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I am a writer. My poetry is sad, I write death, but I can write happy if I want to. I love art, classical music, reading, nature, meditation, dancing. I collect books, vintage clothes and jewelry. I adore the old building where I live with Snuggles Kitty. The avatar statue you see is in memory of my elderly cat Smudges who died at 20 years old. She loved the garden.

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Are Writers Born ?

Blog Posted:1/12/2020 4:28:00 PM

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. From the time I first learned to wield a pencil I've been scribbling stories and poems, driven by a passion to see my words on paper, and cheered on by loving parents and grandparents who assured me that yes, I certainly had talent.

My grandma was the family storyteller and she sure could make words sing. From an early age I would listen and watch her lips and how her tone, and facial expresssions changed. I did the eulgy at her funeral without having to look at a written word and in the telling her life story I made my words sing. That is the gift she left me, but, not a single story grandma told was ever written down and died with her.

I believe writing can be learned and develop at any age -

Through writing our thoughts and our feelings endure. The spoken word falls into silence; the written word is meant to last. I think even the greatest writers must have made mistakes, but they just kept working at it, and that is what we must do, always trying to improve. to choose the right words, write graceful sentences, use correct grammar although I believe in poetic license, consider punctuation, and spelling, organise verses to make sense, link ideas, fill in the all important details, have a rhythm, make our poems sing

I am sure you have said, "I think I'll spend a few hours writing for the fun of it!" This is not something most people would say, as most do not write unless they have to, but we poets would say that!

What are your thoughts on any of this?

Constance

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Gregory R
Barden

Date: 1/21/2020 9:52:00 AM

I started writing three years ago when I joined Poetry Soup ... I wrote some poems when I was eight and then won a writing award in prep school (Payson-Bird Prize), the first to do so as a freshman, but I never took it seriously. I started writing here as a means to heal, but I've always been creative, (I am a musician, I draw, etc), so I think I was born with the talent.

Tania
Kitchin

Date: 1/16/2020 4:07:00 PM

I think that writers are born with the talent but not all know they have it at a young age. I started writing poetry as a tool for healing. I do remember having poems running through my head for years before I actually put them on paper!

Dear Heart
Date: 1/16/2020 11:17:00 PM

Tania, I think you are correct in your comment, many just do not know, I wrote poems but never thought anyone else would want to read them except my family but then i was encouraged to put them on line and here I am _Constance

Son of
Spock

Date: 1/15/2020 7:47:00 AM

For your next blog I think your question should be: Do the best writers have pointy ears?

Dear Heart
Date: 1/18/2020 3:53:00 PM

Tom, I like it _Constance

Son of Spock
Date: 1/17/2020 8:24:00 PM

I do prefer O Pointed One. Feels a bit regal

Dear Heart
Date: 1/16/2020 11:24:00 PM

aaah - don't think so! Tom, why don't you change your username to Pointy Ears, you seem to really like it a lot, hugs _Constance

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/16/2020 9:17:00 PM

Aww!! Group hug?

Son of Spock
Date: 1/16/2020 2:41:00 PM

Well, I don't like to boast but...

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/16/2020 11:23:00 AM

:) Yes, they are. Well then, that makes you creative, clever and sexy. Soft giggle.

Son of Spock
Date: 1/16/2020 7:56:00 AM

Pointy ears are sexy, or so I've been told

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/15/2020 11:18:00 PM

Perhaps I need a hat with pointed ears. Then, I'd fit in. :) Just sayin.

Son of Spock
Date: 1/15/2020 3:40:00 PM

And that's my fault because...?

Laura Leiser
Date: 1/15/2020 2:48:00 PM

Ha! That leaves a lot of us out, ya know! ;)

Laura
Leiser

Date: 1/13/2020 6:30:00 PM

I was always drawn to music, lyrics and rhythmic speech from a young age. Although I was never a big reader, I loved (and still love) to play around with words and sounds...then as a teen, I discovered poetry...though I didn’t nurture it for years. It has only been the last 5 yrs. or so (and discovering this site) that I have learned and grown as a poet. It’s interesting to read all the ways a person comes into poetry!

