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Another tribute to Connie

Blog Posted:9/14/2022 11:46:00 PM

Let us never forget Connie Marcum-Wong, a true rose in the Poetry Soup garden.

Here is a link to a poem I wrote as a tribute to her:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_rose_and_her_thorns_1487351

and here is a link to a touching tribute poem written by Michael Tor:

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_tribute_to_connie_marcum_wong_1487138

There are also lovely tributes written by Sandra Haight and Constance La France, which you can find at their blogs or at their home pages. If other poets would like to add their tribute poems to this list, please soupmail me the information. Thank you ~ John

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My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
3/30/2024	Heavy Stone	Free verse	easter,
1/28/2024	The Majesty	Rhyme	freedom,growth,nature,
1/5/2024	Glory	Sonnet	dark,day,dream,morning,su
12/25/2023	These Three Remain	Sonnet	poverty,
12/21/2023	Birthday Wish	Rhyme	birthday,peace,
12/18/2023	Portrait of Pardon	Rhyme	anger,hurt,sorry,
12/15/2023	Total Ahhh	Rhyme	anniversary,love,marriage
12/12/2023	Letter to the OED	List	words,
12/9/2023	Miles Tones	Free verse	blue,inspirational,music,
12/6/2023	Two Storms	Free verse	ocean,rain,sea,storm,
12/2/2023	This Language We Love	Rhyme	language,
11/29/2023	Lyrics and Music	Free verse	love,youth,
7/22/2023	Academy	Rhyme	poetry,school,
7/18/2023	Adeline Ravoux - Van Gogh	Monoku	art,pain,sad,
7/15/2023	Teaspoon	Rhyme	writing,
7/11/2023	Moonlight	Ekphrasis	death,love,love hurts,moo
7/6/2023	Write Me - II	Free verse	life,write,writing,
7/1/2023	Would You Like To Meter	Rhyme	poetry,
6/26/2023	Seaside Serenade	Rhyme	beach,sea,summer,water,
5/10/2023	Middle	Sonnet	age,
4/29/2023	Common Thread	Rhyme	death,faith,poetry,poets,
4/16/2023	Little Wren	Rhyme	bird,lonely,lost love,
4/3/2023	Life's Ups and Downs - and Ups	Sonnet	abuse,art,birthday,
2/19/2023	Sunday Funnies V	Monoku	humor,
2/13/2023	My Appian Way	Free verse	husband,love,marriage,wif
2/5/2023	The Esteemed Poetry Critic	Rhyme	brother,poetry,
1/30/2023	Spring Is Not All Rainbows and Butterflies	Sonnet	spring,
1/13/2023	The Bard Visits 2023	Sonnet	society,
1/9/2023	Milt's Sanctuary	Blank verse	nature,spiritual,
1/5/2023	My Muse Is	Free verse	muse,
12/31/2022	Sunday Funnies Iv	Monoku	humorous,
12/27/2022	Power	Free verse	power,
12/17/2022	Resolutions	Rhyme	new year,
11/20/2022	Fall Family Feast Footles	Footle	family,thanksgiving day,
11/14/2022	Each of the Five	Sonnet	love,nature,rose,
11/5/2022	Sunday Funnies Iii	Monorhyme	brother,humor,
10/31/2022	Dead Center	Free verse	age,
10/26/2022	Teach Your Bird To Sing Again	Rhyme	bird,freedom,prison,song,
10/26/2022	Homophone Me	Limerick	humor,words,
10/23/2022	Connie's Gift	Quintain (English)	poetry,
10/2/2022	Working Out Isn't Working Out	Rhyme	humor,
9/18/2022	Autumn - Constanza	Rhyme	autumn,death of a friend,
9/14/2022	A Rose and Her Thorns	Rhyme	death,death of a friend,g
9/13/2022	A Rose For a Rose	Quintain (Sicilian)	birthday,grave,mother,ros
9/10/2022	Sunday Funnies Ii	Monoku	humor,
9/1/2022	Portrait	Rhyme	art,perspective,
8/29/2022	Happy Birthday, Jennifer	Free verse	birthday,heaven,
8/14/2022	Phases	Free verse	lost love,moon,sad love,s
8/5/2022	Gymnopedie	Lyric	death,suicide,
7/30/2022	Sunday Funnies I	Monoku	health,humor,
7/22/2022	Bell	Free verse	bird,children,poetry,
7/9/2022	By the Book	Monoku	books,
7/5/2022	Unmerited Favor	Lyric	bible,god,
6/28/2022	If Ever I Don't Know	Rhyme	age,daughter,father daugh
6/22/2022	The Makeup of Her Soul	Rhyme	beauty,love,
6/18/2022	A Father's Day Prayer	Sonnet	family,father,fathers day
6/13/2022	Gently On the Shoulder	Rhyme	perspective,
6/9/2022	Happy Birthday To Laura	Sonnet	birthday,
6/6/2022	What Little Fish Say	Lyric	fish,ocean,
6/1/2022	Prayer For Ukraine	Rhyme	peace,prayer,war,
5/29/2022	To a June Bug	Sonnet	first love,nature,spring,
5/25/2022	Clouds Are the Personality of the Sky	Free verse	art,nature,
5/19/2022	Distinct Ballet	Couplet	butterfly,poetry,upliftin
5/13/2022	If I Could Play the Violin	Rhyme	encouraging,love,music,so
5/9/2022	Sequestered In My Cozy Nook	Rhyme	books,
5/5/2022	Music Time Machine	Monorhyme	music,time,
5/1/2022	Two-Edged Swords	Sonnet	first love,loss,lost love
4/27/2022	A Comb-edy of Hair-ers	Light Verse	hair,humor,
4/24/2022	In Defense of Putin	Free verse	war,
4/16/2022	Easter Sonnet	Sonnet	christian,easter,jesus,
4/14/2022	Centurion's Elegy	Elegy	christian,easter,god,jesu
4/10/2022	Joy In the Emptiness	Free verse	easter,
4/1/2022	I Needed Wings Today	Verse	hope,poetry,
3/22/2022	Perhaps I Should Skip Dessert	Tanka	humor,
3/17/2022	The Light and the Veil	Sonnet	faith,god,light,
3/16/2022	Experiencing Technical Difficulties	Free verse	technology,
3/16/2022	Allegory of Falling In Love	Free verse	poetry,sweet love,
3/9/2022	Once Love Is Found	Triolet	lost love,love,love hurts
3/7/2022	Cassiopeia	Pleiades	mythology,
2/27/2022	The Parking Meter Thief	Limerick	giggle,humorous,
2/26/2022	Between the Shoulders	Rhyme	heart,poetry,
2/20/2022	Uncommon	Rhyme	i love you,inspirational,
2/16/2022	Rhyme and Pun Ishment	Monoku	humor,
2/12/2022	Ironic Homophonic Tonic	Light Verse	humorous,language,
2/7/2022	Sing We Now Our Adoration	Lyric	christian,prayer,song,tha
2/2/2022	Keola - Terza Rima	Terza Rima	seasons,snow,spring,winte
2/1/2022	We	Rhyme	career,life,planet,togeth
1/29/2022	Compose	Couplet	art,music,poetry,
1/29/2022	Eureka	Tanka	love,
1/21/2022	Tyburn	Pleiades	poetry,
1/21/2022	Tigger Tyburn	Tyburn	tiger,
1/19/2022	Flappable, Gruntled, and Plussed	Rhyme	humorous,language,
1/13/2022	Sublime Sondheim	Epitaph	death,music,
1/13/2022	Before and After	Free verse	language,writing,
1/8/2022	Electric Locution	Monoku	humor,husband,marriage,wi
1/4/2022	A Whole New Word	Verse	word play,words,
12/31/2021	Getting Old Is Getting Old	Rhyme	age,old,
12/24/2021	To My Knees	Lyric	faith,god,prayer,
12/21/2021	Civil Discourse	Rhyme	anti bullying,poetry,poet
12/19/2021	It Came Upon a Prophecy	Lyric	christian,christmas,jesus

