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POSITVELY only positive thoughts...No NEGATIVE nasties

Blog Posted:12/22/2015 11:40:00 AM

?I want to say right up front that I don't celebrate Christmas, and while I respect the rights of all of you to do so, I only ask two things if you wish to comment here...1. No mention of Christmas (it IS my blog-lol) and 2. NO NEGATIVE comments about anything or anyone.

I will begin by saying that I've written for years, but until now I've never shared them publically. Many of you have become special to me, and I want to thank you for being kind and generous with your comments. I love the humor that flows so easily from the pens of some of you, the romanticism that draws me in, and those with a more serious side, I applaud you for writing with depth of emotion.

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John
Lawless

Date: 12/23/2015 3:54:00 PM

Lin....thanks for being here, for your poetry and input on mine. Just continue to celebrate life and poetry and......whatever!!!

Lin Lane
Date: 12/23/2015 4:17:00 PM

Hi, John. Life is worth celebrating. Thanks for the joining us.

Michael
Tor

Date: 12/23/2015 12:34:00 AM

Lin I wish you good cheer and happiness for the season and new Year. Your poetry is always a pleasure to read. I always look forward to reading your writes. I also enjoy reading your thoughtful comments. Your blog is positive encouraging Happy thoughts and feelings. We need more of these style of blogs...

Lin Lane
Date: 12/23/2015 4:30:00 AM

Thanks, Michael! Smiles and laughter are infectious, so a positive attitude is a dose of medicine to jump start us.

Robert
Lindley

Date: 12/22/2015 10:54:00 PM

I have found you to be of sound mind, gentle disposition, high intellect and an inspirational and quite talented poet. So I have to ask this . So why are you hanging with we crazy poets ? A joke my friends! We all know that we are not normal if we write our hearts out to complete strangers! Merry Christmas to one and all!

Lin Lane
Date: 12/23/2015 4:28:00 AM

Thanks for those kind thoughts, Robert, but ask around and you'll discover that my crazy side does indeed exist. lol I don't celebrate the holidays but I appreciate your well wishes.

Cyndi
Macmillan

Date: 12/22/2015 3:17:00 PM

Today, my friend's husband passed away after a battle with lung cancer. He did not smoke, was an avid cyclist, ate healthier than most, did not work around chemicals nor was he a firefighter. From discovering the cancer until today, less than five months. It is impossible to understand, to take in. I am grateful for my family and my darling daughter... I am grateful for life, itself, and the beauty it offers, regardless of its length. Good blog. Wishing you joy, however, whenever and wherever you find it. Cyndi

Cyndi Macmillan
Date: 12/22/2015 3:38:00 PM

Thanks, Lin... I was considering removing my comment... its just that your door seemed the most welcoming and open to discuss my emotions... I have put up a blog for those of us who are a wee bit blue, right now. Thanks again.

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 3:24:00 PM

That's sorrowful news, but it made you realize the importance of life, so that's a positive thought. Thanks, Cyndi

Skat
A

Date: 12/22/2015 3:06:00 PM

:) Sweet... SKAT

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 3:22:00 PM

Thanks

Eve
Roper

Date: 12/22/2015 12:51:00 PM

Just the name of Arthur Vaso or Jan Allison should make you smile besides all the other smart funny people on this website. I can not forget about Broken Wing she too has brought me close to thoughts I needed to remember of those that were truely close to my heart and I have lost. Broken Wing you have a special place of love in my heart.

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 2:20:00 PM

tut tut, Jan...you're close to bringing a frown with the first part of your message, I'll concentrate on your limerick contest for smiles ;)

Jan Allison
Date: 12/22/2015 2:15:00 PM

Thanks Eve - I am sure some would disagree with your tribute to me but to be honest I am past caring:-) People are so quick to judge us but have no idea about the real person behind the avatar - I will be hosting a limerick contest I do hope you will be joining in I want to see some fun back on the site :-( hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 12:58:00 PM

Lots of names bring smiles to me, Eve. I'm glad you have friends close to you.

