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Happily married for 50 years this year, having raised two sons, both married to girls named Carla. Go figure. :)

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Twenty Poems that Define Me

Abundant Blessings Continue – A spiritual ode written in ABC form in which every word begins with a successive letter of the alphabet starting with A. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/abundant_blessings_continue_1023244

Yvonne’s Swan Song – Narrative poem dedicated to all victims of bullying, including girls and boys of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds, including me! https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/yvonnes_swan_song_1016718

Close Encounters of the Bully Kind – Couplet describing my actual encounter with a bully and subsequent conflicting counsel given to me by Mom and Dad. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/close_encounters_of_the_bully_kind_1185718

My Amazing Week on the Farm – Pastoral poem that describes life lessons learned during an amazing week when I was 15-years old. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_amazing_week_on_the_farm_1190059

Paralyzed – Dedicated to my father, who had 3 strokes leaving him totally paralyzed for 7 years before he died.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/paralyzed_1022565

Take Care of Yourself First - My family’s experience in providing loving caregiving to our elderly and infirm family members.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/take_care_of_yourself_first_1045939

Caregiver – My family’s experience with elder abuse that can develop when a caregiver becomes a selfish care-TAKER. Elder abuse—See it. Stop it. Prevent it. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/caregiver_1020961

Vanessa’s Song – This poem was written for our dear friends after their 16-year old daughter, Vanessa, committed suicide in 1998. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/vanessas_song_1018588

Please Sir – Beautiful downtown Atlanta is the scene for this true encounter for which I am still ashamed after 30-years.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/please_sir_1020704

Castles in the Sand – Narrative poem with a moral lesson that keeps me focused on making sure of the more important things in life.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/castles_in_the_sand_1025437

What of Our Children? – Lyric poem highlighting the challenges to our children’s future.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/what_of_our_children_1136461

Real Eyes See – A commentary on today’s society using wordplay and rhyme.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/real_eyes_see_1208575

Cycle of Seasons: Haiku Series – I love Japanese poetry forms. My series of 12 Haiku (3 per season) describing the beginning and end of each season as they transition.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/cycle_of_seasons_haiku_series_1028183

Nasty Panda – A flight of fancy to show my lighter side, and I am not talking about weight!
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/nasty_panda_1140229

Green Eggs, Spam and Grits – My Southern-style tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Doctor Seuss.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/green_eggs_spam_and_grits_1122763

Love Immutable – The culmination of what I have learned as a husband after fifty years of marriage.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/love_immutable_1109739

Honorable Mention – A mother gives her son sage advice on living a modest life in humility.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/honorable_mention_1199431

My Memories – This poem expresses our concern over age-related memory loss, and my prayer that our memories stay fixed and true. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_memories_1191701

Faraway Moon – My ode to the faithful, fascinating, faraway moon. https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/faraway_moon_1189504

Psalm of Praise – A fitting way to conclude the 20 poems that define me.
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/psalm_of_praise_1217624

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Hollywood Haiku - 60 More to Go!

Blog Posted:5/30/2018 5:05:00 PM

Greetings, fellow P-Soupers! (I like pea soup by the way :) This is my first PoetrySoup blogpost. I joined at the end of April and am very happy to be part of this. My friend Barbara Barry-Nishanian told me how excited she was to be part of PoetrySoup, so I just had to find out for myself. Thank you Barbara! Why don't you all check out her poetry while you're at it? Barbara Barry-Nishanian. That's your free plug, Barbara! The next one will cost you :)

I also want to thank all who have commented on my poetry. Just 3 days after I joined PoetrySoup last month, Line Gauthier was the first poet to comment on one of my poems. Thank you, Line! Leon Enriquez was the first poet to comment on my first short story. Thanks, Leon! Regina Elliot was the first poet to fave one of my poems. Much appreciated, Regina! And many more of you have been very kind and encouraging. Positive feedback is contagious and inspiring. And it works both ways, yeah? Being able to comment on each other's poems is one of the most appealing aspects of PoetrySoup. It's also the prime motivator for me being able to pursue a project that has been on my mind for over a year.

