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* MERRY CHRISTMAS * - Gregory Richard Barden's Blog

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Welcome to my page!

I am a man of many interests - TOO many, I think, lol - and because of that I never gave writing the attention I should have when I was young. I started writing poetry in December of 2016, and joined Poetry Soup at the same time. I am currently working on an R&B/Soul album for a major label, so, as has usually been the case, poetry does not get the time I'd like to give it, (though I plan to change that in the future, and write a book-or-two, a sci-fi novel and an autobiography) ...

I like to incorporate classic styles and phrasing into a modern frame when I write poetry, and try to cover a wide range of genres, but I enjoy the darkly sensual the most, despite its limited audience. I hope you'll give my rather unusual style a chance, read a piece-or-two, and leave a comment, if you'd be so kind. I also hope you'll visit my music web site as well, (at the following address under my moniker "Bahku") - mostly (very) old recordings there, but also a snippet of the first single coming, and more new stuff soon!

www.bahku.com

Thanks for stopping by my page - blessings!

* MERRY CHRISTMAS *

Blog Posted:12/25/2019 2:42:00 AM

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I'll keep it simple and limit my usual long-winded pen, by simply saying thank-you for your support, friendship and kindness this very difficult year ...

I'm also not one to ride the political correctness train, so may I sincerely wish you and yours the most joyful and blessed ...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

 ~ The Bard

 

 



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Brandy
Nicole
Date: 12/28/2019 10:46:00 PM
Greg, even though you have been through so much lately. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas. Many wonderful blessings to you in the New Year!! ~ Brandy
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Frederic
Parker
Date: 12/27/2019 4:57:00 PM
Merry Christmas dear poet, may the new year bring you peace and blessings
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Craig
Cornish
Date: 12/26/2019 9:39:00 PM
The best to ya Greg and to your family who must be greatly missing someone dear who has always been a part of these Holidays - sincere hugs to your Mom, you and the rest of your family - may memories bring peace to you all.
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Andrea
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Date: 12/26/2019 8:22:00 PM
Sorry I am getting to this one late. I have no time for comments, not even now. Just here to wish you well, Greg. Thanks for being such a great buddy!
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Constance
La France
Date: 12/26/2019 1:16:00 PM
Greg, Merry Christmas back to you, hope you had a nice day . . . Constance
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Eve
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Date: 12/25/2019 2:31:00 PM
Merry Christmas, Greg.
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 12/26/2019 12:45:00 AM
Thank you, Eve - the same to you! :o) <3
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Date: 12/25/2019 8:58:00 AM
Merry Christmas to you and yours my friend... :) hugs
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 12/26/2019 12:44:00 AM
Thank you, Sandra - the same to you! :o) <3
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Date: 12/25/2019 7:20:00 AM
Merry Christmas Greg, blessings to you and yours!
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 12/25/2019 8:10:00 AM
Many kind thanks, Tania - have a great day, My Friend! :o) <3
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Lewis
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Date: 12/25/2019 4:59:00 AM
Happy christmas Greg
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 12/25/2019 8:09:00 AM
Thanks so much, Lewis - blessings, Bud! :o)
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Brian
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Date: 12/25/2019 2:55:00 AM
Christmas blessings Greg,to you and all PSoupers who so faithfully supported my contests/blog challenges throughout 2019
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 12/25/2019 3:03:00 AM
Thank you kindly, My Friend!

