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My First Contest!

Blog Posted:10/13/2013 2:39:00 AM

Hi everyone,

After many months away, I'm very excited to be back and sponsoring my first contest, Beatle Mania! Check out the contest page for details. Every entry will place as long as the rules are followed...I also want to say thank you to everyone who kept me in their thoughts and prayers while I was gone. I posted some pictures of my baby, Luke, on my photo page (the reason for my absence). I had a difficult pregnancy, but he is beautiful and worth every minute of it. He was born on May 24th, 7 lbs and healthy. Now, as a mom of two boys, I need a creative outlet more than ever so I hope to be writing and reading all of your wonderful poetry whenever I have time.

With much love, Rhonda

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Charmaine
Chircop

Date: 10/23/2013 9:58:00 AM

Congrats on the birth of your adorable baby..God bless.: )

Rhonda
Johnson-Saunders

Date: 10/14/2013 3:41:00 PM

Thanks everyone! I look forward to reading all your entries. :-))

Nette
Onclaud

Date: 10/14/2013 12:20:00 PM

hello, sweet momma... i have been listening to the music of the beatles lately, rhonda.. maybe that will help me get into the groove... :) huggs

Carrie
Richards

Date: 10/14/2013 10:12:00 AM

Good luck with your contest, Rhonda......and a big congratulations on your beautiful family !!

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 10/13/2013 7:49:00 AM

Rhonda, just saw the pictures. The two boys are adorable. What a CUTE baby. I remember those days when I had my two so young with me. I was in my early 20's and time has gone so quickly. Missed you, and I hope you come back strong.