Lin
Lane

Date: 12/22/2015 12:27:00 PM

OK. I appreciate the nice things said about me, but let's open up about other things or people...that give us reason for being thankful, just something that made you smile or laugh

Jan
Allison

Date: 12/22/2015 11:56:00 AM

I WISH all blogs were like this Lin:-) I really enjoy reading your poems and look forward to reading many more next year:-) hugs Jan xx

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 11:58:00 AM

Thank you, JAN. I always enjoy your works as well. ((Jan))

Eve
Roper

Date: 12/22/2015 11:49:00 AM

Awe, love you too, but you are going to have to remind me often of the christmas part. I seriously do have short term memory, so if i do repeat myself forgive me. Hugs sweet friend.

Lin Lane
Date: 12/22/2015 11:53:00 AM

your short term memory is a negative thought.. I'll have to spank you for that. lol however, you are and will be forgiven. ((Eve))

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/25/2025	We Have Nothing to Hide	Limerick	humor,
7/23/2025	Tranquility in Silence	Free verse	how i feel,
7/23/2025	Idyllic	Rhyme	places,
7/22/2025	A Polyphony of Voices	Rhyme	bird,encouraging,
7/21/2025	The Greatest Strength of the Heart	Monoku	how i feel,
7/18/2025	Half Past Summer, Two Months Till Fall	Free verse	seasons,
7/18/2025	Lingering	Lyric	lost love,
7/17/2025	Sultry Summer	Sonnet	summer,
7/15/2025	Heartbroken, Yet Love Remains	Rhyme	lost love,
7/14/2025	Always Forgive Your Enemies	Rhyme	hyperbole,
7/13/2025	On Golden Shores	Quatrain	relationship,remember,sad
7/12/2025	The Infestation of Soup	Rhyme	community,
7/12/2025	Nebulous Horizon	Rhyme	anxiety,earth,
7/1/2025	Remembering Winged Warrior	Acrostic	bereavement,
7/1/2025	Awakened	Rhyme	morning,
6/30/2025	When My Boobs Flopped	Limerick	humor,summer,
6/30/2025	The Stench of Moldy Cheese	Englyn	food,
6/30/2025	Blood Stained and Bleeding World	Rhyme	conflict,death,war,world,
6/29/2025	Through the Rusted Gates	Haibun	death,lost love,
6/23/2025	Bedside Thoughts	Free verse	sorrow,
6/21/2025	Cleaning up the Soup Kitchen	Rhyme	community,
6/12/2025	AI Didn't Scare Me Away	Rhyme	community,poetry,
6/10/2025	I'm Not Afraid of Friday the Thirteenth	Rhyme	humor,
6/10/2025	Petals, Once Velvet to My Touch	Free verse	rose,winter,
6/9/2025	Artistry of Poetry	Rhyme	poetry,
6/8/2025	AI Poets-the Dastardly	Limerick	community,
6/8/2025	I Found the Courage to Speak	Rhyme	anger,
6/6/2025	A Knife's Edge Draws Blood	Rhyme	corruption,society,
6/5/2025	AI 'Winners'	Monoku	community,conflict,
6/4/2025	Prismed Face: An Abstraction	Rhyme	feelings,
6/3/2025	Tapestry of Broken Threads	Free verse	how i feel,
6/2/2025	Blossomed With Desire	Rhyme	desire,
6/2/2025	On Ebony Wings	Rhyme	farewell,
5/27/2025	I Am Called Woman	Dramatic Verse	how i feel,woman,
5/26/2025	Stars Danced Around the Somber Moon	Italian Sonnet	moon,rose,
5/25/2025	Tryst Inside of Eden	Rhyme	love,
5/23/2025	Porcelain Sunset	Free verse	sunset,
5/23/2025	First Spring Visitor	Free verse	spring,
5/23/2025	Leverage	Rhyme	emotions,how i feel,