Last year I wrote one simple haiku about the Oscars and called it Hollywood Haiku.

kudos to Oscar
every best picture ever-
Hollywood Haiku

Then, being a movie buff I thought, what if I wrote a haiku for every film that ever won the best picture Oscar? And title the whole collection Hollywood Haiku? I started last year by writing haiku for the first 5 Best Picture Oscar winners on wattpad.com. Then I stopped. I wasn't getting any feedback and hardly any views on Wattpad. There is awesome poetry on Wattpad, but most of what I see there involves young adult fiction, horror and romance. So I put my Oscar project on the back burner.

Fast-forward to Barbara telling me about PoetrySoup. I posted the first 5 haiku I had already written on the Oscar winners, and started receiving immediate, positive feedback, and more views in a month than I got from Wattpad in a year. So I restarted my project, and today I just completed my 30th Oscar-ku. Only 60 more to go!

FYI - I've designated my Oscar haiku as "Oscar-ku," a combination of Oscar and haiku. Kudos to fellow poet Kim Rodrigues for coming up with the name. Cheers, Kim!

Thank you all, again. I hope you enjoy my Oscar-ku and other poems. I know I enjoy your poems!

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Constance
La France

Date: 5/31/2018 8:58:00 AM

Mark, I love your positive attitude, keep on with the incredible writing ~

Mark Toney
Date: 5/31/2018 10:05:00 AM

I read your encouraging comment and afterwards read your "just fly words" poem. I haven't come down yet :) Much appreciated.

Brian
Strand

Date: 5/31/2018 2:52:00 AM

Mark, you might appreciate this (in the footle form I created here some years back )...BONNIE & CLYDE too snide/both died.

Mark Toney
Date: 5/31/2018 7:41:00 AM

I do appreciate it, Brian. Thank you for introducing me to the footle. You've got that trochaiac monometer working for you, yeah? I'll have to try it some time :)

