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Kandle Karen Jones was born in Charlotte, North Carolina to Mary Lightsey and the late Linwood Jones. Early years she enjoyed arts private lessons like toe dancing, tap, and various vocal and instrumental instruction. But it was writing she did on her own and as available in primary school. By Junior High she was writing short novels teachers and students read. By high school Jones wrote original songs for her pop band. While in journalism and band in school it was her creative writing she enjoyed most. Jones wrote an essay and won a WSOC TV scholarship to a summer program where her original commercial idea won first place. Jones graduated from Gardner-Webb University earning a B.S. Degree in Criminal Justice and an A.A.S. Degree in Paralegal Technology from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte.

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Couplet Contest update

Blog Posted:12/6/2024 2:06:00 PM

Please don't write your name anywhere on the poem. Some are disqualified because I saw the name on the poem. Thanks for entering anyway!

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Couplet Contest update Date Posted: 12/6/2024 2:06:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/15/2025	What Makes Me Smile Business	Other	poets,
7/12/2025	The Pearl	Rhyme	africa,america,angst,anti
7/8/2025	What Makes Me Smile Winners	I do not know?	poets,
6/29/2025	What Makes Me Smile 2 Review	Rhyme	appreciation,art,poetry,
6/26/2025	June blooms With Love	Rhyme	appreciation,bird,blue,cu
6/26/2025	God’s Light	Free verse	appreciation,poetry,
6/26/2025	Watery Thoughts	Free verse	appreciation,poetry,
6/26/2025	Spiritual Gem Inside Me	Free verse	appreciation,faith,poetry
6/26/2025	Dancing in the Rain	Other	appreciation,nature,poetr
6/26/2025	God is Great	Rhyme	appreciation,blessing,poe
6/25/2025	AI Stole Your Spine	Rhyme	poetry,
6/20/2025	The Dawn	Lyric	poetry,
6/19/2025	In Stars Above	Rhyme	appreciation,bereavement,
6/18/2025	Biopsy	Acrostic	poetry,
6/15/2025	Peacock Prophet	Free verse	abuse,anger,angst,anti bu
6/15/2025	Paper Mache Heart	Free verse	angst,anxiety,feelings,he
6/15/2025	Photograph	Acrostic	abuse,addiction,angst,bir
6/14/2025	Stab in the Dark	Rhyme	appreciation,art,christia
6/14/2025	Say What	I do not know?	america,angel,poetry,
6/14/2025	Icicles for Tears	Free verse	bereavement,
6/13/2025	Idle Hands	Rhyme	poetry,
6/13/2025	Self Esteem	Couplet	appreciation,character,co
6/13/2025	Empath	Rhyme	appreciation,poetry,
6/13/2025	Old Weeping Willow	Rhyme	africa,america,appreciati
6/12/2025	Shoes Suck	Rhyme	america,poetry,
6/12/2025	Grace	Senryu	appreciation,christian,go
6/11/2025	Birdsong	Rhyme	america,animal,bird,poetr
6/10/2025	Lightening	Acrostic	bird,god,poetry,
6/10/2025	Peach Tea Party	Abecedarian	appreciation,poetry,
6/10/2025	Intrusive Thoughts	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,appreciatio
6/10/2025	strawberry moon	Haiku	appreciation,chocolate,da
6/9/2025	hummingbird oasis	Haiku	animal,bird,poetry,rainbo
6/9/2025	Motorcycle	Rhyme	america,appreciation,bird
6/9/2025	My Inner Voice Told Me	Free verse	america,baby,poetry,
6/9/2025	Foster Kids	Acrostic	africa,america,appreciati
6/9/2025	The Bee and Fly	Limerick	flower,poetry,
6/5/2025	Thanks	Rhyme	appreciation,poetry,
6/5/2025	Let Love Be	Lay	feelings,love,poetry,
6/5/2025	Love	Acrostic	africa,america,black love