5/21/2025	We Loved with Wild Abandon: full version	Free verse	love,
5/21/2025	Tethering Strings	Rhyme	angst,
5/20/2025	Love with Wild Abandon	Free verse	love,passion,
5/19/2025	Grimm's Version of Peter Pan's Perversions	Rhyme	abuse,drug,
5/18/2025	Smiles For Simple Pleasures	Rhyme	smile,
5/18/2025	Beneath a Picasso Moon	Free verse	anxiety,
5/16/2025	A Crimson Sky Breaks the Distant Shore	Rhyme	sky,sunset,
5/15/2025	Of Loves, Once Borne	Narrative	age,poetess,sorrow,
5/14/2025	Drifting in the Wind	Rhyme	dream,music,
5/13/2025	Flashbacks	Verse	memory,
5/13/2025	blooms in profusion	Haiku	spring,
5/13/2025	Embers Burned to Ash	Haibun	anxiety,lost love,
5/12/2025	Death Entwined in Living Vines	Elegy	betrayal,dark,death,
5/10/2025	spring's renewal	Monoku	spring,
5/10/2025	Raven's Roost	Free verse	dark,fear,
5/10/2025	Not Today, Tumbleweed	Rhyme	humor,
5/10/2025	Strength of a Friendship	Rhyme	friendship,
5/9/2025	Emotional Shrapnel	Rhyme	feelings,
5/8/2025	Interview With a Goldfish	Rhyme	care,friendship,
5/8/2025	Hands of a Sculptor	Free verse	passion,
5/8/2025	Moonlight: A Shade of Pink	Free verse	moon,night,
5/7/2025	Road Trip	Verse	travel,
5/6/2025	Rubicon Crossing	Rhyme	introspection,
5/5/2025	In Moonlight's Rising Tide	Free verse	romance,
5/5/2025	Unintended Innuendo	Free verse	how i feel,
5/4/2025	A Sense of Belonging	Free verse	romance,
5/4/2025	Pillaged Poet	Free verse	poetry,
5/3/2025	passion stirred	Haiku	passion,
5/3/2025	I Cannot Paint Your Eyes	Monoku	relationship,
5/2/2025	Mewling Fear: A Question	Narrative	dark,fear,
5/1/2025	Romantic Thoughts - Nothing More	Free verse	romantic,
5/1/2025	Keyboard Bullies	Rhyme	bullying,
4/29/2025	Wistful	Verse	memory,sad,
4/29/2025	What's Now Rather Than Then - Collaboration	Sonnet	change,friendship,
4/29/2025	Canadians: Elbows Up	Free verse	how i feel,
4/28/2025	In the Eyes of Our Progeny	Free verse	family,
4/28/2025	Ambrosia Upon the Tongue	Rhyme	love,
4/27/2025	Tears of a Clown	Rhyme	angst,sad,
4/27/2025	My Heart, Felled as a Tree	Free verse	lost love,
4/26/2025	Mirrors, Unhung	Free verse	angst,confusion,
4/26/2025	Cloud Darkened Sky	Rhyme	storm,
4/25/2025	One of the Herd is Missing!	Rhyme	humorous,
4/25/2025	Purple Dreams in Other Realms	Narrative	fantasy,
4/23/2025	It Is To Be	Free verse	how i feel,
4/22/2025	spring arrives	Haiku	spring,
4/22/2025	A Web, Love Spun	Rhyme	love,sorrow,
4/21/2025	Clothed in Poetry Parchment	Free verse	emotions,god,how i feel,
4/20/2025	Plagued By Memories	Elegy	lost love,
4/19/2025	Chicken Piccata	Epulaeryu	food,
4/19/2025	Golden Glimmers of the Sun	Alliteration	sunset,
4/18/2025	Eyes of a Lover	Free verse	passion,
4/17/2025	Cookies	Pleiades	food,
4/17/2025	The Chaos in My Heart	Free verse	lost love,
4/16/2025	Reflections	Free verse	poets,
4/16/2025	Threading Moonlight Through Poetry	Rhyme	beauty,moon,
4/15/2025	Not Today, Tumbleweeds	Free verse	slam,
4/15/2025	Softly Whisper My Name	Free verse	dream,
4/14/2025	Memento on the Moon	Rhyme	care,moon,
4/13/2025	If Wishing Makes it So	Rhyme	star,
4/13/2025	The Now Continuum	Free verse	encouraging,how i feel,