Laura Leiser
Date: 1/14/2020 4:25:00 PM

Yes, Tommy, and I love your crazy creativity and spark! Your imagination knows no limits...seeking out new life, new civilizations... boldly going where no man has gone before! (cue Star Trek theme) Lolol! :)

Son of Spock
Date: 1/13/2020 8:51:00 PM

Interestingly I've only written sporadically over the years but about ten years ago I started writing silly toad poems for children and the bug bit. Glad you're around Laura

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 7:04:00 PM

Laura, yes, like you this site has really helped me too to develop my poetry and style, I was destined to write sad poetry, and I embrace that although I can write a funny poem or a nature poem as well, but I know my forte, as a kid I loved to roam the library reading a bit of this book, and that book, I would sit and look at the dictionary fascinated with the words... odd but true _Constance

Connie
Marcum Wong

Date: 1/13/2020 2:31:00 PM

I read all the comments and I couldn't explain how I feel nearly as well as Besma. I feel exactly the same as she. I rarely have time to read a blog, but have certainly enjoyed this one Constance. New year blessings, Connie xxoo

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 4:45:00 PM

Connie, thanks for coming to my blog, I am honored that you choose to read it and all the great comments it has generated. It is so interesting to read about each poet's journey to writing whether born writers or discovering it later in life. Yes, Besma put it all so beautifully, happy new year to you also _ Constance

Charlotte
Puddifoot

Date: 1/13/2020 2:08:00 PM

i can only speak for myself, but certainly i wrote stories and poems from a very early age, and before i could write i told stories verbally, so yes, i tend to think the 'writing gene' is there from birth

craig cornish
Date: 1/13/2020 8:38:00 PM

Charlotte, I'm not sure what it is...but YOU are one of those who was truly born with this gift-------PLEASE do not leave it unwritten---LOVE you dear Charlotte

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 4:41:00 PM

Charlotte, I agree with you, as obviously there was something there right from your early age that over time just became more and more, I think you are right also about the writing gene, as I came from a family of storytellers so naturally I became one, my mother used to say, that girl has a vivid imagination as I would make up stories when playing with my dolls _Constance

harry
horsman

Date: 1/13/2020 8:56:00 AM

I was born left handed, spent the first five years of my life, as such, then the education system decided it could cause health problems once a grown up..and forced my right hand into play...I think it shows in my poetry, Constance, the negativity that is....

Son of Spock
Date: 1/15/2020 7:48:00 AM

Was his name Norman? He's a particularly rascally imp

harry horsman
Date: 1/13/2020 5:53:00 PM

oh yes, i remember the devil did have something to do with it.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:37:00 AM

Harry, your poetry negative, no, not so! I am both right and left handed, what is that about? Can use either, my right is faster and my left is more thoughtful. I think the nuns in my catholic school thought I was a devils span, trying to force me to not use my left but they gave up _ Constance

craig
cornish

Date: 1/13/2020 8:15:00 AM

"Do you know the legend of the cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to". (John Berger) Everyone of us are born with some inherent gift and spend our lives on a journey to discover and nurture it. If we attempt to nurture what we were not born with we will improve but only to an inherent aptitude. That said, if we make efforts to improve what we love to do we can achieve more than expected than someone who doesn't, but then, someone who is born can achieve as much and usually more with little effort. The shame is those who waste whatever gift they were blessed with.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:33:00 AM

Craig, that is a beautiful comment and so well said, I have read many poets of old that were not even read when they were alive (artists too) so many go to their graves unknown, being able to write our thoughts is a gift either known quite young or discovered later, I am always learning, and I have a lot more to learn, and I love that _Constance

Son of Spock
Date: 1/13/2020 9:23:00 AM

I've stepped on a few. Does that make me a murderer? GAAAA! I luv bugz, I really do!

