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I am a retired Ironworker(35 years Local 7), a lifetime Boston, Mass resident. I am old enough to know better - but don't.

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Have I Ever Told You That....poetry contest

Blog Posted:11/20/2020 5:35:00 PM

Have i ever told you that ..... that was the toughest contest I have had to make decisions on. I ever went past my usual limit of 10 placements. thank you to all who entered.

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Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 11/21/2020 6:30:00 PM

thanks for the inspiration, John! I really enjoyed writing my poem!

Jan
Allison

Date: 11/21/2020 5:45:00 AM

thanks for my placement John i wasn't sure how my poem would be received:-) congrats to the winners:-) hugs jan xx

Ann
Gilmour

Date: 11/21/2020 4:39:00 AM

Thank you so much John for my wonderful 2nd place in your inspiring contest. I went down another route with this one and in a way quite enjoyed it, haha... Congrats to all winners in your contest and thank you for sponsoring and judging John. With kindest thoughts Ann xx PS 'Old enough to know better' I am so pleased that you don't haha...

Constance
La France

Date: 11/20/2020 5:46:00 PM

John, thank you for another inspiring contest, your themes always take me deep and thanks for my placement and congrats to all the winners _Constance

My Past Blog Posts


FINALLY FINALIZED....There is a darkness Date Posted: 4/22/2024 2:07:00 PM
HI-POO SENRYU CONTEST FLUSHED... Date Posted: 10/30/2023 4:50:00 AM
Hi-Poo contest Date Posted: 10/28/2023 6:33:00 AM
What was I thinking contest finalized Date Posted: 9/27/2023 5:15:00 AM
ALERT!!! HE JUST COMMENTED ON HIS OWN POEM!!!! Date Posted: 9/19/2023 6:49:00 AM
Don't Fight it - Write it contest results Date Posted: 6/25/2023 11:58:00 AM
HITHER AND ANON Date Posted: 6/14/2023 5:33:00 AM
COMPLIANT POEMOLOGY Date Posted: 4/12/2023 6:37:00 AM
To Comment or Respond to Same Date Posted: 1/23/2023 7:52:00 PM
JUDGEMENT FREE ZONES Date Posted: 1/14/2023 6:04:00 AM
inserted ads in poetry comments Date Posted: 11/28/2022 8:42:00 AM
OH TO BLOG Date Posted: 11/17/2022 5:22:00 PM
HOW TO JUDGE A POETRY CONTEST Date Posted: 10/10/2022 6:57:00 AM
PAPER AIRPLANES CONTEST Date Posted: 9/14/2022 5:51:00 AM
SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW.......FORGOTTEN CONTEST Date Posted: 6/8/2022 5:22:00 AM
DEAR INHABITANTS Date Posted: 4/21/2022 5:06:00 PM
ALAS, ALACK AND BALDERDASH Date Posted: 3/18/2022 6:40:00 AM
DAY BREAK Date Posted: 2/16/2022 4:57:00 AM
REMEMBER WHEN.... Date Posted: 11/19/2021 4:49:00 AM
STEM CLASS - circa 1955 Date Posted: 11/11/2021 5:00:00 AM
FRIGHTDAY (aka Friday) Date Posted: 11/5/2021 8:04:00 AM
THRIST DAY (aka Thursday) Date Posted: 11/4/2021 6:28:00 AM
WHEN'S DAY(aka Wednesday) Date Posted: 11/3/2021 6:27:00 AM
thoughts on a murky morning Date Posted: 10/28/2021 6:54:00 AM
TOO'S DAY Date Posted: 10/26/2021 6:26:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/24/2024	If all there is---is	Rhyme	fun,time,word play,
4/24/2024	EPHEMERA	Free verse	life,memory,
4/23/2024	BEAUTY	Monoku	garden,
4/22/2024	Civil Lies	Questionku	confusion,
4/21/2024	ZEPHYR	Verse	allusion,life,
4/20/2024	Monoku-ku	Monoku	spring,
4/20/2024	That Was Then, This is Now	Free verse	humor,irony,
