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Your Best Poet Friends

                               Your Best Poet Friends
                                       9/15/2023


            Poet Friends read you first, no matter what!
            They crave your incisive, critique first.
            Chasing new poets, you, leave them as dust?
            Like flowers, they wait for a word, they thirst!


            They are not in search of quippy fast laughs
            Value them first, before any POTD!
            Not out searching for obvious poetry gaffes, 
            Value them, not your grand popularity.


            Friends are people, not just base numbers.
            Thus, comments written with words..so few.
            We bypass our friends, we need our slumber.?
            Worse, use of primary words, heartily,eschewed!


             Don’t allow the sun to set on your face.
             While your friend has very few comments?
             You, chase just numbers, what a disgrace!
             You leave a poet friend in a deep, sad, sonnet 



         
              “Those who do read and soup-mail you.
               Beautiful souls, oh, so very close to you”

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Victor Buhagiar Date: 9/19/2023 1:10:00 PM Some poets don't care how many friends (?) read their poems. Mostly they write for themselves. Very few read my poems without waiting for me to read them first. I never abandon friends. But as Charles Dickens once wrote: You compose what you write to be read by others. I find it strange that occasionally I write a poem which I consider below par, and yet it becomes popular. Others I consider great, but get few views. Incredible. Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 9/19/2023 1:58:00 PM I find that, too. Some of my worst poems get read. The best, no.. no sense in trying to figure it out! Writers, write! That’s all there is to it, some will like us, some will never, ever read us, like we are a contagious disease LOL. Just do our best. In any area of life, that is true. A good, soul, a loving heart is who I read, but to be loved? This is not the place,. If you have time you can read a hundred a day, then you will get tonsof comments. I have vision and typing limitations, so I can’t do that, comments don’t mean we are good or lack there of, means we are bad. I wish you well, Victor, you are a first rate poet, count your reads!! We need to be grateful we can write.I do mean that….plus us grateful for long years and great memories, all growing up when God and morality were honored! Hugd, Pangie xx

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 9/17/2023 3:56:00 PM Hello Panagiota, I agree with Ario Parker I agree with what you have said Panagiota. Hugs. xxx Login to Reply Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 9/19/2023 10:35:00 AM Hello Panagiota, Your welcome. I also enjoy sharing about Irene and Sparkles. Cheers to our Calico cats. Hugs /Darlene\ Panagiota Romios Date: 9/17/2023 4:40:00 PM Hello Darlene, Hope your Sunday is a good one. Yes Arlos made great , clear points in his reply!: Thanks for reading me for such a long time now. I also enjoy sharing about Irene and Sparkles,our calico cats! Gratefully~ Pangie xx

David Fisher Date: 9/17/2023 1:04:00 PM Love the introspection of this poem. And it demands to be understood, and doesn't pull any punches. A strong write! Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 9/17/2023 2:11:00 PM Big hogs to you, way from the West Coast! David, you know how much I cherish your humorous writes, that are done with class and also, a sense of dignity. Glad you are at Poetry Soup. My forthrightness has cost me! But, to be disingenuous, runs counter to my soul. Popularity iis not worth my very being,. I am what you read. I am not here to be pen untruths. Hugs plus Pangie,x

Sotto Poet Date: 9/16/2023 7:39:00 PM This captivating piece of writing is an exquisite manifestation of profound contemplation. It serves as a magnificent homage to the amiable individuals who comprise the community of Soup. Every day, I am confronted with the delightful challenge of choosing whose poems to indulge in. However, amidst this vast sea of talented poets, I have discovered great spirits whose words resonate with my soul. As you remarked, within this community, a lot of beautiful souls reside. Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 9/16/2023 7:59:00 PM Sotto, greetings, tis hard to decide, Sara expressed similar Feelings. I try to get to friends I know first. Insulting people, no! It does not compute with me. If you don’t like someone, there are hundreds of others to peruse. My problem is that I do not type well, so I can’t contact as many people as I would like.? and we do have personal lives also. Including animals.. and we must take care of our bodies I forget, eating many times.. but I can express my gratitude for being able to thank, right and express myself as well so I can. And hopefully along the way, make a friend or two.. indeed there are beautiful souls here. With gratitude, panagiota.

Arlo Parker Date: 9/16/2023 12:16:00 PM Poets can be friends. Friends can be poetic. Our Soup is a junction of creative relationships. Nice, Pangie. :o) Login to Reply Panagiota Romios Date: 9/16/2023 12:35:00 PM Happy Saturday, be yours, Arlo. I am so happy to see you here today.. I appreciate the manner in which you clarify, creative relationships..excellent summation! Pangie xx

Robert Lindley Date: 9/16/2023 11:19:00 AM My friend, an exceptional poem expressing a truth. Yes, we must pay greater attention to our friends. Sometimes life prevents that. Great true heartfelt poetry deserves comments , As does this gem. A fav, God bless you. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 9/16/2023 12:11:00 PM I fav those poems that entertain, that have truth and that represent the poetic abilities of their author. As yours always do, my friend. God bless you. Panagiota Romios Date: 9/16/2023 11:34:00 AM Good Saturday be yours….the work is my feelings. It leaves me ….despondent when poets I know very well …..ignore me. I think being a poet is a sensitive human being. Just because one has been here 5 or 10 years does not, should not, disqualify you or I from being read. I comprehend friendship as a caring relationship. I feel that with you and others. I won’t throw our relationship overboard chasing new poets some new ones.. To be sure, for me, the persona precedes the poem. Hope I made sense.…no need to Fav my poems. Hugs to you and Justin!! Pangie xx