Robert
Lindley

Date: 1/13/2020 8:13:00 AM

I believe some are born to write. Some are by life experiences led to write. Some are by need of healing- write as a medicine for the soul. True poets write as if it is bread and water.. Such poets are sweet, dear and true gifts unto this dark world, IMHO... Such poets awe me and I do so admire immensely..

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:29:00 AM

Robert, I know that I write most of the time to heal past wounds and I write and write and write poems but the pain remains but still my poems do touch others and I have received hundreds of responses telling me that my poem helped them, so that is a blessing to be able to speak to others with words _Constance

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 1/13/2020 8:12:00 AM

We are born with natural abilities and when we recognize those abilities and practice them, then we are "born again" Thought I would put a religious note to it for Tommy boy. haha. I was more a reader than a writer in my early childhood, but around 5th grade when I wrote my first limerick, I kind of knew that writing was a "thing" for me!!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 1/14/2020 8:50:00 AM

you were well nurtured for writing, Constance.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:25:00 AM

Andrea, I agree, the seed is always there somewhere deep inside our soul and at times it takes something for it to be born again... for me, I always knew, and my parents knew because I was writing silly poem on the wall in my bedroom _Constance

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:25:00 AM

Robert, yes the ability to write from your heart and soul is a gift given _Constance

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/13/2020 8:17:00 AM

So true. Sometimes all it takes is an life experience that leads us into writing. Then the natural talent leads us deeper into the realm of writing and communication with others. In poetry--such is a gift we may give to others..

Robert
Lindley

Date: 1/13/2020 7:56:00 AM

At The Knife Edge Of That Deep, Dark Abyss.... I that was born on a dark, stormy night.So gifted at young age, deeper insight. Felt such abhorrent fear as such oft goes. And in darkest of dark began to write A child begging Nature to my pleas hear. Oft with whimpering words and falling tears. Imaginative child from head to toes. Tempting shadows to hit me with more fears. A teen, mourning a death that my soul broke. Farther into books my heart sat to soak. Awaiting each as black the ill wind blows. Writing beneath my home tree a black oak.By birth, sponge set to seek out Master Poe. Living, pen and paper, writing to grow.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:22:00 AM

Robert, such beautiful and honest comments, thank you, I was an odd little girl, instead of playing games in the school yard, I had my nose in a book, I wanted to be unseen, other times I was writing and became lost in my story being written.. words were my friends, I had to face death situations at a very early age and it broken me inside and thus the true poet was born and destined to write dark and death poetry, although I write nature _Constance

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/13/2020 8:34:00 AM

Played marbles at school , was the best at it. Serious writing took over at age 15. After my father's death-- and yes it was morbidly dark. Poe became my guide and after that I studied the classic greats of old. Not to copy but rather to understand what poetry was and how it manages to heal, gift and so soothe the human soul. Still researching my friend..

Son of Spock
Date: 1/13/2020 8:10:00 AM

I take it you weren't playing marbles as a young laddie?

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/13/2020 8:02:00 AM

Sonnet slammed out, please excuse the rawness my friends. Felt good to let it go...

Robert Lindley
Date: 1/13/2020 7:56:00 AM

* I wrote short stories from age 6 to 13, Poetry age 13- 65, still inking..

Besma
Riabi Dziri

Date: 1/13/2020 1:07:00 AM

I would say writing is an ability! and I think we can all acquire the ability of writing with perseverance.. reading and writing, "good readers are good writers", and this is applicable to everyone! I would also say that writing is a gift! a feel! a dimension reached by those who can paint unique paintings with their very inks.. those who can compose singular music with their own words.. those who can walk untrodden paths of words and create works.. those who can blend a soaring imagination with a deep sensitivity to reach an outstanding beauty! I think, it is that fine missing link that is behind ability and gift.. writers and artists! A lot to be said here, Constance! Thank you for sharing!