My Past Blog Posts


Prayers for My Mom Date Posted: 4/11/2016 8:17:00 PM
My Apologies Date Posted: 3/1/2015 5:32:00 PM
HIDDEN BEAUTY WINNERS POSTED!! Date Posted: 2/4/2015 2:58:00 PM
Contest Update and New Year's Wishes Date Posted: 12/31/2014 12:20:00 PM
A Kiss Under the Mistletoe Winners Finally! Date Posted: 12/16/2014 11:29:00 AM
Pucker Up! Date Posted: 11/20/2013 9:50:00 PM
THANK YOU! Date Posted: 11/20/2013 4:36:00 PM
My First Contest! Date Posted: 10/13/2013 2:39:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
5/25/2022	What More Can We Do	Free verse	anger,children,death,sad,
5/23/2022	Wisdom From Trees	Quatrain	love,tree,wisdom,
5/19/2022	Bubble of Illusion - More of You	Free verse	caregiving,loss,memory,
5/15/2022	I Want You To Know	Free verse	faith,giving,imagery,love
5/14/2022	Spring Tears	Tanka	analogy,feelings,nature,
5/14/2022	From Your Hands	Sonnet	color,creation,imagery,mo
5/12/2022	The Shape of Wings	Free verse	bird,body,freedom,pain,
5/12/2022	Hope, Dear Hope	Ode	depression,hope,light,
5/11/2022	Autumn Blaze	Verse	age,nature,wisdom,
5/10/2022	Internal Inhibition	Free verse	death,freedom,friendship,
5/9/2022	A Day In May	Rhyme	may,nature,water,
5/9/2022	Traces of Sunlight	Pantoum	feelings,lost love,nostal
5/8/2022	Becoming	Free verse	death,introspection,life,
7/19/2020	The Art of Loving You	Free verse	art,city,light,love,
7/15/2020	My Faith	Haibun	appreciation,faith,life,l
7/14/2020	This Old House	Couplet	hope,house,metaphor,
7/14/2020	Restless Nights	Free verse	dark,night,sky,sleep,
7/13/2020	Dreams Will Keep	Rhyme	lost love,poetry,sorrow,
7/12/2020	From a Classroom	Free verse	encouraging,teacher,tribu
7/11/2020	Flamingo	Enclosed Rhyme	bird,nature,nostalgia,
7/6/2020	The One That Got Away	Free verse	lost love,romance,youth,
7/6/2020	Flying On a Mellow Wind	Free verse	butterfly,life,nature,pea
7/6/2020	Time	Free verse	life,love,time,
7/3/2020	Fishing With Dad	Free verse	dad,fishing,memory,tribut
7/3/2020	Dance Till Dawn	Verse	dance,night,romance,
7/3/2020	Days of Summer Love	Rispetto	beach,love,summer,youth,
7/1/2020	I Twinkle For You	Personification	appreciation,night,sky,st
6/30/2020	A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	grief,nature,poets,words,
6/30/2020	A Love Song In Moonlight	Quatrain	love,moon,romance,song,
6/28/2020	Rediscovering You	Free verse	lost love,memory,passion,
6/27/2020	My Breath of Nature	Verse	longing,nature,romantic,s
6/26/2020	Maze	Free verse	childhood,emotions,love,m
6/26/2020	The Faithful Scribe	Rhyme	art,history,religion,writ
6/25/2020	Moonlit Tears - Lyrics	Lyric	loneliness,lost love,moon
6/25/2020	October Love	Villanelle	autumn,beauty,nature,roma
6/22/2020	Summer Rhythms	Haiku	bird,music,summer,water,
6/22/2020	Safe In My Memories	Quatrain	father,memory,miss you,mu
6/22/2020	Thanks For the Little Things	Acrostic	faith,nature,thanks,
6/20/2020	Music of the Night	Verse	death,music,night,poetry,
6/19/2020	The Strength of a Princess	Verse	dream,fantasy,night,princ
6/18/2020	Fa-Lal-La, Finding Enthusiam	Free verse	childhood,fear,hope,music
6/17/2020	Warm Memories	Pantoum	music,nostalgia,sunshine,
6/17/2020	Faith In God	Rhyme	faith,god,hope,light,
6/15/2020	Abandoned	Free verse	flower,garden,lost love,r
6/14/2020	I Am the Wind	Rhyme	i am,nature,wind,
