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Blog Posted:10/21/2018 5:46:00 PM

recently posted a poem and entered it in a contest only to find 2 hours later

it had been removed from my page and was gone...anyone else ever had this happen

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Edward
Ibeh

Date: 10/24/2018 5:34:00 AM

Greetings, Frederic! The exact same thing happened to me. I had to repost my poem, "Far Yet Close" because it mysteriously disappeared. Thank God I had it saved on my computer! Whew...

Becca
Teagan

Date: 10/22/2018 2:05:00 PM

That is sad. It's good that you can repost your poem (if you've saved it on your computer), but to lose all your comments and faves :( That stinks. Darn technology :/

Sandra L.
Weiss

Date: 10/22/2018 11:21:00 AM

Happened yesterday, I was really upset! I lost the comments, the favs. At least I had printed the poem and two poets were kind enough to comment a second time, comments are so important to me, to us all I think. I had lost a couple of Soup mails a couple of weeks ago. Spontaneous disappearances? Doesn't make sense.

Brandy
Nicole

Date: 10/22/2018 10:52:00 AM

It is best to always save your work in a Word Program. Glitches in a computer system happen all the time. Comments disappearing is frustrating, but can always be placed again. :) Keep smiling everyone. There are so many things to be thankful for. ~ Brandy

Brandy Nicole
Date: 10/23/2018 10:11:00 AM

:) Of course!! Cheers!!

Brandy Nicole
Date: 10/22/2018 10:31:00 PM

:) I think you have had enough Brandy!! Perhaps, not!!

Robert
Lindley

Date: 10/22/2018 5:33:00 AM

I am especially angry about those vanished soupmails I sent to my friends yesterday. My soupmails disappearing has happened several times before.

Robert
Lindley

Date: 10/22/2018 5:29:00 AM

I sent three soupmails yesterday, now my sent file shows I never sent them. I commented on over 2 dozen poems yesterday and after checking , I found those too have disappeared. The entire poem thing disappearing has happened to me before. My time already being limited here now to several other factors, this is unacceptable and must be dealt with, whatever or whoever is the cause, IMHO.

Dedu
Son

Date: 10/22/2018 4:53:00 AM

I had to re-publish five of my poems which vanished last night. What a waste of time!

Heidi Sands
Date: 10/22/2018 4:56:00 AM

Oh my word. That is terrible. I hope everyone is reporting this to the administrators.

Heidi
Sands

Date: 10/22/2018 4:43:00 AM

Hi Frederic. I am sorry to hear this happened. I have never seen this happen regarding complete deletions of poems. I heard it happening with other poets lately too. I hope this can be figured out and resolved quickly. I also hope you have saved copy of your work. :)

Brian
Strand

Date: 10/22/2018 3:30:00 AM

Last night( Sun 21st)at 11pm GMT there were 29 entries in my latest open contest,I awoke this morning to find there were only 23.If you had entered yesterday or earlier please check your member area.Thanks to all who support these contests of mine,it is a delight to read so many talented poets who share their giftings here.

Suzanne
Delaney

Date: 10/22/2018 3:20:00 AM

I had one comment from Greg that I went back to answer and it was gone. Not sure if there were others.... I hope they can fix this glitch soon.

Sandra
Haight

Date: 10/21/2018 8:22:00 PM

Any comments that I made or received today are gone, along with one received and answered Soupmail that disappeared. I did notice that Karen Krutsinger's contest was posted as judged earlier today, but now the winners' list is gone. Also, I made some edits to two posted poems, and I just checked and saw the edits did not post.

Gregory Richard
Barden

Date: 10/21/2018 6:38:00 PM

This happened to me today, too, Frederic, and I am rather upset, as it was very important to me and had three comments. Luckily, I posted it on Facebook, too, so I didn't lose it, but I usually just post here without copying. Weird stuff going on - I hope you didn't lose your poem, my friend!

Frederic Parker
Date: 10/22/2018 4:10:00 PM

well yes and no...I lost it but when posting I changed some things and although I have the core of my poem I lost the things I changed

Jan
Allison

Date: 10/21/2018 6:32:00 PM

the poem I posted today has disappeared as have all the comments I've made and received today:-( About 3/4 hrs ago I had trouble accessing the site kept getting system 404 (or 400 error) I wont be re posting the poem until tomorrow to see if the error is rectified in the meantime:-( hugs Jan xx

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 10/21/2018 6:33:00 PM

wow, jan. Good thing I did not post today. It seems it's contagious!! I got only a few comments and I did not see results to the contest you told me was judged!!

Maureen McGreavy
The Insolent Rib

Date: 10/21/2018 6:22:00 PM

I've noticed comments disappear, and views too. Weird.

