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Thick mist / sharp rocks cut
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast drought / weak build folds
Trade boon / graft wrecks ships

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Thick mist / sharp rock strips
Dense rain / strong wind whips
Vast...

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Iambic pentameter is all about the syllables, which ones are loud, and which ones are soft.
Baboon has two sounds – ba, and boon, a soft sound, and then a loud sound.  High school also...

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Linda-Marie wrote her last poem January 30, 2013.  She knew
she was dying when she wrote it and her poem begins . . .
"Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds"

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Rest in peace Linda-Marie,...

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Disparage not our hearts-- they are God-loved, God-found
This will get mystical -- allow me to propound
Just think-- wherever we pray can be holy ground

Contemplation of His Love always will astound
The Divine Physician can heal us...

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Poems, prose and roses
Poets hate politicians
Poets prefer poking pens at people
P-words, power and paupers
Poets love writing about love
Tears, the sky and meadows

Poets are prostitutes
They are sex vendors
They expose their naked thoughts
To the world
They talk dirt...

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Rest in peace Linda-Marie, the sweetheart of Poetry Soup,
   When I think of you I weep and then I must smile;
You were such a good friend to me and a great poet too,
...

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In poetry, I express the way I know best.
That garbage can be recycled
That burning fossil fuel kills, it's past that test
Pollution, with life it has trifled.

How many words must a poet write,
To convince all, that...

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~The Holy  Bible ~
 (Quatern)


 It tells the beginning of man
 How  God  created all from start
 He made the moon, stars,  earth, day, night
 It tells of God's great love...

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WHERE WERE YOU IN THE SEVENTIES

i was between a tween and adult, in the house of the hudson valley,
and music was my main man,

i would hear whispered in my ear
me and mrs. jones...we got a...

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The following poem was written by me before Britain joined the European Union and possibly reflects the view of most of our citizens both then and today!

United States of Europe

Another day, another dollar,
Funny things we...

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~The Holy   Bible ~
 (Quatern)


 It tells the beginning of man
 How He created all from start
 He made the moon, stars, day and night
 It tells of God's great love for man

...

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In the silver glow of moonlight you are all I want to see,
You are every dark red rosebud, every line of poetry.

When we met, that summer evening, time was halted for a while
And I kissed...

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"Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds . . ."

Linda-Marie, The Sweetheart of Poetry Soup
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So many poets have come and gone from this beautiful site,
and each has left some kind of mark upon my...

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"How sweet to the heart are the scenes of my childhood"
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~A l w a y s~
(Quatern)


Always keep love faith hope alive
Don't give up dreams but trust in God
He's the light that never goes out
Learn His ways and walk in His light

No matter what believe in...

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~The Book~
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 It tells the beginning of man
 How He created all from start
 He made the moon, stars, day and night
 It tells of God's great love for man

 It tells of God's...

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I never knew about bullies until I started school,
and found out being different was a crime;
because I was part Ojibwe in a white world,
the name calling hurt my soul.

Staying by myself was my solution,
but...

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This poem is dedicated to Souper Joyce Johnson!  “The Greatest Generation” was penned by newscaster Tom Brokaw in 1998 and became a best seller.  This generation is defined as people born between 1901...

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When dawn drifts into enchanted meadows…
…I’m awakened by triumphant morning shows
radiating divine Artist’s pose
supremely perfect nature can’t oppose
along firmament’s celestial glows.

When dawn drifts into enchanted meadows…
…my soul delights in haven of fellowship that does expose
gracious...

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We are more than friends bound by sisterly cord
Tied around the loving care of the Lord
Never to be separated by sickness-sword…

There was I hurting, striving to dispel attacking gloom 
Begging God for strength while entering...

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Do you know that my lips long for yours?
That my mouth craves the taste of you?
That every part of me cries out to be closer to you, to take you in?
Even my fingertips ache to...

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Across the realms, the feelings I hold for the God who saved me, echo
Filling up every void, every space, every dark matter
And this shall continue for as long as I shall be on Earth

But when...

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~A l w a y s~
(Quatern)


Always keep love faith hope alive
Don't give up dreams but trust in God
He's the light that never goes out
Learn His ways and walk in His light

No matter what believe in...

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One little pig built his house out of                           ...

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Outside the city where the pomegranates grow
Inside the doors where the bowls brim in a pink glow
Beside the river where your warmth melts in my shiver
There I would like to release my red birds in...

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