4/12/2025	The Cold Embrace of Death	Elegy	angst,death,fear,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Where Now Shines Light and Love	Sonnet	art,beautiful,creation,li
Stupid Questions	Free verse	angst,dog,guitar,humorous
Without Lament	Sonnet	introspection,
You Call Me Love	Sonnet	beauty,hope,identity,love
Lady of the Stream	Sonnet	analogy,beautiful,friends
Tranquility	Couplet	children,god,granddaughte
Tonight	Rhyme	first love,moon,nostalgia
The End of Time	Quatrain	death,destiny,time,
The Curse: Collaboration	Limerick	body,humor,
Love's Reflection	Sonnet	giving,love,
Under the Stars	Romanticism	autumn,love,poetry,romanc
Love's Eternal Death	Sonnet	emotions,lost love,
Loving Years	Rhyme	autumn,beach,husband,love
Someone Else's Handiwork	Rhyme	art,home,
What a Week	Limerick	humorous,
All Too Soon	Quatrain	death,life,
The Male Menopause - Please Feel Free To Join In the Collaboration	Limerick	age,body,humorous,men,
Would You	Free verse	love,political,
Oops - It's a Bit of a Cock Up	Limerick	humorous,lust,natural dis
Nothing But Words	Free verse	beauty,
He's Mr Know It All - Now a Collaboration	Limerick	humorous,voice,
tell the night to hold me -	Lyric	forgiveness,heartbreak,he
Unmarked Grave - Still Alive	Free verse	books,silence,
Where Have All the Poets Gone	Lyric	anti bullying,life,poets,
In Dreams, Her Spirit Sallied Forth: With Lin Lane	Rhyme	appreciation,art,creation
Of Treasures Sought, Diving For Forbidden Dark Pearls	Rhyme	beauty,dedication,emotion
She Gathered Roses	Free verse	flower,for her,
With Love For You	Rhyme	love,nature,romantic,
Aphrodite of the Morning Sun	Rhyme	desire,love,lust,
Not Just People	Free verse	care,hope,love,
Memories: Friend and Foe, Collaboration With Lin Lane	Rhyme	appreciation,art,creation
Farewell, Youthful Days of Wading In Crystal Clear Streams	Sonnet	art,beauty,creation,dedic
Farewell Lin Lane	Sonnet	dedication,
Stubborn Pig	Limerick	animal,humorous,
The Knickerless Vicar - Contains Innuendo :- Collaboration With Nina Parmenter	Rhyme	clothes,
She's Barking Mad	Limerick	conflict,dog,home,
Today's Weather Forecast: Severe Wind Warning	Rhyme	humorous,wind,
We'Ve Nothing To Go On	Rhyme	humorous,
When a Child Is Born	Lento	birth,growing up,moving o
Beautification	Narrative	allegory,anti bullying,bu
Malice In Blunderland	Senryu	animal,fantasy,word play,
The Black Cloak	Rhyme	death,evil,goodbye,grief,
The Good, the Bad and the Special About Me	Limerick	me,
Spring Sunrise	Haiku	appreciation,flower,sprin
Queuing For His Cucumbers - Bawdy	Limerick	food,humorous,
The Poetry Soup - a Souper Site	Rhyme	tribute,
Warm Breath of Summer	Haiku	summer,
Remembered	Free verse	longing,nostalgia,perspec
Kanga's Cheatin' Was His Unseatin'	Limerick	fantasy,humorous,race,wor
Feathered Enchantment	Narrative	fantasy,imagination,
Safety Measures	Free verse	health,truth,
Separated By a Common Language	Rhyme	america,england,language,
The End	Free verse	life,
Haiku - Storm	Haiku	storm,
My Springtime Walk	Haiku	animal,bird,nature,spring
The United States of America	Rhyme	america,patriotic,
