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Blog Posted:10/3/2017 3:30:00 PM

Hi Soupers, I just read a poem by fellow souper Marilyn Williams entitled "Victim". The honesty and content just blew me away. I got all choked up as well.I urge you all to read it. Have a nice day- Alexis

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Connie
Pachecho

Date: 10/4/2017 1:56:00 PM

How hard is it to post a link to her poem?

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/18/2017 2:38:00 PM

You're welcome ;)

Connie Pachecho
Date: 10/4/2017 6:19:00 PM

okay ms. viola. why couldnt viola arrive the first time.

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/4/2017 4:32:00 PM

Connie it's not hard to find her poem without a link. Just type "Marilyn Williams Victim" in the white box at the top of this page that says "what are you looking for?" and, voila! :)

Alexis Y.
Date: 10/4/2017 2:50:00 PM

If you referring to me , I do everything from my poem. This was easiest option for me. Thanks for visiting my blog- Alexis

Craig
Cornish

Date: 10/4/2017 1:36:00 PM

Most think, because they have no clue, that "assault weapons" (they're not called guns in the military) like the AK-47 and the M16 are "powerful" because they look scary, but they are not as powerful as they are effective. They are standard infantry issue because they are lightweight and easier to manipulate. You could fire an M16 with the stock against your nose but I would hesitate to do that with a 30-06 hunting rifle or a M14 which was the predecessor of the M16. Because something looks more scary it doesn't mean it is. I could hit a man sized target from 800 meters with an M14 but not with a M16 and that is why a modified M14 (7.62X51mm vs 5.56X45mm) is used by snipers.

Becca
Teagan

Date: 10/4/2017 8:04:00 AM

Sorry, I forgot to mention... thank you, Alexis, for bringing our attention to Marilyn's heartfelt poem.

Craig
Cornish

Date: 10/3/2017 10:04:00 PM

I agree with all below and am familiar with weapons as I was an Army DI. When I heard the weapon fire I knew it wasn't fireworks, way too precise rat-ta-tat, but that is beside the point. He, I think may have altered a weapon by removing a shear pin but he had bump stocks which will help a semi-automatic fire on full auto using the weapon's recoil combined with trigger control but folks, mark my words, no new or old law short of removing all guns would have prevented this, unfortunately--nor Sandy Hook or any other incident over recent history, don't fool yourselves. Becca is very correct and Rob, well yes, if we haven't been "given over" we are well on our way. Let us address that please.

Rob Carmack
Date: 10/3/2017 11:52:00 PM

Craig - I think we have been engaged & I think it's irreversible. Peeps just don't want to hear it anymore. I remember hearing once, my parent’s generation is the terminal generation (marked by the formation of the Israeli state), so within 10-11 years, the beginning of the end? They have to get the temple built too.

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/3/2017 11:25:00 PM

hah! Is that a pun or is my mind in the gutter again? lol I'm not dangerous ... unless someone threatens my family. Seriously, I have only fired mine in practice and I hope to never have to use it for real. I hate guns :(

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/3/2017 10:53:00 PM

But I do agree, Keith, all those assault rifles he had.... definitely a red flag.

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/3/2017 10:24:00 PM

I call anyone who could do what he did, a psychopath. But no one could predict what he did. Still my point is, even if guns are illegal, the bad guys will still get them, from somewhere, or modify them to be bad-ass weapons, which this guy apparently did. I'm glad I have my gun, in case I run in to one of these "regular guys" someday.

Becca
Teagan

Date: 10/3/2017 9:28:00 PM

It's my understanding that owning an automatic weapon made after 1986 is illegal, but reports suggest the Vegas shooter may have made his own. Gun laws will not stop a psychopath. We could get rid of all the guns, and a psychopath will drive a truck into the crowd, like in Nice last year that killed more than 70 people.

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/18/2017 2:50:00 PM

But wait. How does that happen, if he was shooting down into the crowd? Bullets couldn't fly over heads. right? Ugh. so sad :(

Becca Teagan
Date: 10/18/2017 2:36:00 PM

oh! wow. I was kind of surprised there weren't more casualties. I didn't think about that aspect, Doug.