6/5/2025	Crescendo My Heart	Free verse	heart,love,poetry,
6/5/2025	Wind Song	Acrostic	poetry,
6/5/2025	Too soon An Angel	Rhyme	angel,angst,anxiety,berea
6/5/2025	Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell	Rhyme	appreciation,christian,po
6/5/2025	By Accident	Rhyme	appreciation,bird,cute lo
6/5/2025	As We Metamorphose	Rhyme	appreciation,christian,po
6/5/2025	Smiles	Etheree	appreciation,corruption,p
6/1/2025	Silence	Acrostic	angst,bereavement,blue,de
6/1/2025	Road trip	Acrostic	america,poetry,red,
5/28/2025	Good night 2	Acrostic	bird,poetry,
5/28/2025	Rainbow In The Dark	Rhyme	angst,anxiety,poetry,rain
5/28/2025	Give Me The Rhythm	Sonnet	appreciation,poetry,rainb
5/28/2025	Opposites Kids	Rhyme	black love,blue,poetry,re
5/28/2025	Love is A Cemetery	Free verse	angst,black love,
5/28/2025	Refurbished Tears	Free verse	angst,poetry,
5/28/2025	Dream’s Demise	Senryu	america,angst,bereavement
5/28/2025	Asheville North Carolina	Rhyme	appreciation,poetry,
5/25/2025	Bullets Have No Eyes	Rhyme	america,angst,anti bullyi
5/23/2025	We Must Part	Rhyme	blue,color,emotions,poetr
5/23/2025	Purple Rain	Rhyme	angst,blue,love hurts,poe
5/19/2025	Forever Yours	Couplet	appreciation,blue,chocola
5/19/2025	Consequences of Hate	Rhyme	america,anti bullying,poe
5/18/2025	Good Night Soupers	Rhyme	poetry,
5/18/2025	Thank You For Entering	Rhyme	appreciation,
5/17/2025	Abandon Fears Forget Tears	Rhyme	blue,feelings,
5/17/2025	Rainbows and Muddy Toes	Rhyme	appreciation,
5/17/2025	What Makes Me Smile	Abecedarian	appreciation,
5/17/2025	What If Death	Rhyme	bird,blue,
5/17/2025	Hair Composition Poetry Contest	Other	appreciation,poetry,
5/17/2025	Fairy Forest	Rhyme	poetry,
5/8/2025	Why I write	Free verse	poetry,
5/8/2025	Pick Me	Free verse	abortion,africa,america,a
5/7/2025	Say Less	Couplet	america,anti bullying,app
5/3/2025	Passion Fruit	Free verse	appreciation,fruit,love,l
4/29/2025	Casualty of your Cruelty	Rhyme	anti bullying,appreciatio
4/29/2025	Deprived of your Love Contest	Rhyme	bird,blue,lost love,
4/29/2025	Lollipop Lips	Rhyme	appreciation,color,cute l
4/29/2025	Color Me Willing	Couplet	appreciation,color,cute l
4/29/2025	Love is like a Bounced Check	Free verse	angst,break up,heartbroke
4/29/2025	Muse is Blue	Rhyme	angst,art,blue,depression
4/21/2025	Untitled	Couplet	appreciation,
4/21/2025	Pope Out	I do not know?	appreciation,character,fo
4/21/2025	Heartless	Senryu	angst,loss,poetry,
4/19/2025	God Bless You	Acrostic	appreciation,christian,
4/19/2025	Menopause	Acrostic	appreciation,inspirationa
4/19/2025	Plagued by Memories	Free verse	angst,appreciation,lost l
4/19/2025	IF I WAS A POEM	Rhyme	appreciation,blue,poems,p
4/18/2025	Aging Well	Free verse	age,america,appreciation,
4/18/2025	A Bus Tragedy	Rhyme	8th grade,america,angst,c
4/18/2025	Purple Pain	Couplet	angst,color,
4/18/2025	Fitted Sheet is a Bully	Rhyme	funny,
4/18/2025	Perfume Bloom	Senryu	animal,flower,
4/18/2025	Tattoo Deportation Poetry Contest	Rhyme	abuse,america,angst,anti
4/18/2025	The Chaos In My Heart	Rhyme	america,angst,anti bullyi
4/18/2025	Easter	Couplet	america,child,color,girl,
4/18/2025	Gym Genie’s	Rhyme	america,appreciation,cour
4/18/2025	Workout	Acrostic	america,appreciation,poet
4/10/2025	Rhythm and Blues	Rhyme	abuse,america,anti bullyi
4/9/2025	Memento on the Moon	Rhyme	animal,appreciation,bird,
4/9/2025	Mementos on the Moon Ideas	Free verse	appreciation,art,
4/9/2025	Bewitched	Senryu	angst,green,