The Trump Virus	Free verse	anger,humanity,political,
Seek and Ye Shall Find	Limerick	fate,
Life's Valued Treasures	Rhyme	childhood,memory,
If We Were To Meet Again	Rhyme	feelings,
Words Roll Off My Tongue	Free verse	feelings,
Sailing Mystic Seas	Rhyme	sea,
Smoke Wisps	Free verse	sensual,
Poetry Soup Lists	Light Verse	fantasy,fun,humor,nonsens
Not All Holidays Are Happy	Rhyme	death,grief,holiday,
The Return	Rhyme	anti bullying,
Butterflies In the Snow	Rhyme	hope,
A Bright Light Has Gone Out In Soup Creek	Rhyme	america,friend,tribute,
A Chasm In Soup Creek	Rhyme	appreciation,remember,sad
Discord and Peace	Ekphrasis	analogy,anger,angst,child
In Memory of Milt - By Jenna Logan	Verse	friend,memory,tribute,
Murmurs	Free verse	poetry,spiritual,voice,
Phony Facade	Limerick	angst,bullying,grief,
Not Necessarily Green	Rhyme	fantasy,
Hereafter	Rhyme	allusion,life,meaningful,
'perfect' Poetry Put Downs	Monoku	humorous,poetry,
I'M Feeling Impish	Rhyme	anti bullying,poetry,
Existential	Rhyme	allusion,
Glass Hours	Sonnet	death,fate,time,
Wind Storm	Haiku	natural disasters,storm,t
They Told Me You Cried	Sonnet	lost love,recovery from,s
The Hypocritical Goat	Rhyme	abuse,corruption,how i fe
Squirrels	Acrostic	animal,humorous,nature,
Sex After Seventy	Rhyme	age,humor,irony,life,
For You My Love Through Hell I'D Gladly March	Sonnet	crush,emotions,feelings,p
Chocks Away - Poop Poem Warning	Limerick	body,humorous,
Walk Tall	Narrative	america,death,drink,drug,
Thankyou My Loyal Poet Friend	Rhyme	appreciation,friend,poets
The silent song of Chester Gray	Rhyme	mystery,
Butt Out - Collaboration - Please Join In	Limerick	body,clothes,humorous,
Snake Oil Man In Milton Creek	Rhyme	america,western,
The Reason For a Missing Poem	Rhyme	humorous,poetry,
Love List	Rhyme	love,
The Latest Soup Scoop	Monoku	anti bullying,how i feel,
My Animal Instincts	Acrostic	animal,cheer up,perspecti
SuperCallousFascistRacistSexistNaziPotus	Lyric	humor,political,
oh for a second departure	Limerick	farewell,humorous,perspec
The Mean Girls Club	Rhyme	anti bullying,community,e
Silhouette	Acrostic	beautiful,change,image,na
once upon perfection	Monoku	creation,life,perspective

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Tim Smith	United States	Read
Keith Bickerstaffe	United Kingdom	Read
Winged Warrior	Canada	Read
Charlie Smith	United States	Read
Chris Green	United States	Read
Mark Koplin	United States	Read
Tom Cunningham	United Kingdom	Read
Terry Flood	United Kingdom	Read
Deb M	Australia	Read
David Kavanagh	Ireland	Read
Tania Kitchin	United States	Read
Daniel Turner	United States	Read
Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib	Canada	Read
Ts Poetry	United States	Read
Daniel Henry Rodgers	United States	Read
Paul Willason	Australia	Read
Jeff Connelly	Antarctica	Read
Edward Ibeh	United States	Read
Emile Pinet	Canada	Read
John Lawless	United States	Read
Duke Beaufort	United States	Read
John Read	United Kingdom	Read
Frederic Parker	United States	Read
Ink Empress	Maldives	Read
Anonomus Scorpio	United States	Read
Abdullah Alhemaidy	Saudi Arabia	Read