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:15:00 AM

Besma, oh, such a beautiful comment, and I totally agree with each thought, writing is a gift given- but it can also be a curse, and I say that because the need is so great, it almost hurts _Constance

Wayne Kingston
Date: 1/13/2020 2:19:00 AM

Perfectly balanced input. So well presented. DH will be proud. :o)

Wayne
Kingston

Date: 1/12/2020 9:46:00 PM

Yes, all writers are born. So are all firefighters, carpenters, nurses, appraiser, lawyers, Princes, etc. Do all writers listen to their essence? If they are indeed writers, they are following the Call; can't do otherwise. Good, proficent, captivating, poor, egomaniacal, sloppy, anal, etc., is reflected in their ardor, passion, reverence, truth. $.02. :o/

Son of Spock
Date: 1/15/2020 4:40:00 PM

I think you should spend the $85 on a generous Milk Dud stash. Cuz ya never know...

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:12:00 AM

Wayne, as a poet born, I agree, it is all I ever wanted to do, although I made my living doing something else, I now embrace all aspects learning and writing poetry but I have never made even 2 cents doing it _Constance

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 10:13:00 PM

Boy, if I had 2 cents for every time I heard that I'd be as rich as Bruce Wayne. Pow!

Keith
Trestrail

Date: 1/12/2020 8:50:00 PM

To answer your question, no, I don't think writers are born but I do think writers are borne organically from life experience. My father loved Winston Churchill and played vinyl LPs of his speeches when I was a kid. His use of language and phrasing and oratory just captivated me. As I grew older it was the songwriting lyricists of the 60s and 70s that moved me to compose my first poem (as awful as it was).

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:09:00 AM

Brandy, yes I agree, poets are born but not all realize it until something in life sparks the need to write _Constance

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:08:00 AM

Keith, I agree with you that a poet can be born at any time in life- awaken but I still think there was a seed always waiting to grow, I was also captivated by storytelling all my life, I admire people who can song write which to me is poetry to music _Constance

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 10:40:00 PM

Raving lunatics are born? Hold up now.. Let's not get carried away. We are talking about writers being born. Life experiences are why they are born. Writing those moments down. Your last thought. Better watch out!! :) Smart saying she is a lawyer.

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 10:21:00 PM

If that is true then logically it follows that so too are lawyers and raving lunatics? I guess I should know, I'm married to one...a lawyer that is! Yeah, let's go with that.

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 9:24:00 PM

Life experience! I agree. With that being said, writers are born.

Justin
Bordner

Date: 1/12/2020 6:34:00 PM

Poets are born...Writers are woke Poets...J.A.B.

Justin Bordner
Date: 1/16/2020 6:17:00 PM

No doubt...

Son of Spock
Date: 1/15/2020 4:39:00 PM

And British poets are woke blokes!

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:04:00 AM

Justin, oh that is so beautifully written and I totally agree _Constance

Lewis
Raynes

Date: 1/12/2020 6:26:00 PM

I only began writing about 8 years ago, however my entire childhood i was in the folk scene listening to, joining in with and playing ballads and stories and yarns. Nothing was ever written during those years, it seemed super organic. I enjoy the nights around the fire, in the old halls, on back verandahs and the singing. Ironically, ive never considered myself a poet or painter though.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 4:51:00 PM

Lewis, we have all been in a dark place where no words come forth, even the most famous poets have been there, so I feel confident telling you it will pass. Thank you for the compliment on my writing, I try to reach deep inside my soul for my tone and emotion when writing as because I am still broken inside I have no trouble pulling out the words _Constance

Lewis Raynes
Date: 1/13/2020 11:52:00 AM

The carefree freedom of youth... to sing and story and poet without a care. Thankyou for thinking my writing is nice, lately ive been in a bad head space, and everything seems forced from me, and wrt ur post, i think ppl are born able to write, and ive tried to learn but struggle. I love ur writing heaps, it seems to just roll out and flow and make sense,

Dear Heart
Date: 1/13/2020 9:03:00 AM

Lewis, those scenes you describe remind me of my childhood listening to stories told, I come from a family of storytellers so it seemed natural that I would be one, but what differs in my journey is that I write it down, you do not consider yourself a poet yet you write beautiful poems _Constance

Tamanna
Ferdous

Date: 1/12/2020 5:44:00 PM

I started writing poetry more on a whim, and the more I explored, the more I found the therapeutic effect of poetry on my mood and thought process. I agree with you that people are born with the gift but they need to work harder in a steady process to shine through.