Doug Vinson
Date: 10/18/2017 8:46:00 AM

If he had not used an "automatic" method of firing, the casualties would have been higher - many of his bullets flew far over the heads of the crowd.

Rob
Carmack

Date: 10/3/2017 9:22:00 PM

Do you really believe that taking the guns away is going to solve anything? Every law that takes one away is another for the black market to provide. Even if one does not have connections, obtaining a fully automatic assault rifle is not that difficult. Just takes more time in establishing contacts. Our problem is not new and is clearly stated starting with Romans 1:28 , we have been ‘given over’.

Rob Carmack
Date: 10/3/2017 11:29:00 PM

Keith - my first sentence was partially in response to the last line of Marilyn's poem. Since ARs and AKs can be converted to fully auto, do we ban them? If we do, we just cause an inconvenience to the shooters while restricting the rights of responsible gun owners. The problem is not the weapon, or truck, or explosive, etc. It’s the moral base, or lack thereof, concerning the population.

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
4/13/2024	Grief	Triolet	grief,
4/9/2024	SLAM DUNK	Rhyme	how i feel,
4/7/2024	Blase' Life	Free verse	how i feel,
12/27/2023	Love And Kindness	Rhyme	how i feel,
10/16/2023	Scars	Quintilla	abuse,freedom,
10/15/2023	Great	Monoku	how i feel,
10/3/2023	House	Acrostic	homework,
10/2/2023	A Precious Gift	Free verse	how i feel,
10/2/2023	The Lovely Oak	Free verse	color,nature,
10/1/2023	Elixir	Etheree	love,
9/30/2023	Chadwick Boseman	Clerihew	celebrity,
9/30/2023	Sidney Poitier	Clerihew	celebrity,
9/30/2023	Graceful	Free verse	princess,
9/29/2023	Lucinda	Monorhyme	halloween,
9/24/2023	Alone	Rhyme	loneliness,
9/23/2023	Fading	Personification	words,
9/23/2023	Noise	Monoku	peace,
9/21/2023	Vampire	Pleiades	dark,
9/21/2023	Princess	Free verse	princess,
7/23/2023	Alone	Verse	loneliness,
7/22/2023	Moments	Rhyme	how i feel,time,
7/21/2023	Grateful	Free verse	appreciation,love,thanksg
6/4/2023	Fog	Monoku	perspective,
5/31/2023	Wtf	Free verse	nonsense,
5/30/2023	Like Lightning Speed	Free verse	life,
5/25/2023	Let Happiness Consume You	Free verse	happiness,life,
5/24/2023	Simply the Best	Clerihew	tribute,
5/23/2023	Acceptance	Monoku	love,
5/21/2023	Sherlock	Rhyme	friendship,
5/19/2023	Greatest Joy	Sonnet	children,family,love,
5/17/2023	Wait	Rhyme	humor,nonsense,
5/15/2023	Wanderer's Journey	Free verse	journey,life,
5/13/2023	Mother	Cinquain	children,love,mother,
5/12/2023	Look Out	Limerick	humor,
5/12/2023	Zestful	Rhyme	animal,uplifting,
5/8/2023	Mother Nature's Inhabitants Hs	Other	nature,
5/6/2023	My Best Friend	Couplet	best friend,husband,
5/4/2023	Youth	Villanelle	age,youth,
5/3/2023	Empty Nester	Free verse	child,i miss you,mother,p
4/29/2023	Snapshots	Rhyme	loneliness,
4/28/2023	Funkalicious	Limerick	humorous,
4/27/2023	Box	Free verse	courage,strength,
4/26/2023	I Let It Slip Away	Villanelle	lost,
4/24/2023	Unstoppable	Free verse	how i feel,
4/22/2023	Way	Triolet	love,marriage,
4/21/2023	If I Were Your Love	Rhyme	love,
4/20/2023	Abstract	Monoku	student,
4/20/2023	My Prayer	Free verse	faith,hope,how i feel,pra
4/19/2023	Voice	Free verse	relationship,violence,
4/16/2023	Unwritten	Free verse	how i feel,
4/14/2023	Stardust	Monoku	celebrity,
4/14/2023	Tomorrow	Rhyme	how i feel,
4/2/2023	A Fairy's Tale- Revised	Free verse	first love,friendship,mag