Brandy
Nicole

Date: 10/21/2018 6:18:00 PM

Dear Frederick, I noticed a few comments gone that I had posted. I imagine it is a glitch in the system. These kind of things happen. I shall replace the comment. :) Brandy

Tom
Cunningham

Date: 10/21/2018 6:03:00 PM

Hi Frederic, You beat me to it, I was just about to say the same thing. Submitted one a couple of hours ago and its vanished. I know of two other soupers whose poems I commented on have gone too. Have soupmailed them. If anyone had entered a contest then youll have to renter as it's gone from the contest entries as well Tom.

Frederic Parker
Date: 10/21/2018 6:07:00 PM

thanks Tom ... I did re-enter...still can't understand how that can happen

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7/16/2025	Tropical Summer	Sonnet	nature,
7/13/2025	Emotions of the Heartbroken	Couplet	heartbroken,
7/11/2025	Softly	Lyric	love,
7/3/2025	Dressed in Black	Free verse	conflict,
6/30/2025	Shape of Water	Verse	emotions,
6/28/2025	The Gate of Pain	Free verse	memory,
6/26/2025	Romance in Summer	Other	romance,
6/23/2025	Lost in Nature	Verse	nature,
6/16/2025	Fantasy of the Heart	Free verse	fantasy,life,
6/12/2025	Poetry	Free verse	poetry,
6/7/2025	A Pond's Melody	Choka	nature,
6/3/2025	My Heart Became Decrepit	Free verse	betrayal,lost love,
5/30/2025	Silence Listens	Free verse	betrayal,
5/29/2025	wildflower	Monoku	nature,
5/27/2025	Cemetery Of My Youth	Free verse	perspective,sad,
5/25/2025	True Love Is Breathless	Free verse	love,
5/18/2025	My Heart Was Abandon	Free verse	lost love,
5/10/2025	Yesterdays Have Already Passed	Free verse	life,
5/4/2025	Memories That Never Were	Free verse	lost love,
4/30/2025	Only One True Love	Free verse	love,
4/27/2025	Brushed by the Moonlight	Sonnet	love,
4/24/2025	Wilderness of Mirrors	Free verse	life,perspective,
4/22/2025	Plagued By Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
4/18/2025	Poems Beneath the Shade	Rhyme	romantic love,
4/14/2025	Sanctuary of Eternal Escape	Free verse	nature,
4/12/2025	Memento on the Moon	Rhyme	perspective,
4/8/2025	Meadow Of Our Yearning	Free verse	love,
3/31/2025	Once Upon A Time	Free verse	love,
3/27/2025	Beautiful Our Ardent Dreams	Free verse	love,
3/18/2025	Shadows	Suzette Prime	perspective,
3/16/2025	The Path Taken	Free verse	romance,
3/15/2025	Naturally Fermented	Free verse	life,
3/12/2025	Passing Time	Free verse	life,
3/5/2025	Echoes of the Silent Shore	Free verse	imagination,
3/1/2025	Hurt	Rhyme	pain,
2/28/2025	Kissed in the Garden	Sonnet	love,
2/25/2025	Your Beauty	Free verse	beauty,
2/19/2025	Saturn's Rings	Free verse	imagination,
2/16/2025	Realm of Romance	Free verse	romantic love,
2/13/2025	Juliana	Free verse	dream,
2/8/2025	Sea of Roses	Free verse	love,
2/5/2025	Winter's Breath	Free verse	conflict,leaving,
2/1/2025	Box of Memories	Free verse	lost love,memory,
1/18/2025	When Sunset and Stars Shine on Sacred Ground a collaboration with Susan Ashley	Free verse	beauty,love,passion,
1/16/2025	When You are Old	Rhyme	introspection,
1/13/2025	Ends	Free verse	life,
12/26/2024	Failed Wishes	Free verse	perspective,
12/24/2024	Forever	Free verse	love,
12/21/2024	A Kiss in the Dark	Free verse	allusion,
12/16/2024	Never Renewed	Sonnet	introspection,
12/8/2024	Over Time	Couplet	love,
12/5/2024	Love's Magical Mystery	Free verse	love,
12/1/2024	Love's Romantic Interlude	Sonnet	love,romance,
11/30/2024	Streets of Solitude	Free verse	introspection,
11/26/2024	In the Mind's Desert	Free verse	introspection,
11/25/2024	Who I Am	Verse	life,
11/19/2024	Dreams Within Dreams	Sonnet	dream,
11/14/2024	I Breathe Love	Free verse	love,romance,
11/13/2024	A Silent Memory	Free verse	lonely,memory,
11/12/2024	Cities of Gulls	Sonnet	perspective,
11/7/2024	Moonstone Melodies	Free verse	beautiful,love,romantic,
9/30/2024	Solitude on the Seashore	Rhyme	beautiful,nature,
9/27/2024	Softly We Kiss	Jueju	love,
9/18/2024	Journey Through History	Free verse	history,
9/17/2024	Scene From A Hill	Imagism	nature,
9/13/2024	Love's Melody in Poetic Verse	Free verse	beautiful,love,
9/10/2024	Fading Photographs	Free verse	perspective,
9/9/2024	The Person I want to be	Sonnet	writing,
9/1/2024	Human Folly	Free verse	forgiveness,pain,
8/30/2024	Whispers of Autumn	Sonnet	nature,