4/18/2024	half and half	Senryu	spring,
4/17/2024	To Which Image Shall We Cling	Free verse	art,life,spiritual,
4/15/2024	YELLOW	Free verse	yellow,
4/15/2024	TAXING THOUGHTS	Couplet	words,
4/14/2024	lost and found	Free verse	confusion,god,
4/13/2024	I Speak of Peace	Free verse	america,confusion,
4/12/2024	take two aspirin and	Monoku	humor,
4/12/2024	I Saw God But Now What	Free verse	god,
4/11/2024	Hot Line Call	Monoku	humor,lust,
4/11/2024	I WRITE	Free verse	poets,writing,
4/6/2024	Lost Sock Trail	Rhyme	humor,
4/5/2024	splash	Monoku	rain,
4/4/2024	For love cannot walk away	Free verse	age,character,love,passio
4/1/2024	OH APRIL	Free verse	sexy,spring,
4/1/2024	Touche'	Monoku	dark,
3/30/2024	If I Listened	Verse	beauty,sound,
3/29/2024	If you asked I would tell you of my secrets	Free verse	silence,
3/29/2024	Love's Limits	Monoku	love,word play,
3/27/2024	is love not like the weathered bark	Verse	love,
3/27/2024	Just hit enter	Monoku	humor,
3/27/2024	Wis-dumb	Monoku	marriage,
3/27/2024	smooth as silk	Limerick	cat,technology,
3/27/2024	The Last Bus	Limerick	humor,
3/24/2024	Ethereal Lanterns	Verse	beauty,dream,
3/24/2024	7:15 on a Sunday evening	Free verse	confusion,
3/22/2024	long tail - short poem	Rhyme	fun,muse,poetry,
3/22/2024	BITE ME	Free verse	humor,poetry,
3/20/2024	wind dreams	Free verse	dream,wind,
3/20/2024	for worse	Free verse	time,
3/18/2024	become as we	Free verse	poets,
3/17/2024	COLD SUN	Free verse	age,
3/16/2024	I saw God	Couplet	god,life,
3/13/2024	Winter	List	seasons,
3/1/2024	JAN-itorial overreach	Rhyme	fun,humor,nature,
3/1/2024	Oh, March	Free verse	march,
2/29/2024	For Love is but a Word	Sonnet	love,lust,passion,
2/28/2024	the hem of sunset	Free verse	lonely,
2/27/2024	beware the gods	Verse	confusion,god,men,
2/27/2024	TRUTH BE TOLD	Monoku	silence,
2/27/2024	GAME TIME	Rhyme	humor,
2/26/2024	a hazy full moon sighs	Free verse	moon,poetry,poets,
2/25/2024	the sun was late this morning	Free verse	morning,
2/24/2024	What To Do	Monoku	wisdom,
2/24/2024	Lost Amid Now	Free verse	age,life,time,
2/21/2024	this trail of words	Free verse	poetry,poets,writing,
2/20/2024	A Raindrop	Free verse	silence,
2/20/2024	table for three	Senryu	fate,
2/20/2024	a Streak of Red	Free verse	bird,nature,
2/18/2024	It started with a blank canvas	Free verse	art,imagination,
2/18/2024	POTTY TRAINING	Rhyme	humor,
2/17/2024	paper trail	Monoku	dog,humor,writing,
2/16/2024	MUD	Etheree	spring,
2/16/2024	P-oopS	Questionku	animal,
2/15/2024	so I did	Monoku	growing up,life,
2/14/2024	Soft Shadow Slippers	Free verse	sunset,
2/13/2024	A Fistful of Senryu	Senryu	life,
2/12/2024	JAN'S FANS	Limerick	fun,
2/10/2024	I heard my tongue scream	Free verse	sensual,
2/9/2024	Arguing With Inanimate Objects	Free verse	humor,technology,
2/9/2024	Under the glow of a dead moon	Free verse	moon,
2/9/2024	The Period	Monoku	history,time,
2/8/2024	Love's Muse	Monoku	love,
2/7/2024	Before the day turns into night - NFC	Free verse	sunset,
2/6/2024	In Grimaced Glee	Free verse	dark,
2/6/2024	AP-less	Rhyme	fun,word play,writing,
2/5/2024	Nothing Seems To Matter	Free verse	loneliness,sorrow,
2/5/2024	FOUR PLAY	Verse	poetry,
2/2/2024	Anger Hides	Free verse	age,love,pain,
2/1/2024	Half a Buzz	Monoku	lost,
1/31/2024	I am February	Free verse	february,
1/31/2024	MUSELESS IN SEATTLE	Rhyme	humor,muse,poetry,writing
1/30/2024	Chances are	Monoku	irony,