My Past Blog Posts


The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Poetry Contest Has Been Finalized Date Posted: 8/20/2023 4:03:00 PM
FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Poetry Contest Date Posted: 7/23/2023 12:17:00 AM
2022 Poetry Marathon FINISH LINE !!! Date Posted: 3/4/2023 12:50:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Qualifier's Final Placement Contest is Closed & Being Judged Date Posted: 3/1/2023 2:56:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Qualifiers' Final Placement Poetry Contest Has Begun! Date Posted: 2/5/2023 4:31:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 26 is History! This is the Last Checkpoint Before the Final Contest! Date Posted: 2/4/2023 3:32:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 26 is Closed and Being Judged Date Posted: 1/30/2023 3:14:00 PM
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2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 25 is Closed and Being Judged Date Posted: 1/25/2023 7:45:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 24 Contest Has Been Finalized! The Mile 25 Contest Started Today! Date Posted: 1/22/2023 12:07:00 PM
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 24 is Closed and Being Judged - TRIBUTE TO L. MILTON HANKINS Date Posted: 1/9/2023 7:38:00 PM
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2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 21 is Closed and Being Judged Date Posted: 11/29/2022 8:22:00 PM
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2022 Poetry Marathon Mile 17 is Closed and Being Judged Date Posted: 10/19/2022 8:16:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
9/2/2023	From Her I Get	Lyric	future,life,love,relation
8/25/2023	Modi On the Moon	Lyric	moon,space,world,
8/23/2023	India Is On The Moon	Tanka	moon,space,success,
8/20/2023	Beyond Greatness	Haibun	courage,england,football,
8/18/2023	End of Voyage Tableau	Verse	beach,boat,confusion,loss
8/15/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - Spain vs Sweden	Haibun	football,soccer,success,w
8/13/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - Australia vs France	Haibun	football,soccer,sports,wo
8/12/2023	An Old Shovel	Bio	change,life,lonely,memory
8/11/2023	School Bus Safety a Must	Rhyme	children,life,school,stud
8/6/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - Sweden vs USA	Free verse	football,soccer,sports,us
8/5/2023	No Anchor for Rancour	Lyric	anger,forgiveness,friends
8/3/2023	Cemetery Gate	Triolet	death,fate,funeral,grave,
8/2/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - Jamaica vs Brazil	Haibun	football,soccer,sports,wo
8/2/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - England vs China	Haibun	england,football,soccer,s
7/29/2023	Close Call -A	Prose Poetry	child,children,family,fea
7/28/2023	Volleyball In the Rafters	Free verse	friendship,identity,life,
7/26/2023	2023 FIFA Womens World Cup - USA vs Netherlands	Haibun	football,soccer,usa,women
7/18/2023	The Starry Night - Van Gogh	Monoku	appreciation,art,humanity
7/11/2023	Away in a Clothes Shop	Rhyme	anxiety,clothes,wedding,
7/4/2023	Yellowstone Bison	Alliteration	animal,fear,nature,
7/1/2023	Away In a Haberdashery	Verse	anxiety,clothes,wedding,
6/30/2023	Munch on This - 'Love and Pain' 1895	Ekphrasis	art,love,pain,perspective
6/9/2023	Misty Morning Fog	Haiku	heartbreak,lost love,rela
5/20/2023	Sand Bar	Free verse	beach,environment,nature,
5/13/2023	Free-Range Limericks Redux	Limerick	humorous,poetry,word play
5/13/2023	Seeds of Encouragement	Tanka	anxiety,appreciation,chil
5/10/2023	Taking Action	Monoku	giving,happiness,humanity
5/8/2023	Humility's Boon	Senryu	blessing,feelings,relatio
5/7/2023	Bereavement	Tanka	bereavement,blessing,deat
5/7/2023	Sweet Friendship	Senryu	encouraging,friendship,lo