3/31/2023	No Longer In Despair	Rhyme	introspection,
3/27/2023	My Story Condensed	Free verse	change,childhood,
3/26/2023	Hourglass	Rhyme	life,time,
3/25/2023	Bantu	Other	metaphor,
3/25/2023	Thank You My Love	Rondeau Redouble	for him,i love you,
3/23/2023	The Loving Sound-Collab	Rhyme	nature,
2/11/2023	Emptiness	Rhyme	heartbreak,relationship,
2/4/2023	Rico	Limerick	friend,lost,
2/2/2023	Cat	Rhyme	cat,family,pets,
10/29/2022	I Chose To Run But Had I Stayed Things Would Have Been Like	Free verse	how i feel,
10/28/2022	Tell It Like It Is	Free verse	how i feel,
10/26/2022	Time	Monoku	time,
10/25/2022	Caught Off Guard	Rhyme	halloween,
10/25/2022	Natures Touch	Dizain	nature,
10/24/2022	The List	Rhyme	adventure,
10/8/2022	Our Special Day	Sonnet	anniversary,
10/6/2022	A Warlock Named Sam	Monorhyme	fun,
10/3/2022	The Charade That Never Ends	Triolet	how i feel,
9/27/2022	Heaven Bound Flight	Rhyme	tribute,
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8/17/2022	Words	Monoku	words,
8/15/2022	Quiver	Triolet	best friend,for him,love,
8/11/2022	Angel	Sonnet	best friend,love,
8/10/2022	Farewell My Friend	Sonnet	friendship,grief,missing
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7/15/2022	Turn Down the Volume	Monoku	how i feel,
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6/19/2022	I Miss You	Triolet	fathers day,i miss you,lo
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6/9/2022	My Wish For the World Is	Free verse	hope,how i feel,world,
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6/6/2022	Fathoms Touch	Monoku	first love,
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
- Love Letter -	Shape	first love,funny,
Slow Walking Talker	Rhyme	adventure,baptism,beautif
Touch Me Touch Me I Wanna Feel Your Body	Light Verse	baby,happy,imagination,in
My Solace, a Poet's Thoughts On Poetry	Free verse	imagery,metaphor,poetry,
Removed For Publication	Limerick	addiction,humorous,
Finding Happiness In Everyday Pleasures	Rhyme	happiness,joy,
To Take Each Day As It Comes	Light Verse	character,encouraging,gro
But This Day Is Mine	Carpe Diem	celebration,happiness,lif
Dream Fragments - Lune	Verse	color,life,
Curves	Senryu	beautiful,image,woman,
Where Birds Cannot Fly	Rhyme	christian,heaven,hope,
Toro	Rhyme	dog,
I See You In My Dreams	Rhyme	dream,imagination,
Your Ocean	Free verse	introspection,
Big Girls Do Cry	Free verse	courage,freedom,growth,mo
An Autumn Portrait of Beauty	Rhyme	allegory,beauty,earth,god
Never, Always, Sometimes	Acrostic	beautiful,dedication,devo
Be Mindful When You Write	Sonnet	poetry,poets,writing,
You'Re the Light	I do not know?	emotions,imagery,love,
True Love Ways	Free verse	love,
Life Is Fine	Carpe Diem	beautiful,life,
To Pray On Your Flesh	Romanticism	love,
Souperstarstruck	Haibun	life,poetry,thank you,
We Are Brothers Ii	Free verse	cute,immigration,love,pea
I Will Not Break	Rhyme	truth,
Excuses: a Feminine Experience	Couplet	abuse,horror,irony,pain,p
Broken People	Free verse	people,
The Library of Trust and Hope	Light Verse	analogy,garden,growth,hap
She By the Sea	Light Verse	angst,beauty,conflict,dea
Tribute To a Brother	Free verse	appreciation,tribute,
Love Sleeps, Never Dies	Light Verse	angel,beauty,child,hope,s
Leaf	Sonnet	memory,nature,
Where Your Eyes Shine I Want To Lie Down	Free verse	love,
Moment of Truth	Dramatic Verse	perspective,philosophy,tr
Like Zephyr Breeze	Free verse	feelings,
Still Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise	Free verse	introspection,
