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I am a doctor based in UK and have served the National health service for nearly 30 years. Poetry has been my interest from a very early age and read poetry in Hindi, Tamil and English.
My all time favourite poem is the Elegy in a country churchyard by Thomas Gray, I love Robert Frost, Browning, Wordsworth and Tennyson. I have made a pilgrimage to their birthplace.My favourite writers include Somerset Maugham and Dapne Du Maurier.
I love reading poetry but like great poems that are not lost in extreme verbosity, a tendency for many who employ free verse. Christina Rossetti is a great example of a poet who conveyed beautiful thoughts in simple language.
' Home they brought her Warrior dead' is a good example of a brilliant poem written with the simplest of words.

I look forward to reading the brilliant works of the many poets on Poetry Soup.

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The poets on the PS welcome page

Blog Posted:5/25/2022 12:01:00 AM

I have seen this page for sometime and it features some poets who seem to be a permanent fixture on the PS welcome to poetry soup home page, where as a few others rotate briefly! I was wondering if there is a method to this? Most certainly this is not at random as some poets are always there and some others for months! So can PS management explain how this is done? If people are paying to be members, everyone should have a fair equal chance of being on this page- or am I completely wrong to raise this issue?

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Hilo
Poet

Date: 5/27/2022 1:26:00 PM

Update: per TPS's reply to my query; only members who had created an avatar/icon while being a lifetime member or had a paid membership at any given time, then became non-members, will be posted on the Home page, "Welcome to Poetry Soup", interchangeable most active members list.

Constance
La France

Date: 5/25/2022 2:45:00 PM

Krish, it has to do with community poets, if you look at the left and scroll down to Poets- Top 100 Community, you will see it is the same order as the home page pics, but this order changes almost daily, because it depends on how active a person is on the site each day ie commenting on poems, responding to comments on your poems with replies, doing blogs, commenting on blogs, hosting contests, posting poems, and probably more.. so basically the more active you are on the site the higher you are on that list.. but its just a list, means nothing in reality, just enjoy the site and do your thing, blessings ~Constance

Jenna Logan
Date: 5/25/2022 3:40:00 PM

Constance, you have the same attitude that I do about lists. Some take it far too seriously.

Jeff
Kyser

Date: 5/25/2022 9:10:00 AM

Seems to correspond really well to top (33) community. Not exact, because I imagine the picture list and the top community are updated at slightly different frequencies. At the moment, I'm #16 on the list and 16th picture if you count left to right , row 1 being 1..11, row two being 12..22, etc.

John Lawless
Date: 5/25/2022 5:37:00 PM

It's difficult to wax when it wanes

Jeff Kyser
Date: 5/25/2022 10:17:00 AM

Thanks, I wax and wane... On the wane, lately. Spring and summer are busy outside! Congrats on your POTD - just saw that

L Milton Hankins
Date: 5/25/2022 9:36:00 AM

Keep going at the rate you are going, Jeff, and you'll soon be at the top. You are a significant, important contributor to Poetry Soup, and I, for one, thoroughly enjoy your poetry.

Rama
Balasubramanian

Date: 5/25/2022 9:04:00 AM

Interesting questions Krish. Those who comment most on other people's poems are placed on the top of the list. It is ranked on the basis of comments made and changes accordingly

Jan
Allison

Date: 5/25/2022 1:32:00 AM

Poets like Milton and Caren give SO much to the community with comments and replies and still finding time to write amazing poetry and I am so glad they are here to support the poets on the site:-)

L Milton Hankins
Date: 5/25/2022 9:34:00 AM

Thank you so much, Jan. I can say I don't participate to receive that recognition. I participate because I love the site and the poets, and I have the time to be contributive and encouraging. This is, unfortunately, not true of everyone. You might be amazed at how important this site is to my well-being, my creativity, and my opportunity to be supportive to fellow poets.

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 5/25/2022 2:33:00 AM

I agree! Yes for sure! I see there is some method to it!