4/22/2023	Hither, Thither, and Yon	Prose	children,conflict,family,
4/21/2023	No Time for Caution	Lyric	anxiety,courage,death,lif
4/20/2023	My Regret	Prose Poetry	emotions,lost love,memory
4/4/2023	Relax	Senryu	anxiety,retirement,vacati
4/4/2023	Ashley, Lane, Massey	Clerihew	celebration,cool,poetry,p
3/26/2023	A Plague of Grackles	Free verse	bird,humorous,
3/25/2023	Harbingers of Spring	Haiku	bird,seasons,spring,
3/25/2023	Spring Fever	Haiku	bird,growth,happy,seasons
3/18/2023	Time Flies	Senryu	age,change,hair,life,old,
2/25/2023	Love's Peat Fire	Rhyme	dance,fire,heartbreak,lov
1/7/2023	Naughty Johnny	Limerick	child,parents,
1/6/2023	Better Angles	Free verse	feelings,fun,humor,relati
1/3/2023	Untie the Knot	Haibun	children,creation,future,
12/28/2022	While Brushing My Teeth	Tanka	environment,fear,future,h
11/27/2022	Balance	Senryu	happiness,health,life,pea
11/20/2022	Sunny Side Up	Senryu	humorous,metaphor,word pl
11/6/2022	Trial and Error	Senryu	life,wisdom,
11/5/2022	Deception	Senryu	betrayal,relationship,
10/28/2022	8400 Miles Nonstop	Light Verse	bird,flying,world,
10/26/2022	Debris Fields	Monoku	future,loss,wisdom,
10/22/2022	Love's Garden	Sedoka	love,metaphor,relationshi
10/15/2022	String Theory	Lyric	break up,relationship,sci
9/16/2022	Connie Marcum Wong	Haibun	blessing,character,friend
8/27/2022	Unsolicited Advice	Lyric	anxiety,conflict,relation
8/19/2022	Day of Reckoning	Senryu	change,future,humanity,wo
8/9/2022	JUST AUGUST	Tanka	august,beach,family,fun,j
8/7/2022	Wisdom's Singularity	Haiku	silence,truth,wisdom,
8/4/2022	Pizza and Beer	Haiku	food,football,friendship,
7/16/2022	Writer's Block	Quatrain	inspiration,muse,writing,
7/15/2022	Beware	Senryu	confusion,trust,truth,
7/12/2022	Loss	Haiku	loss,sad,
7/9/2022	Wake-Up Call	Haiku	conflict,future,war,world
7/7/2022	Vincent Willem Van Gogh	Clerihew	art,courage,mental illnes
7/6/2022	cherita poetry form	Free verse	poetry,
7/4/2022	Thanksgiving Crystals	Crystalline	blessing,inspirational,th
6/24/2022	The Real Pheidippides	Clerihew	race,
6/20/2022	War Drums	Senryu	conflict,peace,war,world,
6/19/2022	Cats or Dogs	Personification	cat,dog,fun,pets,
6/1/2022	Sentimentality	Free verse	angst,anxiety,dark,discri
4/23/2022	raining cats and dogs	Monoku	cat,dog,rain,word play,
2/23/2022	Awaiting Her Return	Free verse	bereavement,emotions,hope
12/24/2021	Our Life As One	Lyric	family,life,love,marriage
12/21/2021	Grace Like Rain	Free verse	growth,rain,
12/21/2021	Winter Solstice	Haiku	seasons,winter,
12/1/2021	Spiritual Armor	Haiku	bible,conflict,courage,ev
11/20/2021	Smokey Bear	Light Verse	environment,humorous,memo
11/4/2021	Shy	Haiku	nature,simple,
11/2/2021	World Champions	Haiku	baseball,
10/9/2021	Reflections	Free verse	age,death,life,loss,remem
9/25/2021	Ace	Haiku	sports,
9/24/2021	Fallen Leaves	Haiku	age,autumn,death,
9/12/2021	Crucible	Free verse	dream,freedom,humanity,me
9/8/2021	Quarterfinal	Haiku	new york,sports,
9/7/2021	Which Ball	Haiku	football,soccer,word play
9/6/2021	Peachy Keen Redux	Haiku	fruit,smile,sweet,
8/30/2021	Nice Geese in Nice	Limerick	french,nice,word play,
8/30/2021	Hate To Let You Go	Lyric	break up,lost love,moving
8/29/2021	Early Birds	Haiku	bird,nature,
8/21/2021	Brevity	Haiku	nature,simple,
8/20/2021	Destructive Loophole	Haiku	earth,environment,
8/20/2021	Conflict Resolution	Haiku	animal,bird,conflict,humo
6/23/2021	Fish Tales	Haiku	fish,humorous,nature,tech
5/27/2021	A Day of Hope	Verse	baby,birth,child,family,h
5/25/2021	Inner Peace	Free verse	moon,peace,water,
5/15/2021	Sea	Haiku	beach,life,sea,
5/13/2021	Woods	Haiku	memory,
5/13/2021	Raccoon	Haiku	animal,humorous,space,
5/12/2021	Grass	Haiku	city,
5/10/2021	Love's Cliche Coup: Surrounded by Idioms	Lyric	crush,love,romance,
4/19/2021	Perseverance	Haiku	flying,planet,space,unive