Dear Heart
Date: 1/12/2020 6:03:00 PM

Tamanna, many start writing poetry on a whim and then they fall in love with it, for me it was a way to express my innermost thoughts and sadness, to share with the world my life and over the years I have grown as a writer, yes some are born with the ability but we need to practice that ability in order for it to sing _Constance

Edward
Ibeh

Date: 1/12/2020 5:26:00 PM

The cliché is true, in my opinion. Talent, for anything, is innate. Some people know from a very young age that they have it in spades and some do not, until they serendipitously stumble upon it. I fall on the latter. I wasn't aware that I had it in me until I was in my late teens. I always knew I could write poetry but I never took it seriously. People would read greeting cards--or even letters--that I wrote them and say something like "Hmm, that sounded poetic". Positive comments like that gave me the impetus to start writing. Way before I started, I was an avid reader of poetry. It really helps to be a fan of literature as it helps fuel one's creativity and work harder to better your craft

Dear Heart
Date: 1/12/2020 6:00:00 PM

Edward, your comment perfectly describes many poets, who stumble on their ability, people often tell me that I even speak in a poetic way, and you are so right reading and reading poetry and literature is a great way to learn and be inspired, never stop writing because it is beautiful to read _Constance

Son of
Spock

Date: 1/12/2020 5:22:00 PM

I can vouch that I was born! I've got a certificate to prove it. Plus mommy told me I was. Heh. Seriously though I'm a fan of traditional poetry though I occasionally try something else. At heart I'm a storyteller, so haibun fits pretty well. But I had to do the research before I was able to write one competently. Ditto sonnets. So while I may have some natural ability it's a work in progress. I think most would say the same

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 8:52:00 PM

Oh yeah!

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 8:43:00 PM

Okay, so I was Born to be Bad- in a Very Good way. Is that possible??

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 8:07:00 PM

I was born in a crossfire hurricane! Brandy, I think you were born to be bad!

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 7:52:00 PM

Yes, all different styles. Tommy. It's all good indeed. :)

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 7:51:00 PM

:) All of it Keith. Born to be... yes, that's me.

Son of Spock
Date: 1/12/2020 7:36:00 PM

Technically we were all hatched so ok. Yes Brandy all different styles. All good.

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 7:19:00 PM

Brandy, were you born free or born to run or born to be wild or born to be alive? Which is it? Or is it all of it?

Keith Trestrail
Date: 1/12/2020 7:14:00 PM

Don't you mean hatched?

Brandy Nicole
Date: 1/12/2020 7:08:00 PM

Smiling at you. :) Of course you were born. I think everyone is poet. Truly!! Some write stories, others write Sonnets. Poems with Rhyme and Meter. Some let thoughts freely caress a page of white. With each and every emotion upon the page- a "Poem is Born" Just my simple thinking. :) Brandy

Dear Heart
Date: 1/12/2020 5:57:00 PM

Tom, I have read your stories and you are for sure a storyteller, and I love traditional forms and Haibuns, although I find that last line is hard to fit on the screen dimensions of poetry soup, but I suppose that is the skill of choosing the right words to make it fit. Yes, I agree we can be born with a natural ability but it needs to be nurtured and created over time _ Constance