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Morning Whispers	Free verse	imagery,morning,nature,
November Nights	Verse	night,november,
Perception Is Everything	Free verse	confidence,courage,future
Broken People	Free verse	people,
Heaven's Sigh - Hiku - 3 Hikus	Haiku	heaven,light,sky,sun,suns
My Creed	Rhyme	future,god,growth,humanit
Experienced Female Mechanic Goes On a Man Hunt	Quatrain	humor,relationship,
Playdays Nursery Rhyme	Rhyme	1st grade,2nd grade,child
In So Many Ways	Sonnet	love,thank you,
The Step	Rhyme	poetry,
The Pathway To Heaven	Free verse	blessing,god,inspirationa
Last Breath of Sunset	Free verse	heartbreak,sunset,
With Life In Tune	Rhyme	nature,
Was It God	Rhyme	feelings,god,spiritual,
Skin	Free verse	age,love,romance,romantic
Covid 19 and Love	Free verse	love,sick,
Wwyd	Rhyme	child abuse,depression,
Confetti Sunset	Tanka	appreciation,color,dance,
Finding Hope In the Darkest Moments	Free verse	inspirational,
Love Is	Rhyme	emotions,i love you,inspi
Palette of Picturesque Pigment	Free verse	dark,deep,devotion,i love
I Care I Search	Sonnet	analogy,appreciation,care
To the Simple Girl	Free verse	beauty,
Like a Child	Rhyme	god,
What I Am	Blank verse	art,words,people,people,
Let Us Dance All Day	Rhyme	dance,imagery,joy,love,su
Lavender Licorice and Lemonade Lakes	Lyric	love,metaphor,romance,rom
The Helpfuls	Rhyme	death,goodbye,halloween,h
Love Said Collab With the Silent One - POTD	Free verse	dedication,feelings,love,
Waterfall of Shadows	Free verse	eve,
Blissful Sky Kiss	Alliteration	adventure,appreciation,bi
Dawn of Delirium	Dramatic Monologue	angst,anxiety,society,
Sunflower Serenade	Tanka	deep,desire,i love you,i
Enchanted By the Blue Butterfly	Rhyme	animal,butterfly,insect,l
Playing Guitar In the Rain	Lyric	poetry,
Abused Becomes The Abuser?	Free verse	absence,abuse,addiction,
Old Apple Tree Hiku Trio	Haiku	autumn,
All That Remains Of Yesterdays Wishes	Sonnet	dark,day,dream,loneliness
Wind	Personification	wind,
Heaven Shines on You	Couplet	happiness,health,heaven,m
I AM AFRICA	Quatrain	africa,nature,society,vis
Reverie of Roses	Monoku	butterfly,i love you,imag
Black and White Keys	Rhyme	love,
Goodbye Poetry	Free verse	analogy,angst,metaphor,
Breathing Dreams	Etheree	beautiful,deep,dream,imag
Kiss the Sky	Rhyme	first love,kiss,
Miss Aligned	Rhyme	humorous,
Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune	Quatrain	song,
Yummy Food Makes Me Smile	Couplet	food,
The disease called shy	Rhyme	allegory,angst,love,
I need to say you are loved	Free verse	appreciation,love,romance
Black In America	Crown of Sonnets	history,inspirational,
bouquet with flying lovers	Monoku	art,grief,
Visits from Heaven	Rhyme	dream,father daughter,hea
Playing the Hurt Victim	Carpe Diem	character,poets,
3 Lines	Couplet	emotions,
The Struggle for America's Soul	Couplet	america,change,conflict,f
IN THE SHADOW OF SUNLIGHT	Narrative	america,child,fishing,mis
To my beloved Sun	Ode	family,mother son,
Breakfast Kisses	Couplet	feelings,light,natural di
Soul’s Cry	Free verse	angst,
Hibiscus Haven	Free verse	absence,deep,love,militar
The Fate of Ardent Prayers	Free verse	devotion
Possessed	Rhyme	addiction,
Trust	Rubai	prayer,travel,
Righteous Redemption	Rhyme	devotion,
BEAUTY IN REJECTION	Rhyme	1st grade,
Twisted Knickers-Collaboration Open to Poets	Limerick	humorous,
Clouds	Quatrain	angst,anxiety,depression,
Endless Love	Tanka	love,march,math,
Golden Shovel Meets Blind Goddess of Justice	Free verse	america,black african ame
A Writer’s Words	Rhyme	inspirational,words,
Wedding unDress bawdy	Limerick	wedding,
My Interpretation	Rhyme	allegory,
Firefly Night	Rhyme	appreciation,beauty,child
Flowing Ink	Rhyme	deep,destiny,muse,poets,
Forgive My Silence	Free verse	deep,emotions,
Marigolds	Pleiades	deep,garden,poetry,
tied to the moon	Senryu	deep,
My Truths	Verse	father,
Overcoming Writers Slump	Monorhyme	conflict,courage,creation
Falling In Love	Rhyme	analogy,love,
Words on the Wind	Rhyme	wind,
Fun Observations on Poetry	Rhyme	humorous,poetry,
Windswept	Couplet	beauty,love,music,
Anything You Lose by Speaking Your Truth Isn’t a Loss	Free verse	destiny,
Words Straight up	Quatrain	how i feel,language,word
Love Blooms Over Time	Rhyme	analogy,flower,growth,lov
What time is love?	Rhyme	10th grade,america,love,m
So spake simple Simon	Sonnet	joy,spiritual,
Brain Drain	Rhyme	fun,humor,humorous,
I Am The Mountain	Personification	mountains,peace,strength,
Meadow of Pure Expression	Free verse	cute love,
Odd Petaled Daisy	Rhyme	flower,friendship,love,
White Privilege	Rhyme	poetry,
Golden is Silence	Rhyme	appreciation,poetry,silen
A River Runs Through Us	Rhyme	language,river,words,
Our Natural State	Couplet	baby,encouraging,freedom,
A Nation Lost	Free verse	anger,conflict,corruption
A Simple Poem Of Appreciation	Rhyme	appreciation,simple,