My Past Blog Posts

 
FOR CONNIE
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NINE-ELEVEN (never forget)
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SPINDRIFT
Date Posted: 3/4/2021 3:58:00 AM
FOOL OF A POET
Date Posted: 2/16/2021 2:36:00 AM
sea of trees
Date Posted: 12/7/2020 12:48:00 AM
To War, From Youth
Date Posted: 10/17/2020 4:29:00 AM
Shadow Man (For Dad)
Date Posted: 9/18/2020 7:39:00 AM
Rithimus Divisa - Copy & Paste
Date Posted: 9/9/2020 6:21:00 PM
To Heal A Vacant Heaven
Date Posted: 7/25/2020 11:34:00 AM
Thank You, Soupers
Date Posted: 6/25/2020 11:49:00 AM
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Date Posted: 6/21/2020 8:48:00 AM
Many Thanks, Brian Strand
Date Posted: 6/17/2020 2:55:00 AM
TIMELY TENNYSON
Date Posted: 4/8/2020 5:24:00 AM
Thinking Of You
Date Posted: 3/24/2020 1:54:00 PM
My Contests
Date Posted: 3/1/2020 7:06:00 PM
Arbitrium Divisa 7 Results
Date Posted: 2/29/2020 7:57:00 PM
Happy Valentines Day!
Date Posted: 2/14/2020 10:09:00 PM
Sound Of Sense
Date Posted: 2/3/2020 1:47:00 PM
Arbitrium Divisa 5 Finalized
Date Posted: 1/14/2020 4:27:00 AM
Cow Poetry
Date Posted: 1/12/2020 2:14:00 AM
* MERRY CHRISTMAS *
Date Posted: 12/25/2019 2:42:00 AM
Christmas Concert - Video UPDATE
Date Posted: 12/11/2019 4:55:00 PM
Christmas Concert - UA Schola Cantorum
Date Posted: 12/10/2019 5:45:00 PM
Three Years - Thank You
Date Posted: 12/6/2019 7:01:00 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Date Posted: 11/28/2019 6:00:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date PostedPoemTitleFormCategories
5/22/2024 on the breath of hopes Free verseanalogy,child,children,fa
5/22/2024 bon appetit - Free verseanalogy,love,passion,sens
5/11/2024 odic fail - Free verseanalogy,break up,creation
5/11/2024 implement - Free verseanalogy,art,creation,insp
5/11/2024 how paints a poet? - Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
5/11/2024 the good fight Rhymeage,analogy,father son,lo
5/5/2024 no poet, am I Rhymebeauty,god,imagery,poetry
5/5/2024 tethers Free verseanalogy,break up,feelings
5/5/2024 codependency Free verseanalogy,dark,life,light,m
5/5/2024 leau de la vie Free verseanalogy,appreciation,wisd
5/5/2024 dance, divine - Free verseage,appreciation,beauty,l
5/5/2024 but a moment - Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
4/6/2024 sift, the sands Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,beau
4/6/2024 limbo Free verseanalogy,loneliness,loss,l
4/6/2024 hideaway Free verseanalogy,dark,death,desire
4/6/2024 call Free verseanalogy,love,memory,mom,m
4/6/2024 NYA - North Yarmouth Academy Rhymeanalogy,high school,memor
4/6/2024 effluvium Free verseanalogy,break up,feelings
4/6/2024 flock of phantoms - Free verseanalogy,heartbreak,life,l
4/6/2024 footfalls Free verseanalogy,death,life,
4/6/2024 analogy allergy Quatrainanalogy,introspection,poe
4/6/2024 denied inside Rubaiyatanalogy,introspection,
2/13/2024 LQQK Free verseanalogy,beautiful,beauty,
2/13/2024 bird in the hand Monorhymeanalogy,guitar,music,
2/4/2024 artistic priority Dramatic Monologueanalogy,art,beauty,creati
2/4/2024 last turn Free verseanalogy,art,books,literat
2/4/2024 divinity descending Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
2/4/2024 one size fits all Free verseanalogy,appreciation,life
2/4/2024 dechue - Free verseintrospection,love hurts,
1/25/2024 moonspeak Free verseanalogy,kiss,love,metapho
1/25/2024 whale words Rhymeadventure,analogy,languag
1/25/2024 becalmed Free verseabuse,analogy,murder,ocea
1/25/2024 scoundrel - Rhymeanalogy,humanity,imagery,
1/25/2024 shell Free verseanalogy,beauty,love,passi