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1/22/2020	Childhood Memory	Verse	childhood,
1/22/2020	A Peacekeeper's War	Couplet	war,
1/21/2020	A Prayer	Rhyme	faith,
1/21/2020	'Who' was the whisper	Free verse	life,
1/20/2020	Poetry Saved Me	Free verse	poetry,
1/20/2020	A Sliver of Nirvana	Lyric	nature,
1/20/2020	O, Entwined	Quatrain	faith,
1/19/2020	A Magical Dream	Rhyme	dream,
1/19/2020	Lento -Dreaming	Lento	dream,
1/19/2020	How Do I Love Thee	Rhyme	love,
1/18/2020	Psalm - Lyric	Lyric	faith,
1/18/2020	Resolutions	Acrostic	life,
1/18/2020	Voices	Free verse	dream,
1/17/2020	Tongue Twister - Fish Wish	Rhyme	fun,
1/17/2020	When I Was Younger	Verse	life,
1/17/2020	A Brief Bio	Bio	poets,
1/17/2020	Emilyqu- I Never	Quatrain	faith,
1/16/2020	Dawn in a Meadow	Quatern	sun,
1/16/2020	A Chance For Love	Cinquain	love,
1/16/2020	Everyday Is A Cliffhanger	Acrostic	life,
1/16/2020	Crossroads of My Life	Villanelle	life,
1/15/2020	'Before My Pen is Hushed'	Epic	deep,
1/14/2020	Withered Memories	Verse	childhood,memory,
1/14/2020	Free Verse Fever	Free verse	fear,
1/14/2020	BV With No Heartbeat	Blank verse	fun,
1/13/2020	a poet born from grief	Free verse	life,
1/13/2020	Ego the Word for ''I''	Lyric	introspection,
1/13/2020	My Winter Dream	Rhyme	dream,
1/13/2020	Top Secret	Free verse	life,
1/12/2020	oh, prime minister	Ode	silly,
1/11/2020	Winter in Canada	Imagism	winter,
1/10/2020	Great Escape	Acrostic	happy,life,
1/10/2020	A Wish is a Hope	Rhyme	hope,
1/10/2020	Woeful Prayer	Verse	grief,
1/10/2020	Just ask God	Verse	faith,
1/9/2020	My Name is Rose	Personification	beautiful,
1/9/2020	Distich Verse - Psalm 121	Verse	faith,
1/8/2020	requiem	Quatorzain	grief,
1/8/2020	Lost in a Dream	Free verse	dream,
1/7/2020	Bittersweet the Memory	Rhyme	life,
1/7/2020	Steadfastness	Acrostic	life,
1/7/2020	Quat Seq - When I am Lost	Quatrain	song,
1/6/2020	Three Secret Blue Doors	Sonnet	dream,
1/6/2020	'My Beautiful Dream'	Terzanelle	dream,
1/6/2020	Quinzaine - snow show	Haiku	nature,
1/5/2020	Sequenced - January View	Lanterne	nature,
1/5/2020	Letting My Emotions Free	Free verse	writing,
1/4/2020	flying with the birds	Free verse	imagination,
1/4/2020	Love's Embrace	Free verse	love,
1/4/2020	Snow Kisses	Couplet	love,
1/3/2020	Love is Forever	Lyric	music,
1/3/2020	Old Tree	Narrative	life,
1/3/2020	A Secret Place	Imagism	peace,
1/2/2020	A Lullaby Song	Couplet	song,
1/2/2020	senryu - kh	Senryu	love,
1/2/2020	Free Form Sonnet - Love	Sonnet	life,
1/1/2020	No Tears Left	Verse	dark,
1/1/2020	Imagine	Verse	life,
1/1/2020	love and grief	Senryu	love,
1/1/2020	Unexpected	Tristich	nature,
12/31/2019	Nature Worshiping	Monorhyme	nature,
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12/31/2019	Anacrostic - LOST	Acrostic	life,
12/30/2019	abyss of nature	Haiku	nature,
12/30/2019	My Heart is Shattered	Sonnet	sad,
12/30/2019	Into a Wild Abyss- LEI	Lay	imagery,
12/30/2019	New Year Eve Party	Epulaeryu	new year,
12/29/2019	The Azure Blue	Tanka	sky,
12/29/2019	TIEN	Verse	life,
12/29/2019	Verbless - Grief	Verse	grief,
12/29/2019	the sweet rose	Verse	nature,
12/27/2019	Beyond My Christmas Mask	Free verse	christmas,dark,