1/30/2024	Quiet on the set	Questionku	humor,
1/29/2024	I have seen the peaks	Free verse	life,wisdom,
1/29/2024	ICE CHIPS	Haiku	wind,
1/28/2024	Hunters moon	Haiku	autumn,
1/27/2024	PAPER KINGDOM	Free verse	dog,humor,
1/26/2024	twice	Monoku	word play,
1/25/2024	For fluffy tails may tempt a wily minx	Rhyme	fun,winter,
1/25/2024	HOORAY for the N-A	Rhyme	judgement,poetry,poets,
1/24/2024	what do you do when duct tape won't fix it	Free verse	age,confusion,fear,life,
1/24/2024	till death	Senryu	age,love,
1/21/2024	sunrise	Haiku	snow,winter,
1/21/2024	darkness brings its loneliness	Free verse	introspection,
1/21/2024	Irish Foreplay	Limerick	valentines day,
1/21/2024	UN-TAUT THOUGHT	Free verse	confusion,
1/19/2024	Would that all be silent	Rhyme	life,silence,truth,
1/19/2024	Moving Mountains	Monoku	humor,life,
1/13/2024	The Weaver's Yarns	Verse	language,word play,words,
1/12/2024	KNOWING	Free verse	environment,nature,relati
1/11/2024	LAST CALL	Free verse	age,anger,fear,
1/9/2024	A POETIC ORPHAN	Free verse	life,poetry,words,
1/6/2024	silent envy	Free verse	blue,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
She's Always Drawing Mermaids	Sonnet	sad,
Paradise Now	Free verse	religion,
Painting With Words	Couplet	poetry,writing,
Roadmap	Rhyme	age,
Dark	Cinquain	dark,death,
A Friendly Goodbye	Free verse	beauty,
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Death Becomes Art	Rhyme	death,depression,poetry,
And Still She Smiles	Free verse	depression,friendship,lov
'theatre of the Absurd'-Catoptric Corridors of Time	Rhyme	humanity,metaphor,solitud
Moonless Curse	Senryu	appreciation,hope,longing
Sacred Dwellers	Couplet	animal,native american,sp
Totems of the Mind	Free verse	history,muse,mystery,
Scurry Now a Panther Comes Your Way	Free verse	poetry,
Rise Up and Sing the Sun	Sonnet	day,
Courage	Free verse	courage,love,
Resolutions	Rhyme	new year,
Understanding	Free verse	truth,
The Souls of Leaves	Rondeau	nature,
In Praise of Anonymity	Free verse	poetry,
God Was Wearing a Dress	Free verse	spiritual,
The Park Fountain	Free verse	light,moon,night,spiritua
Meditations On a Derelict Wharf	Free verse	age,hope,mystery,visionar
In All Its Splendor	Haibun	autumn,nature,seasons,
A Life Not Lived	Etheree	angst,anxiety,betrayal,co
All That I Have Taken In	Free verse	eve,nature,spiritual,suns
Lightning They Name Is Woman	Personification	sky,
Seattle Streets	Free verse	age,old,
The Poets Are Dead	Free verse	writing,
Your Name	Free verse	anxiety,childhood,fear,
Tomorrow	Free verse	sunset,time,
Wasted Things	Free verse	poetry,
On Rainy Afternoons	Free verse	child,sad,solitude,
How Much More God	Verse	childhood,memory,
Narrow Margin	Dramatic Verse	analogy,how i feel,life,
A Little Caveman Reasoning	Free verse	poetry,
Nameless	Rhyme	sad,
Dew Kissed Dawn	Free verse	appreciation,light,mornin
Betrayal of Innocence-A Tattered Flag	Free verse	betrayal,innocence,
Snowflakes	Free verse	analogy,life,perspective,
What is Black Beauty?	I do not know?	beauty,black african amer
Death To The Poets	Rhyme	poets,war,
The Brutal Truth collaboration with Sandra Weiss	Rhyme	age,angst,
Ashes	Free verse	fire,nature,tree,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Dialectic Crisis	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Dale Gregory Cozart	United States	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Maureen Mcgreavy	Canada	Read