We Are Not So Different	Free verse	international,introspecti
Love - An Explosive Rant	Dramatic Monologue	love,
On the Bottom Shelf	Rhyme	angst,conflict,fear,growt
We Are So Different	Free verse	arabic,child,forgiveness,
Eagle and the Dove	Epic	allegory,bird,hate,love,m
It Is Quiet Tonight	Free verse	death,grief,husband,lost
What Does Poetry Mean To You - Contest	Verse	life,
The Same Color	Free verse	brother,love,sister,spiri
Tribute To Poetry Soupers	Rhyme	poets,tribute,
Man Apart	Free verse	introspection,muse,perspe
Our Caves	Quatrain	heart,inspirational,
The Colour of My Heart	Lyric	color,encouraging,feeling
Where Do We Belong	Lyric	goodbye,
Seen This Movie Before	Lyric	love,relationship,romance
Names With Attachments	Pantoum	black african american,co
Open Your Eyes	Rhyme	good morning,
The Park Bench	Free verse	art,beauty,inspirational,
When a Man Loves a Woman - When a Woman Loves a Man	Sonnet	love,
Old King Troll For Alexis Y	Rhyme	betrayal,nursery rhyme,
His Courage Rocked	Couplet	bullying,character,courag
Poetry Was Her Best Lover- Not For Contest	Free verse	passion,poetry,
The Reason For Our Vitality	Monorhyme	bible,god,truth,
The Last Slice	Light Verse	food,fun,humor,humorous,
I Am Winter	Free verse	winter,
My Strong Beautiful Black African Sister	Free verse	beautiful,beauty,inspirat
Just Chris	Rhyme	friendship,life,
Black and White - White and Black	Acrostic	peace,prejudice,
Springtime Dawns	Free verse	good morning,
A New Day, a New World, a New Tomorrow	Free verse	lost,love,trust,
Forget Me Not and the Silver Prince	Rhyme	fantasy,friendship,happy,
Her Grand Display	Rhyme	good morning,
I Heard I Might Find a Poet Here Part 3	Epic	beauty,poetry,
Never-Ending	Free verse	good morning,
Stars Never Forget Our Dreams	Lyric	absence,
My Father, My Dad	Elegiac Lyric	appreciation,dad,father,l
It Rained That Day	Romanticism	feelings,love,marriage,ra
A Cathartic Weave of Three	Free verse	break up,celebration,devo
A Breath of Life	Rhyme	good morning,
Rattle the Chain	Epic	america,anger,black afric
A Glutton For Your Poetry	Quatrain	love,poetry,
Love Will Come To You	Lyric	introspection,longing,lov
Brush Away	Free verse	hurt,love,pain,relationsh
Voice of Octave Love	Bio	beauty,love,tribute,voice
Someone Said, Hey Christopher	Rhyme	humor,life,love,
Lover of Lies	Dramatic Verse	bible,judgement,truth,wis
Dance With Me	Rhyme	dance,love,moon,
The Unforgotten Brother	Elegy	brother,death,how i feel,
Drive Thru Beauty	Light Verse	food,fun,girlfriend,relat
Invisible Colors	Free verse	love,spiritual,truth,wisd
Girl With the Golden Smile	Lyric	love,smile,song,
No Doubt	Rhyme	love,poetry,
Dr Martin Luther King Jr	Rhyme	death,i miss you,memory,
Everyday Is Labor Day	Quatrain	holiday,slavery,truth,wis
Love Me In Black and White	Lyric	love,music,race,romantic,
Courage In Love	Free verse	courage,deep,imagery,life
Because of You	Iambic Pentameter	meaningful,truth,
My Secret To Happiness	Lyric	love,marriage,
I Feel African In Every Vein	Lyric	africa,inspirational,patr
Marred Beauty	Dramatic Monologue	love,relationship,sad,tru
Lullaby Loving You	Romanticism	dream,emotions,how i feel
She's Beautiful	Light Verse	beautiful,women,
Inspired Muses	Sonnet	fun,muse,poetry,
Peasants With Pleasant Rags	Free verse	morning,poverty,rain,stor
Heart of My Soul	Romanticism	feelings,heart,love,roman

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