12/27/2019	Stages of My Life	Couplet	life,
12/26/2019	disgusting thief	Monoku	evil,rude,
12/26/2019	A Child Was Born	Pantoum	christmas,
12/26/2019	Imagism - Spaces	Imagism	imagery,
12/26/2019	Because of Kitty	Epigram	fun,
12/26/2019	Patience is the KEY	Light Verse	fun,
12/24/2019	A Christmas Bench	Rhyme	christmas,
12/23/2019	We Are the Peacekeepers	Ode	pride,
12/23/2019	Quintile of Winter	Cinquain	winter,
12/22/2019	beating hearts	Monoku	passion,
12/22/2019	Beneath the Snow	Verse	garden,
12/22/2019	Penetrating the Soul	Lanterne	faith,
12/21/2019	'City of the Dead'	Rhyme	lost love,
12/21/2019	Movie and Song	Light Verse	myth,
12/20/2019	Waterfalls	Rhyme	imagination,
12/20/2019	I am a TREE	Shape	tree,
12/20/2019	Thoughtfully	Lyric	childhood,memory,
12/19/2019	'the journey'	Free verse	life,
12/19/2019	Teach Me To Be Stronger God	Kyrielle	faith,introspection,
12/18/2019	In Regards to Free Verse	Free verse	poets,writing,
12/18/2019	'Graveyards Beautiful'	Rhyme	grief,
12/18/2019	Missing Father	Rhyme	father daughter,
12/18/2019	Song for Spring	Couplet	song,
12/17/2019	Dark Christmas	Verse	christmas,dark,
12/17/2019	On Christmas Day	Enclosed Rhyme	christmas,time,
12/17/2019	Labyrinthine	Verse	lost love,
12/17/2019	His Own Beloved Son	Kyrielle	christmas,faith,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Healed Wings	Quatrain	blessing,faith,flying,fri
A Tribute To Broken Wings	Rhyme	poets,tribute,
Her Broken Wings	Free verse	tribute,
fourth tribute	Monorhyme	art,beautiful,dedication,
On Poetry Soup	Free verse	friend,poems,poetry,poets
PoetrySoup Heroes	Quatrain	hero,poetry,
To broken wings	Light Verse	death,feelings,hope,
To Constance--broken wings	Tanka	appreciation,butterfly,ca
Shine On Me, Sunshine - Poetry Writing 1	Free verse	friend,write,
Suzanne in the Clouds	Verse	absence,family,heart,loss
The Nurse	Tanka	appreciation,
SHATTERED LIFE	Cinquain	death,for her,heartbreak,
Shouting In Raging Silence	Free verse	anger,death,silence,
Let My Quill Always Write Even If Unheard	Rhyme	confidence,how i feel,poe
ALONE AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM	Free verse	holocaust,
THE MYTHICAL FISHER WOMAN - INSPIRED BY CONTEST	Rhyme	beach,fantasy,humorous,wo
One Silent Word	Free verse	how i feel,poets,tribute,
INVICTUS	Free verse	pride,uplifting,
My heart has found a home-song version	Lyric	for her,heart,loneliness,
The wizard's wisdom - Wiz	Rhyme	fear,friend,hope,sad,
Behold Death	Free verse	death,loss,love,
Cherokee Tears	Free verse	native american,
Sepia Dreams	Free verse	missing,
Let me go	Dramatic Verse	boyfriend,break up,desire
Machinating The Manger Scene	Rhyme	bible,
Wolf's Song	Rhyme	discrimination,loss,murde
High at the Library	Rhyme	books,
Thankful	Enclosed Rhyme	father daughter,forgivene
Thankful for Four O'clocks	Enclosed Rhyme	mother daughter,thanks,
listen for the drum	Rhyme	appreciation,culture,envi
'I Was the Last One'	Rhyme	betrayal,death,
Our Last Night	Free verse	desire,heartbreak,i love
Our World Changing, Not For The Better	Dramatic Monologue	anger,emotions,life,polit
The Voices Echo in Emptiness	Rhyme	death,loneliness,nature,v