1/25/2024 mightier - Free verseanalogy,creation,perspect
1/25/2024 sight unseen Free verseanalogy,emotions,introspe
12/30/2023 luna sea Free verseanalogy,metaphor,moon,rom
12/30/2023 wail hunt Free verseanalogy,dark,horror,howl,
12/30/2023 worldly Rhymeanalogy,creation,imagery,
12/30/2023 currency Free verseage,analogy,introspection
12/30/2023 strings - Free verseanalogy,science,
12/30/2023 the way Free verseanalogy,imagery,introspec
12/30/2023 jmaa el-fnaa - Free verseanalogy,city,imagery,trav
12/16/2023 marley’s maxim Free verseanalogy,christmas,dark,
11/25/2023 a farewell, frozen Free verseanalogy,break up,farewell
11/25/2023 admit one Free verseaddiction,analogy,imagery
11/25/2023 all that is between - Free verseanalogy,introspection,wis
11/14/2023 blue-eyed midnight Free verseanalogy,beauty,dark,fanta
11/8/2023 vaults veneer Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,beau
11/8/2023 my darling boy - Rhymeage,fate,growing up,growt
11/3/2023 butter from blood - Free verseanalogy,beach,beauty,imag
11/3/2023 Dark Hours Rhymeanger,death,society,viole
10/17/2023 Covenant Free verseanalogy,dark,death,deep,g
10/16/2023 Daybreak Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,joy,
10/5/2023 but a house - Free verseage,imagery,introspection
9/22/2023 Her Willow Weeps Personificationanalogy,death,grief,loss,
9/19/2023 dear mama - Rhymegrief,heartbroken,loss,me
9/19/2023 Little Lambs Free verseanalogy,child,children,gr
9/12/2023 Princess Free verseanalogy,cat,grief,loss,lo
9/12/2023 Drift Free versebest friend,death,grief,l
9/12/2023 Lawless Land Free verseanalogy,dark,dream,fear,n
9/12/2023 Webs Free verseanimal,introspection,life
9/12/2023 My Pretty Girl Rhymecat,loss,love,pets,
8/18/2023 blind time - Free verseanalogy,introspection,lif
8/18/2023 To Be Free verseanalogy,introspection,spi
8/16/2023 Driftwood Free verseanimal,hope,journey,metap
7/30/2023 Mom Rhymeappreciation,love,mother,
7/22/2023 meh, said God - Free verseallegory,analogy,creation
7/22/2023 Clavier Rhymeanalogy,metaphor,music,
7/22/2023 The Call Free verseanalogy,dark,death,intros
7/9/2023 Fathoms Rhymeanalogy,death,grief,heart
7/9/2023 Ago Free verseanalogy,break up,love hur
7/9/2023 singularity - Free verseanalogy,introspection,lov
6/24/2023 Scribbled Rhymeintrospection,longing,lov
6/8/2023 Deliciously Malicious Rhymeanalogy,anger,passion,rom
6/8/2023 drawn - Free verseanalogy,imagery,lost love
6/5/2023 Berth Free verseage,analogy,blessing,deat
6/5/2023 Lopped Rhymebetrayal,love hurts,
6/5/2023 Timbre Free verseanalogy,care,introspectio
6/5/2023 deserted - Free verseheartbreak,heartbroken,im
6/5/2023 She Wore a Yellow Jacket Free versedark,death,drug,imagery,m
6/5/2023 Done Free verseconflict,pain,sympathy,
6/5/2023 Solo Sail Rhymeanalogy,introspection,lif
5/4/2023 Retrograde Free verseanalogy,beauty,love hurts
4/27/2023 wrap - Free verseaddiction,analogy,dark,su
4/27/2023 Kaput Rhymefunny,humor,satire,
4/27/2023 Just Write Free verseanimal,muse,writing,
4/27/2023 Then Rhymefamily,memory,nostalgia,
4/27/2023 yet - Rhymeanalogy,dream,heartbreak,
4/27/2023 Octopus Rhymeanalogy,body,passion,
3/15/2023 A Small Thing Rhymeappreciation,beauty,death
3/14/2023 Doppleganged Free verseallusion,analogy,characte
3/14/2023 The New Face of War Rhymeangst,holocaust,horror,vi
3/8/2023 sideways - Free versebreak up,imagery,love hur
3/6/2023 Neglected Rhymeage,analogy,appreciation,
3/6/2023 Wig, Out Rhymeage,funny,hair,humor,
2/23/2023 Reflects Free verseanalogy,dream,first love,
2/22/2023 wake me not - Free verseanalogy,dream,lost love,m
2/14/2023 Away and On Rhymeage,life,wisdom,
2/14/2023 Aetas Free verseage,life,wisdom,