6/14/2020	Captivated By Stardust	Free verse	romance,sky,stars,
6/13/2020	Dreams of You	Rhyme	dream,night,romance,
6/13/2020	My Inner Light - Sq	Quatrain	age,hope,light,love,
6/12/2020	A Whisper Leads Me	Free verse	faith,love,peace,voice,
6/11/2020	Find Me Then	Verse	love,night,sky,song,
6/10/2020	Our Secret, Florida Garden	Quatern	garden,nature,
6/10/2020	In a Minute of Time	Free verse	encouraging,poets,sorrow,
6/9/2020	On Your Shores	Quatrain	appreciation,beach,blessi
6/8/2020	Secrets of the Owl	Free verse	bird,dream,nature,night,
6/5/2020	This Mom Needs a Hug	Free verse	feelings,mom,son,
6/5/2020	Sultry Smoke	Free verse	night,passion,romance,sum
6/5/2020	Unity - 2 Corinthians 13:11	List	bible,encouraging,love,pe
6/4/2020	Splash of Black	Free verse	boat,faith,metaphor,pain,
6/3/2020	Syzygy	Verse	dance,moon,sky,
6/3/2020	Spirit Animals In Flight	Free verse	animal,flying,nature,spir
6/2/2020	Promises and Wishes	Free verse	betrayal,feelings,heartbr
6/1/2020	Memories Sweetened By Time	Haibun	dad,grief,memory,writing,
5/31/2020	Summer Heat	Sonnet	love,passion,summer,
5/29/2020	A World Without You	Sonnet	grief,love,summer,
5/29/2020	Adrift In Starlight	Tail-rhyme	bird,grave,song,stars,
5/28/2020	Vegas Ad Nauseum	Acrostic	city,emotions,sick,vacati
5/27/2020	Light From Heaven	Free verse	grief,heaven,light,love,
5/26/2020	Falling	Free verse	appreciation,color,inspir
5/25/2020	Suburban Perfection	Sijo	child,metaphor,sky,
5/25/2020	Forget-Me-Nots	Ninette	flower,lost love,morning,
5/24/2020	Crashing Waves	Verse	memory,moon,water,
5/23/2020	Raven's Bones	Englyn	beauty,death,nature,raven
5/22/2020	The Madness of 2020	Free verse	death,depression,life,pai
5/21/2020	Wayra Lantern	Verse	fire,light,metaphor,words
5/20/2020	Nature's Tranquility	Etheree	nature,peace,
5/19/2020	Loving Care	Diminished Hexaverse	care,green,love,tree,upli
5/18/2020	In the Fragility of Dreams	Verse	dream,night,sleep,
5/17/2020	Sun Over the Harbor	Verse	friendship,memory,men,sun
5/17/2020	Edinburgh	Verse	city,history,imagery,
5/15/2020	Just To Be Near You	Dizain	grave,home,love,nature,
5/15/2020	Unlikely Friends	Pantoum	encouraging,friendship,
5/14/2020	Paper Dawn	Free verse	boat,childhood,morning,
5/14/2020	Crushed	Free verse	daughter,death,family,mem
5/14/2020	Bridge Over Troubled Waters	Sonnet	hope,lost love,memory,
5/13/2020	I Will Never Forget	Free verse	love,memory,night,war,
5/13/2020	Going To the River	Verse	mother,poverty,river,
5/12/2020	Blue Jay	Haiku	bird,sad,seasons,
4/5/2017	A Novel Obsession	Rhyme	books,crush,longing,night
4/1/2017	My Soul Sings	Verse	christian,prayer,spiritua
3/31/2017	A Sealed Door	Free verse	heartbreak,lost love,
3/25/2017	Still In Love	Verse	dance,happiness,love,marr
3/24/2017	Waves of Dreams	Free verse	dream,emotions,life,lonel
3/23/2017	Penning a Painful Past	Rhyme	abuse,emotions,heartbreak
3/20/2017	Spring Is Coming Soon	Acrostic	angel,love,nature,spring,
3/19/2017	Let Love Flow	Free verse	flower,night,passion,spri
3/16/2017	A Wish For a New Day	Free verse	bird,day,emotions,lonelin
3/12/2017	A Lover's Symphony	Free verse	memory,nature,night,passi
3/11/2017	Knotted - Pleiades	Pleiades	love,marriage,wedding,
3/6/2017	More Than a Lover's Quarrel	Free verse	anger,fear,hope,longing,l
3/5/2017	Jamaica - Pleiades	Pleiades	beach,romance,vacation,