Jan
Allison

Date: 5/25/2022 1:12:00 AM

Hi Krish is based on being active on the site - all the people shown are on the community builders list, I need to give more time to soup and commenting but its not to be at the moment.hugs Jan xx

Hilo
Poet

Date: 5/25/2022 12:57:00 AM

Hi, Krish, I understand it's based on PS members' number of posted comments on other PS members' poems. The more they post, the more they move upward and they'll maintain their ranking if they continue posting commentaries without fail lest they slip down the scale my friend, Aloha~William

Hilo Poet
Date: 5/25/2022 9:44:00 AM

I could be mistaken as I do not frequent the home page as often, but I trust a missing avatar might come into play here -- waiting on TPS for a reply, tick-tock ...

Hilo Poet
Date: 5/25/2022 9:37:00 AM

An examplar regarding non-member status can dos and cannot do that I've based this on, comes from the PS Premium Membership page, whereto, Christuraj Alex posted numerous comments whose avatar/name I've never seen placed there.

Jan Allison
Date: 5/25/2022 3:05:00 AM

Hilo that is incorrect, if you see the top community poets there are ones who are not premium members whose pictures show on the home page. hugs Jan xx

Krish Radhakrishna
Date: 5/25/2022 2:34:00 AM

That is a a good thing!! Happy to encourage members reading and commenting on other poets creative work!