My Photos


Fav Poems

PoemTitleFormCategories
Highveld Storm Rhymebreak up,longing,
Never Shame a Woman Quatrainpassion,women,
A Midsummer Night's Beach Free versebeauty,color,creation,sea
Love of Nature Coupletnature,
Zest May Our Love Say Dizaindesire,devotion,love,roma
Aurora At Dawn Rhymebeauty,inspirational,morn
A Prince For Roseanne Rhymefantasy,
Picture Perfect Rhymeamerica,corruption,deep,p
It Don'T Really Matter Rhymefun,humor,love,
Violin Free verselonely,muse,romance,roman
Behind Closed Doors - Emotive Write Rhymeabuse,bullying,house,lone
Broken Soldiers Rhymeage,humanity,soldier,
A Candid Rainscape Free verseflower,imagery,nature,rai
The World Around Us Rhymeearth,environment,war,
Surely, I Shall Prosebirth,death,
White Rainbows Imagismcolor,garden,imagery,
When Her Roses Bloom Romanticismlost love,rose,
Amethyst Fate Ottava rimaflower,imagery,metaphor,
Love Lies Bleeding Rispettoflower,metaphor,
The Ride Iambic Pentameterimagination,memory,sad,
As I Journey East Free versebeauty,journey,
Cry For Wind Quatrainanalogy,animal,beautiful,
Lost Childhood -Part 4- Rhymeabuse,child,child abuse,c
Time Lost In the Current Verseemotions,fear,ocean,
I Dance Prose Poetryabuse,dance,music,pain,
Gutter Pavement Runway Flight Free verseaddiction,appreciation,da
As the Year Matures Monorhymejune,
Freedom Is Written In Stars and Moon Free verseabuse,change,dark,freedom
Love Will Come To You Lyricintrospection,longing,lov
Diamonds From the Sky Blank versebeautiful,beauty,desire,e
Yet Not Broken By the Blues Free verseanti bullying,holocaust,m
The Potter and the Clay Narrativechange,character,conflict
Autumn Royal Rhyme Royalautumn,sad,
Skipping a Stone Quatorzainimagery,nature,
Touch -Sharon's Acrostic Contest Acrosticspiritual,
Pondering Castle Ruins At Dusk Free versebeauty,betrayal,
Late Summer Nights Dream At the Cat In the Hat Coupletimagination,nonsense,
Corridors of Uncertainty Chokaintrospection,
Nestled Under Your Wings Free verseimagery,inspirational,upl
Starshine and Silhouettes Rhymebeauty,dance,desire,image
Hoping That It Might Be You Lyricfriendship love,hope,long
Lake's Music Free versepeace,river,song,
Snow Birds Softly Sing Versebeautiful,bird,dance,dece
Hollow Man Rhymehappiness,introspection,i
Still I Run Villanelleautumn,death,truth,
Worlds of Ice Free versedream,love,memory,sleep,w
Shadow Free verselost love,
Christmas Time Rhymechildhood,christmas,night
A Peaceful I Love You Iambic Pentameterbeauty,i love you,nature,
In Hindsight Rhymeage,love,
As Cold Sudden Rain Haikulove,nature,
From Glory To Dust-2 Acrosticangst,confusion,corruptio
Rainless Clouds Pantoumblue,sad,
In Silence Personificationautumn,death,
Saturated In Solitude Rhymesolitude,
Dance of the Firebird Free versebeautiful,dance,sensual,
Despicable Free verseabuse,evil,girl,
May Showers Contest Haikunature,rain,
When I No Longer Love You Romanticismlove,romance,
Penny Hearts Rhymefirst love,valentines day
Landscape - Beach Scene Quatrainart,
Realization Sonnetlife,
Miss Allegheny Mountain Monorhymeimagery,mountains,nature,
Valentine's Day Proposal Rhymemarriage,proposal,romance
You Echo, Silent Still Free verselost love,
From Sunset To Sunrise Rhymelove,
Poetry Rhymeart,meaningful,poetry,poe
Of Wizards and Wands Rhymejourney,
Groundhog Day Sonnetnature,winter,
Under the Stars Romanticismautumn,love,poetry,romanc
The Dark Side of Canada Free versehow i feel,
Ulan At Sinag Ng Araw: Pagmumuni Ng Isang Tulirong Isip Free verseangst,feelings,introspect
Absinthe Leaves Ekphrasisautumn,imagery,sky,tree,
His Evening's Mystery Lyriclove,mystery,
A Lullaby Rhymeloneliness,lost love,natu
46 Free versebereavement,brother,love,
Rain Harp Quatrainblessing,imagery,miracle,
Crystal Blue Waters Rhymenature,
A Gift of Love Sonnetlove,mother,
Floccinaucinihilipilification and Very Little Bread Rhymeappreciation,art,characte
Falling From the Heights Sonnetdeath,
Bridging Heaven and Earth Rhymebird,flying,jealousy,
Sunset Lullaby Rhymebeauty,sunset,,Lullaby,
Chasing the Man In the Moon Free verseabsence,childhood,father
My Solitary Wandering Free versememory,solitude,
A Daydreamer's Love Rhymelove,passion,
Insomnia Rhymeanxiety,imagery,lonelines
Captured With a Fingertip Versepoetry,
The Astonishing Serenity of Eventide Rhymebeauty,nature,
Flavor of Stars Romanticismmoon,stars,,Lullaby,
The Hands of Time-Rondeau Rondeaudestiny,sleep,time,
To Know She Still Loves Me Rhymelove,
When the Sun Drowns In the Sea Rhymelost love,
Empty Room On a Summer's Day Rispettonostalgia,summer,sunshine
What Poetry Is Free verseimagery,poetry,words,
Mawu Amongst Stars Sonnetbeauty,magic,memory,
You Foolishly Once Thought You Had It Bad: a Collaboration Rhymedream,fear,
Real Men Wear Pink Rhymecharacter,funny,humor,per
I Am Every Woman Biobeauty,deep,emotions,enco
One Victim Among Many Sonnetsad,scary,

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