My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Aerophobia-The Fear of Flying	Free verse	angst,fear,
Dandelion Wishing	Diminished Hexaverse	nostalgia
Seasons Go Round the Mountains	Haiku	nature,
Footprints To Follow	Couplet	childhood,inspirational
Grandpa	Couplet	childhood,loss,sadold,chi
Soul Feast	Etheree	faith,inspirational,relig
Windows	Rhyme	introspection,life,life,l
Star Sugar	Triolet	nature,
The Avalanche	Triolet	nature,ocean,
God Created Lullaby	Tanka	nature,,Lullaby,
Jewelry Notebook	Free verse	happiness,heart,me,sweet,
My Shoes	Free verse	adventure,me,me,
Without You	Free verse	husband,
Stars and Sky	Haiku	space,
Two Old Flames	Senryu	love,romance,
After the Fury	Sijo	love,people,
Into the Gaiety of Spring	Quintain (English)	happiness,seasons,
In My Heart Theres a Melody	Rhyme	faith,inspirational,heart
Bridal Dress For the Hawthorn Tree	Quintain (English)	nature,spring,tree,may,sp
My Valentine Gift	Tanka	love,
Peaceful Place	Couplet	fear,uplifting,
His Bouquet	Nonet	nature,
Silent Joy	Nonet	happiness,life,places,
Complete Trust	Tanka	inspirational,
Forget Me-Knots	Free verse	adventure,world,life,
Sweet	Nonet	love,passion,
Gold	Quatrain	happiness,nature,
Moonlight Sonata	Free verse	moon,nostalgia,
A Poet Looks At 4 Am	Couplet	introspection,on writing
Plus-Sized Women	Couplet	body,image,
Empty Shells	Verse	death,peace,
Turn Down the Voices In My Head	Free verse	lost love,sad,
Flowers Fill Her Universe	Terza Rima	happiness,life,nature,pas
The Stone Wall	Free verse	devotion,inspirational,
Missing Mother	Verse	depression,devotion,me,mi
Spirits of Fallen Soldiers	Verse	faith,war,
Missing My Little Boys	Quatrain	boy,love,nostalgia,son,
It Matters Not	Quatrain	dark,lost love,
Overheard Conversation	Quatrain	inspirational,people,word
Angel Eyes	Rhyme	fantasy,
Her Silent Seams	Free verse	words,
Blue Butterfly	Verse	allegory,blue,love,nature
Little Girls and Kittens	Rhyme	animals,childhood,
Choose To Be	Rhyme	inspirational,introspecti
Flowers Blooming Everywhere	Rhyme	nature,daffodils,
Galactic Song	Pantoum	imagination,world,love,mo
Prolonged Exposure	Dizain	angst,death,husband,sad,w
I Fix My Eyes On Eternity	Rhyme	faith,inspirational,life,
Scent of Rain	Free verse	nature,rain,
Persistent Memories	Rhyme	life,
Intangible	Free verse	change,childhood,conflict
Honey To a Spoon	Free verse	nature,
Portrait of Nature	Free verse	earth,nature,
Days of Summer	Quatrain	life,seasons,summer,summe
In the Mood	Light Verse	adventure,woman,
Within Reason- Maurice Yvonne and Seren Roberts	Verse	life,
Heavens' Doorway	Free verse	death,faith,god,life,me,p
Words - the Heart of Imagination	Free verse	nature,
Where the White Rose Blooms	Quatrain	death,funeral,garden,heav
The Circles	Free verse	deep,father,feelings,hist
Secreted Pond	Tanka	love,passion,
When Flowers Die	Free verse	analogy,beauty,celebratio
At the Gate of Dreamland- My First Contest Entry and Win	Free verse	dream,
Magic Beans	Free verse	love,
Last Flight	Free verse	angst,death of a friend,
John Lennon	Narrative	music,
Magic Beans	Free verse	adventure,chocolate,love,
From Rainbow To Romance	Verse	love,romance,
Never To Be Mine	Free verse	grief,i miss you,memorial
A Love Story	Free verse	culture,deep,emotions,los
Boy Oh Boy and a Girl	Rhyme	adventure,boy,childhood,c
Till Final Bell Tolls	Prose Poetry	poetry,
Your Smile Sends Me	Ekphrasis	art,
My Golden Dream	Verse	romance,
To the Scoffers of Sensual Writes	Iambic Pentameter	passion,poetry,
Amended-Van Gogh's 'starry Night'	Haiku	allegory,art,lost love,
Tibetan Tears	Free verse	abuse,angst,culture,devot
For Sale	Light Verse	heart,heartbreak,heartbro
When Jesus Christ Was Born	Rhyme	birth,christian,christmas
Graceful the Pose	Rhyme	beauty,bird,
Love Blind Duo-Rhyme	Rhyme	angst,lost love,
A Legend In His Own Mind	Rhyme	silly,slam,drug,
Snow Falling	Free verse	beauty,winter,
Tunes of Waves	Rhyme	music,nature,ocean,
Shadow Dance	Free verse	day,earth,imagination,nat
Illumination	Lanterne	dark,light,moon,night,
When Autumn Comes	Narrative	autumn,death,loss,sad,
My Puppy	Rhyme	animal,children,dog,fun,f
First Love	Rhyme	first love,
Under the Stars - the Compound Word Verse	Verse	love,romance,stars,
Lonely Leaf In the Water	Rhyme	nature,sea,water,
I Remember You	Verse	love,memory,passion,remem
Autumn	Rhyme	autumn,lost,nature,season
The Tawny Throstle	Rhyme	bird,
The Wind	Free verse	love,
Santa's Synchronized Trip	Rhyme	time,
My New Year's Resolutions: Humor	List	fun,funny,giggle,humor,hu
Passing Through Clouds	Blank verse	death,
One Shepherd Waits	Free verse	spiritual,
Voice In Hiding	Free verse	absence,voice,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Carolyn Devonshire	United States	Read
Carrie Richards	United States	Read
Tim Ryerson	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Poet Destroyer A	United States	Read
Wilma Neels	South Africa	Read
Nette Onclaud	Philippines	Read
Kash Poet	India	Read
Black Eyed Susan	United States	Read
Cyndi Macmillan	Canada	Read
Yolanda Nicholsen	United States	Read
Maureen Lefanue	Australia	Read
Rhonda Johnson-Saunders	United States	Read
Erich Goller	United States	Read
Araceli Hosea	United States	Read
Debbie Guzzi	United States	Read
Poet Tacito	United States	Read
Maurice Yvonne	Canada	Read
Sashi Prabhu	India	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Anne-Lise Andresen	Norway	Read
David Meade	United States	Read
Broken Butterfly	Canada	Read
Pandita Sietesantos	United States	Read
Laura Leiser	United States	Read
Monterey Sirak	United States	Read
Sandra Haight	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Constance La France	Canada	Read
Arthur Vaso	Canada	Read
Chris Green	United States	Read
Lu Loo	United States	Read
Nandita Das	India	Read
Len Gasun	Thailand	Read
Robert Lindley	United States	Read
Viv Wigley	United Kingdom	Read
Kim Merryman	United States	Read
Casarah Nance	United States	Read
John Fleming	United Kingdom	Read
Richard Lamoureux	Canada	Read
Gregory Richard Barden	United States	Read
Olusegun Arowolo	Nigeria	Read
Gary Bateman	Germany	Read
Jcb Brul	Korea (South)	Read
Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty	India	Read
Kevin Clark	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
John Hamilton	Canada	Read
Gordon Mcconnell	United Kingdom	Read
David Mohn	United States	Read
Robert Nehls	United States	Read
Sneha Rv	India	Read
Sabina Nicole	United States	Read
Vijay Pandit	United States	Read
Douglas Pederson	United States	Read
Malabika Ray Choudhury	Canada	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Silent One	United Kingdom	Read