Happy New Year! - // Anne-Lise :)
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December 27, 2015 at 10:14 AM
Thank you for the cozy welcome, Anne Lise. I wish you a Happy New Year from my heart too. :-)
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December 26, 2015 at 5:25 PM
PS.... Robyn, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@
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December 26, 2015 at 7:01 PM
Thank you, Linda. Hug hug hug. This community is beautiful. I love it here. I cannot wait to read your poetry. SO glad I joined. And so nice to meet you.
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December 26, 2015 at 5:24 PM
Hi Robyn, war is the death of us. A strong conflict taking and beating our dreams down... Awesome form.... HUGS>..< LINDA
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December 26, 2015 at 6:59 PM
Linda, thank you so much! HUGS back.
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December 25, 2015 at 11:21 PM
RobynWelcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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December 26, 2015 at 9:11 AM
SKAT, yes. I am so happy to be here. What a pleasant place to hang out. I can't wait to read your poetry. I'm a middle-grade novelist and a picture book writer. Started writing poetry after I took Renee LaTulippe's poetry class The Lyrical Language Lab. Thank you for the warm welcome.
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