8/26/2024	In A World Where I Do Not Exist	Free verse	discrimination,
8/24/2024	Where My Heart Has Been	Hybronnet	love,
8/16/2024	Symphony of the Sunrise	Free verse	nature,
8/12/2024	Time Is Now Measured	Grook	life,
8/5/2024	A Poem from 2013	Sonnet	death,heartbroken,
8/1/2024	Vanished Heartbeats	Rhyme	lost love,
7/28/2024	Seijaku	Free verse	peace,senses,
7/25/2024	It's a Beautiful World	Free verse	nature,
7/22/2024	I Miss	Free verse	childhood,
7/18/2024	Timeless World	Sonnet	emotions,love,
7/16/2024	When Summer is Gone	Free verse	nature,
7/14/2024	Destined to be Lovers Forever	Elegy	lost love,
7/11/2024	Questions of Life	Free verse	life,
7/8/2024	There are no Tomorrows	Free verse	heartbroken,
7/6/2024	Soaked by Nature	Free verse	peace,perspective,
7/2/2024	Wounded Knee	Dramatic Verse	evil,hate,heartbreak,
6/28/2024	I Couldn't Talk About It, So I Wrote A Poem	Free verse	lost love,
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6/13/2024	Yesterday's Wishes	Free verse	life,memory,
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6/4/2024	The Empty Room	Rhyme	lost love,
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5/23/2024	Lost Portraits	Sonnet	lost love,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
To Whisper Mildly---Lgt	Couplet	introspection,memory,
Eye of the Storm	Free verse	emotions,freedom,
This Old Tree-Lgt	Rhyme	nature,tree,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
- You Touch My Heart So Gently -	Romanticism	beautiful,love,
Plucked Violin--- Memories	Free verse	i miss you,nostalgia,
Ripping Light Bare	Rhyme	longing,passion,
In Negative Light	Verse	dark,eve,nature,night,
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Locked Leap	Free verse	love,passion,trust,
A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	introspection,poetry,
When Love Was Innocent	Lyric	innocence,love,nostalgia,
In the Calm of Night	Quatrain	eve,image,sleep,
Whispering Leaflets Keep Nature Beautiful	Verse	autumn,beautiful,
Anything Goes On a Sunday	Free verse	day,peace,silence,
A Wish For a New Day	Free verse	bird,day,emotions,lonelin
- R I P -	Free verse	dark,death,
The Ride	Iambic Pentameter	imagination,memory,sad,
We Eclipse As Sun and Moon	Rhyme	longing,
Excalibur	Sonnet	truth,
Forever	Free verse	valentines day,
Nothing Lasts Forever	Rhyme	loss,romance,
Time We Are Given	Free verse	day,hope,inspirational,su
The Otters Play	Sonnet	life,
At the Seat of the Catacombs of Amygdala	Free verse	daughter,imagery,journey,
Angelic Aroma	Free verse	analogy,angel,love,
Epochs of Perpetual Love	Verse	metaphor,time,
Edge of Night	Sonnet	introspection,night,
The Guise of Blue Jay Skies	Free verse	autumn,bird,blue,conflict
Know Yourself	Prose Poetry	analogy,seasons,spiritual
Fallen Shadow	Free verse	angst,solitude,
My Faith	Haibun	appreciation,faith,life,l
The Promise	Prose Poetry	love,poetry,romantic love
Autumn Whispers	Rhyme	analogy,autumn,nature,
Wire Walker	Free verse	betrayal,conflict,husband
Escape of the Bluesman's Song	Free verse	africa,america,grief,raci
Whispers Shared	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,commu
Flight To Midnight	Verse	angel,beauty,death,forgiv
Valentine Hearts	Sonnet	death,husband,lost love,v
Love With Unbridled Passion	Rhyme	love,
Beyond the Veil	Sonnet	moon,
- Journey -	Narrative	angst,death,deep,journey,
Secret Love	Crown of Sonnets	love,romance,senses,
A Vanilla Dove	Free verse	bird,death,grief,hope,lif
I Write Of Love A Collaboration	Lyric	dedication,emotions,love,
When Sunset And Stars Shine On Sacred Ground - a Collaboration with Frederic Parker	Free verse	beauty,garden,nature,nigh
Heart of Time	Carpe Diem	dance,

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Poet	Country
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Sandra Haight	United States	Read
Lu Loo	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Becca Teagan	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Talin Kalishian	Egypt	Read
Carolyn Devonshire	United States	Read
Carol B.	Canada	Read
Freddie Robinson Jr.	United States	Read
Janis Medders Tobechi	United States	Read
Leanne Lovejoy-Burton	Australia	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read
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