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A Life Well Lived	Free verse	life,
let me live	Rhyme	love,
WORLD CUP	Verse	football,games,nostalgia,
inobservant	Senryu	satire,society,technology
BLACKBIRD HAIKU	Haiku	beauty,bird,morning,natur
Unnoticed	Free verse	encouraging,poetry,
Beak to beak	Free verse	bird,family,love,
Colony of One	Senryu	analogy,community,family,
This Could Have Been A Rhyme	Rhyme	funny,
a flaw in the potus	Senryu	america,irony,leadership,
Laid to Rest	Free verse	bereavement,best friend,d
woe is the sea	Haiku	ocean,pollution,
Anthony Bourdain 1956-2018	Free verse	appreciation,celebrity,li
Let's Eat Grandma	Limerick	fun,
Sour Grapes	Sonnet	analogy,anger,heartbreak,
Nature, Human	Free verse	metaphor,nature,passion,r
Pressed Closely	Rhyme	longing,love,
Twilight	Free verse	age,death,emotions,endura
Domestic abuse	Quatrain	abuse,anxiety,dark,
The lightest touch	Rhyme	dance,dream,love,romance,
first snowfall	Haiku	appreciation,nature,snow,
Grandmother's Hands	Rhyme	grandmother,
Wicked art!	Free verse	allegory,art,devotion,
My Pirate Women	Free verse	surreal,
It is The Little Things	Free verse	how i feel,inspiration,in
Last Meow	Tanka	grief,
Assembly Programming Test	Free verse	computer,memory,school,su
Superpowers- Powerless	Rhyme	strength,wisdom,
Computer Animation Seven Ten	Verse	art,computer,creation,met
The life of a poet	Rhyme	dream,imagery,world,
June 1944	Monoku	lost love,war,
perfect	Free verse	introspection,
To Heal A Vacant Heaven	Free verse	fantasy,
Patina Of Life	Free verse	animal,appreciation,art,
Engraved	Tanka	lost love,
When You Float In Outer Space	Rhyme	friendship,inspirational,
The Armless Ambidextrian	Free verse	conflict,death,depression
To Sail the Sky	Couplet	adventure,imagination,met
Trouble Is Stewing	Light Verse	political,society,
September's Song	Free verse	anxiety,death,depression,
Some people choose to lie	Free verse	betrayal,
Mill Wheel	Narrative	winter,
Monoku - my life	Monoku	deep,
THE PHASES OF GRIEF	Couplet	courage,endurance,grief,i
Six-Word Couplet Series	Couplet	old,song,
just fly words	Free verse	poetry,words,
Of Captains and Cradles	Couplet	appreciation,history,poet
Six-Word Couplet Series	Couplet	america,appreciation,corr
The Adventure, Her	Couplet	adventure,appreciation,be
haiku xss	Haiku	bird,flower,spring,
In This Place	Free verse	city,nature,
Autumn Ease	Haiku	autumn,nature,
From Now On	Sonnet	8th grade,anxiety,boyfrie
THE RED WHEELBARROW	Haibun	childhood,garden,grandpar
The Red Leaf	Free verse	death,emotions,grief,hear
Sweep in Like a Summer Breeze	Lyric	husband,lost love,
Sunny Horizons	Rhyme	appreciation,farewell,ins
Sundrops	Free verse	beautiful,flower,love,sky
Infant daybreak	Free verse	imagery,nature,romantic,
Venus Gifts A Yarrow's Kiss	Rhyme	emotions,heartbreak,hope,
Flight	Haiku	bird,flying,men,teacher,
almost love	Verse	lost love,
Atear	Free verse	art,journey,life,longing,
COLOR OF MY HEART	Sonnet	color,heart,humanity,
Loses Things Too	Senryu	3rd grade,4th grade,5th g
footprints on my heart	Free verse	love,marriage,
bully poets	Rhyme	anti bullying,bullying,po
Aching Sky	Rhyme	adventure,beauty,fantasy,
The Essence of Soft Shadows	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,intr
Winter Wonderland	Sonnet	appreciation,beauty,natur
Rhymes Of Love	Rhyme	inspirational,love,
To Uplift, or Live Adrift	Rhyme	allusion,encouraging,insp
Touch the words in Braille	Free verse	art,butterfly,color,imagi
Critics	Free verse	beach,imagery,inspiration
Sea Song	Free verse	analogy,appreciation,beac
Words	Free verse	language,loss,memory,reme
Tears For Apollo	Free verse	analogy,childhood,father,
Three Keys	Couplet	faith,hope,love,
CORNER OF MY TIME	Lyric	philosophy,
Catting	Rhyme	cat,fun,humorous,
The Poem Garden	Rhyme	garden,metaphor,poems,poe
my dress is a cloud of red	Free verse	love,
Desert Bloom	Personification	flower,metaphor,spring,
New Year- A New Beginning	Rhyme	joy,
LUDIC	Free verse	humorous,language,
A Night Untitled	Free verse	addiction,body,feelings,s
We Are Not Merely Poets	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
The Rocking Chair	Rhyme	appreciation,blessing,cha
Trim Trimmer Chicken Dinner Winner	Rhyme	character,confidence,cool
Leaf Covered Lanes	Sonnet	autumn,nature,snow,winter
FLOWERS AND CHAMPAGNE	Acrostic	appreciation,celebration,
Winter Walking Blues	Free verse	brother,childhood,dad,dea
Little Giants	Quatrain	children,happiness,innoce
Hierarchy of Habits	Free verse	animal,humanity,perspecti
To Hunt the Bugaboo	Rhyme	funny,humor,humorous,
''A Lost Feather''	Verse	dream,native american,
Swan Ballerina Pages	Personification	poetess,poetry,
When I Talk to You	Free verse	absence,woman,
Cherry Blossoms	Rhyme	10th grade,beautiful,chan
Spirit Delirium - ICE	Rhyme	dark,drug,