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/27/2025	Life is a journey of differences	Free verse	corruption,
4/21/2025	Dreams and Hearts	Rhyme	beautiful,desire,dream,fe
4/19/2025	Hamlet - Shakespeare theme	Free verse	emotions,
4/18/2025	a woman in love	Rhyme	cute love,emotions,first
4/18/2025	Mother	Free verse	child,daughter,mother dau
4/18/2025	Portraits on the wall	Rhyme	emotions,feelings,
4/10/2025	The Butterfly	Rhyme	blue,butterfly,color,flow
4/2/2025	My poetry	Free verse	emotions,
12/4/2024	Jesus everyday	Free verse	christian,god,health,pass
11/23/2024	Three sides to a story	Rhyme	dark,death,emotions,grave
11/21/2024	Road safety	Rhyme	11th grade,12th grade,1st
11/21/2024	Reality of dreams	Free verse	allusion,conflict,dream,f
10/12/2024	1924 Everest expedition	Free verse	courage,nature,
10/7/2024	Rainy Paradise - abba	Quatrain	angel,creation,flower,gar
10/6/2024	Razors edge	Rhyme	christian,devotion,extend
10/6/2024	Heaven is our heart	Free verse	god,heaven,inspirational
10/5/2024	The Girl on the monkey bars	Rhyme	beautiful,emotions,feelin
10/4/2024	Fulfilment	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
10/4/2024	cessation	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
8/7/2024	Red hot summer	Limerick	best friend,emotions,envi
8/6/2024	Miss Kitty with tea	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
7/23/2024	I miss	Rhyme	anger,anti bullying,bless
7/20/2024	Pink Paradise	Free verse	angel,blessing,feelings,
7/14/2024	An Elegy	Elegy	body,dark,death,death of
7/13/2024	The Telephone	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,cute love,d
7/12/2024	When heart finds love	Suzette Prime	crush,cute love,devotion,
7/12/2024	Metamorphosis	Free verse	blessing,dream,extended m
7/11/2024	Oh Mother, your tears roll on	Dramatic Verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
7/8/2024	Sea Glass	Free verse	emotions,feelings,first l
7/8/2024	Donkey and the Tiger	Limerick	11th grade,12th grade,1st
7/6/2024	the real and the unreal	Rhyme	devotion,truth,
6/30/2024	Sartorial Self Portrait	Free verse	clothes,cute love,deep,de
6/29/2024	I couldn't talk about it, so I wrote a poem	Free verse	crush,cute love,devotion,
6/29/2024	Joe Biden Don Trump	Acrostic	conflict,confusion,corrup
6/28/2024	Minus identity who am I	Rhyme	beautiful,blessing,celebr
6/26/2024	Yorkshire Sunset	Haiku	bird,fish,sea,
6/25/2024	After the party I woke up in a tropical Island	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
6/23/2024	Desperate prayer from a suffering husband	Limerick	angst,evil,fate,good frid
6/23/2024	Lovers in Jewish cemetery	Rhyme	death,fate,love,
6/20/2024	Sugary words of lying dudes	Clerihew	10th grade,11th grade,12t
6/18/2024	Let the happy heart sing	Rhyme	birthday,celebration,eart
6/14/2024	Eagerness	Rhyme	angst,anti bullying,chris
6/13/2024	Unveiled	Verse	beautiful,beauty,blessing
6/12/2024	Life	Carpe Diem	life,
6/11/2024	Those midsummer days	Lyric	10th grade,12th grade,chi
6/10/2024	The Dance of Anger	Sonnet	anger,angst,anti bullying
6/10/2024	Mouse Story	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,bes
6/9/2024	Rescue of innocence	Suzette Prime	anti bullying,child abuse
6/9/2024	The Empty Room	Free verse	fantasy,i miss you,love,l
6/8/2024	Shape Shifting Soul Premier contest 1	Free verse	blessing,confidence,fanta
6/8/2024	POD and POW -So What have you guys got against AI?	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
6/8/2024	His Work Goes on	Rhyme	beautiful,devotion,happin
6/7/2024	Wedding Blessings	Sonnet	emotions,heaven,kiss,love
6/5/2024	Of dreams and reality	Ottava rima	dream,drink,extended meta
5/31/2024	LILITH	Free verse	dark,fate,feelings,hallow
5/28/2024	Poetry Soup	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
5/27/2024	A Requiem	Rhyme	death,devotion,emotions,p
5/26/2024	Requiem for a motherless child	Free verse	blessing,earth day,
5/20/2024	Heart gentle eye mindful	Free verse	beautiful,blessing,devoti
5/19/2024	Curtains	Verse	crush,cute love,dark,fant
5/19/2024	Eurovision Song Contest- past, present and future	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
4/20/2024	To which Image should we cling	Rhyme	birth,blessing,death,devo
4/18/2024	Leave no one behind	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
4/11/2024	Kipling in Kanha national park	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,1st
3/27/2024	An Age of Transcendence	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
3/17/2024	Unreasonable species	Rispetto	first love,funny love,gig
3/3/2024	Buster - our much loved Cat	Free verse	boyfriend,cat,death,death
1/12/2024	When you leave	Ghazal	longing,loss,love,love hu
1/1/2024	Sipping Coffee	Free verse	creation,feelings,
12/27/2023	Naked women Anacreontic couplets	Couplet	cute love,fantasy,inspira
12/27/2023	Unscratched itch	Free verse	abuse,age,cute love,exten
12/24/2023	Who are we at our core	Rhyme	birth,blessing,creation,d
12/10/2023	Creation	Rhyme	beautiful,blessing,god,mu
12/9/2023	Reality check	Rhyme	death,health,imagery,true
12/8/2023	Son Of God	Terzanelle	baptism,blessing,child,ev
11/23/2023	Divorce	Acrostic	feelings,heartbroken,
11/19/2023	Millions of Bullions	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
11/12/2023	Komorebi	Free verse	absence,age,allegory,deat
11/11/2023	When a physics teacher loves a biology teacher	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
11/11/2023	That dead end street	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,death,fanta
11/8/2023	Pat and Sam in a row	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
11/5/2023	Longing	Rhyme	blessing,cute love,depres
11/4/2023	Nature On Canvas	Sonnet	autumn,blue,good morning,
11/2/2023	Good Ghost Bad Ghost	Limerick	10th grade,12th grade,1st
10/31/2023	Three Legged Table	Rhyme	creation,cute love,father
10/26/2023	World In Conflict	Kyrielle	allegory,angel,conflict,d
10/22/2023	Religious Cowboy	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
10/22/2023	Life	Free verse	absence,child,christian,l
10/21/2023	Tiger	Personification	10th grade,11th grade,12t
10/21/2023	In My Back Garden	Rhyme	death,devotion,halloween,
10/21/2023	Door Open For Love	Quintilla	inspirational love,lost,l
10/21/2023	Wisdom and Compassion	Free verse	analogy,bible,creation,de
10/14/2023	Coconut	Free verse	blessing,devotion,environ
9/29/2023	Picking Apples	Rhyme	august,autumn,brother,lov
9/21/2023	Love Not Yet Lost	Rhyme	cute love,fantasy,love,
9/20/2023	Shadows	Rhyme	dark,death,mystery,silenc
9/19/2023	It Happened On a Misty Morning	Verse	12th grade,4th grade,beau
9/19/2023	The Girl I Love	Rhyme	beautiful,best friend,cru
9/18/2023	The Classroom	Rhyme	10th grade,11th grade,12t
9/17/2023	If This Was the Last	Free verse	feelings,i miss you,lonel