How much love	Free verse	love,
The Sounds Of A Rose	Free verse	flower,rose,
Too Many Echos	Free verse	bereavement,birth,childre
I Thought It Was Me	Free verse	child,
My Christmas Tree	Prose	blessing,christmas,love,
THE LITTLE FIR TREE	Rhyme	child,christmas,inspirati
September 1945	Free verse	longing,war,
The Storm	Quatrain	age,memory,storm,
The Perfect Christmas Tree	Enclosed Rhyme	beauty,bird,christmas,
To Heal A Vacant Heaven	Free verse	fantasy,
Cinder Man	Free verse	age,
Lighthouse On The Shore	Sonnet	house,light,love,
The Christmas Mule	Narrative	animal,god,mother son,
A Curious Cat Roams At Peace	Imagism	christmas,imagery,
An Omen Of The Taste Of Twilight	Free verse	angst,animal,death,fate,g
Sharks in the Soup	Rhyme	analogy,conflict,desire,f
The Lighthouse And Me	Verse	crazy,fun,health,identity
I Send You My Love	Rhyme	bereavement,death,son,
My perfect lover	Rhyme	i love you,love,
YOU ARE NOT DEFINED BY- ANOTHER'S PERCEPTION	Free verse	abuse,
She Is Not Defined By Poetry Alone	Free verse	identity,
Poetry Cats	Monorhyme	animal,cat,conflict,humor
Daddy's Snowman	Shape	father,inspirational love
The White Roses Died With You	Rhyme	change,sad,
Flood Gate Of Memories	Haiku	memory,
Define Yourself	Free verse	truth,wisdom,
A Putrid Expanding Abyss	Sonnet	10th grade,angst,anxiety,
A Big Fat NA Morning	Rhyme	fun,funny,humor,humorous,
a lightness of hunger	Fibonacci	allegory,analogy,apprecia
The Queen and Her King	Free verse	love,
On Rescuing An Injured Pigeon	Personification	analogy,animal,pain,
Soul Ink	Alliteration	addiction,corruption,moon
Universal Brilliance	Prose Poetry	imagination,stars,visiona
Broken People	Free verse	people,
Dreams of India	Free verse	beauty,culture,desire,dre
Purple Makes Me Cry	Rhyme	appreciation,nature,purpl
Dancing with the Devil	Rhyme	angst,introspection,psych
Deep Purple Sensation	Rhyme	love,
Heavens Eternal Love	Monoku	heaven,inspirational,love
My Little Lioness	Free verse	inspirational,
Snippets Of The Mind	Prose Poetry	allusion,appreciation,int
Humility In America	Prose	appreciation,football,god
Backyard Entertainers	Tritina	bird,nature,
The first day of Spring	Rhyme	spring,
Sentiments on Aging	Free verse	age,emotions,
HELLO AND GOODBYE COCO	Rhyme	death,dog,love,
Heart Snow	Rhyme	longing,love,
A HA MOMENT	Free verse	engagement,
My Aunt Rosy-FV	Free verse	flower,remember,rose,
- Go Fly A Kite -	Lanterne	joy,wind,
The Autumn Man	Verse	autumn,men,
The Inflated Nation	Rhyme	food,health,inspiration,
Humanity	Free verse	humanity,life,
Rider On The Storm	Free verse	music,sad,storm,
King	Rhyme	africa,animal,men,
Old Friends	Sonnet	nostalgia,
Life Spent All Alone	Sonnet	boat,death,deep,devotion,
The Gift Of Quietness	Rhyme	uplifting,
Night Shoes	Iambic Pentameter	night,
Put On Your Night Shoes	Quatrain	dance,
Heaven Will Manifest	Rhyme	10th grade,anxiety,death,
My Angie Baby	Sonnet	daughter,
Between the whispers and the sighs	Lyric	desire,love,romantic love
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE	Lyric	destiny,hope,how i feel,k
Desert Dreaming	Free verse	anxiety,nature,suicide,
Slave to Love	Free verse	abuse,slavery,