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Keep Our Ghosts At Bay	Free verse	friendship,
Ungrateful Child	Rhyme	anger,death,death of a fr
To Erase the Memory of You	Rhyme	lost love,love,love hurts
A Storybook Princess	Rhyme	dream,fantasy,girl,weddin
Does Anyone Care	Quatern	10th grade,11th grade,ang
Eulogy For God	Rhyme	abortion,faith,god,poets,
A Need To Be Somewhere Else	Rhyme	moving on,
That Starry Night	Ekphrasis	art,depression,night,pass
Pareidolia	Sonnet	poetry,
Chaplinesque	Free verse	film,love,
Reflections of Gratitude	Rhyme	thanks,
Palestinian Time Behind Us	Rhyme	best friend,boyfriend,con
Prejudice	Personification	character,prejudice,
When I Stop and Pray	Lyric	devotion,faith,inspiratio
The Mustard Seed	Couplet	children,earth,flower,nur
tell the night to hold me -	Lyric	forgiveness,heartbreak,he
Teats of Love	Haibun	animal,cute love,love,mot
The Train - POTD	Narrative	lost love,
Woman In Chains	Free verse	betrayal,emotions,woman,
Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse	Rhyme	baby,death,grief,sad,
Luncheon of the Boating Party	Ekphrasis	art,beauty,boat,people,
Together For the Long Ride	Free verse	love,marriage,relationshi
Cowboy Bill	Rhyme	appreciation,drink,food,
Can We	Lyric	america,angst,black afric
My Morning	Free verse	lifeme,me,morning,
- A Bed of Flowers -	Verse	family,life,
Just Saying My Piece	Political Verse	perspective,political,
Emotions Immortal	Prose Poetry	emotions,
Apogee of Grief	Verse	analogy,emotions,grief,me
Dedicated To Doctors Who Are Fighting Corona	Free verse	angel,
Krish	Clerihew	friend,motivation,poems,
Rip	Rhyme	death,mother,
Kris Radhakrishnan - My Favourite Poet	Free verse	emotions,
Ink of My Eyes	Monoku	love,
Trouble and Strife For Ex Husband and Wife	Couplet	child,divorce,health,
We'Ve Reviewed Your Resume, And--	Pantoum	career,work,
A Conversation With Hermione Granger	Rhyme	12th grade,character,insp
The Poems I Never Wrote	Rhyme	lost,muse,writing,
Mother - POTD	Free verse	dedication,devotion,mothe
REMEMBER IT ALL	Lyric	age,memory,

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Poet	Country
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Jennifer Proxenos	South Africa	Read
Silent One	United Kingdom	Read
Sandra Adams	United States	Read
Panagiota Zaloni	Greece	Read
Na Na	United States	Read
Evelyn Judy Buehler	United States	Read
Arturo Michael	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Midnight Aurora	United Kingdom	Read
Tara Dawn	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
J.R. Wren-Ingalls	United States	Read
Emile Pinet	Canada	Read
Julia Shaw	United States	Read
Paghunda Zahid	New Zealand	Read
Michelle Faulkner	United States	Read
V. Deepa	India	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Aditi Mishra	India	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Imran Islam	Bangladesh	Read
Jenish Somadas	Saudi Arabia	Read
Team Poetrysoup	United States	Read
Subimal Sinha-Roy	India	Read
Carol Mitra	India	Read
Tom Cunningham	United Kingdom	Read
Rama Balasubramanian	India	Read
Vijay Galia	India	Read
Karam Misra	India	Read
Anthony Robin Westerman	United Kingdom	Read
Brooks Lewis Iii	United States	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
James Mclain	United States	Read
Maja Malhotra	India	Read
Belden Raiser	United States	Read
Emmanuel Obeng Yeboah	Ghana	Read
Iris E. Sankey- Lewis	Belize	Read
Raj Logishetty	United Kingdom	Read
Chetta Achara	United States	Read
Andrew John	United Kingdom	Read
Darlene De Beaulieu	Canada	Read
Malabika Ray Choudhury	Canada	Read
Candice Yates	United States	Read
Dan Enache	Romania	Read