My Photos

Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
My Tree's Seasons	Haiku	tree,
A Winter Rose - a Sonnet	Sonnet	rose,winter,
My Guitar	Rhyme	depression,hope,music,
Gifts of Sky and Sea	Sonnet	blessing,nature,sea,sky,
Burning Embers	Sonnet	love,romance,
Cinder Girl	Rhyme
Misdemeanor	Sonnet	nature,wind,
A Poet's Gift	Free verse	art,poetry,writing,
Snow Bird	Sonnet	december,nature,seasons,w
Recipe	Sonnet	earth,fire,water,
In This Sky of Night	Sonnet	romance,sky,
The Wounds of War	Sonnet	fear,love,mother,war,
Of Me	Sonnet	simple,words,
Which Door To Open	Italian Sonnet	analogy,future,life,metap
Like Cleansing Rain	Couplet	poets,
Comfortable Love	Sonnet	love,marriage,
The Ecstasy of Words	Rhyme	simple,words,
Let Your Love Touch Me	Rhyme	simple,words,
Van Gogh	Lento	art,character,mental illn
The Digger's Children	Rhyme	life,war,
Fake Facades	Rhyme	9th grade,angst,anxiety,e
Better Than This	Shape	beauty,magic,senses,sunsh
Conifer's Confession	Free verse	appreciation,love,metapho
Folly of Autumn's Fog	Free verse	age,autumn,life,nature,ol
The Mirage	Rhyme	angst,death,image,imagina
She's Gone	Rhyme	childhood,nostalgia,
Polka Dot Crazy	Rhyme	humorous,
Shadows	Sonnet	inspirational,
Beauty Sleeping	Rhyme	beauty,bird,color,flower,
What Easter Means To Me	Rondeau	religionday,day,
To Touch the Untouched	Free verse	desire,romance,romantic l
One April Day	Sonnet	april,
Psalm	Rhyme	creation,
Rambunctious	Haiku	color,day,morning,night,s
Second Coming of Age	Free verse	appreciation,change,color
Yes,I Know I Won'T Be Here Forever	Lyric	emotions,
Best Friend	Sonnet	friend,
Making Beautiful Music Together	Sonnet	desire,love,music,passion
The Wintered Soul Among Wisteria	Sonnet	grief,
Grace and Solitude	Rhyme	moon,night,peace,sky,
Thank You For the Music	Free verse	life,music,song,thank you
Winter Blues	Free verse	me,new year,time,
Sweet Invite of Spring	Sonnet	beauty,spring,
Mysterious and Magnetic	Rhyme	simple,words,
A Reverse Rant	Light Verse	humor,irony,poetry,writin
Oceana	Free verse	10th grade,11th grade,12t
Winter Magic	Sonnet	winter,
Superman	Sonnet	hero,truth,
Unreachable	Rhyme	simple,words,
A Grateful Heart	Kyrielle	god,heart,thanksgiving,
Kept Safe	Sonnet	emotions,life,longing,
Watering the Garden of Dreams	Free verse	creation,dream,fate,garde
Message In An Acrostic Contest	Acrostic	romantic,
Poetry Soap	Couplet	abuse,conflict,jealousy,l
Amadeus - Amade	Free verse	farewell,life,music,
Let Me Go	Shape	freedom,
Miracles Do Happen	Narrative	10th grade,
Ribbon	Free verse	analogy,cancer,health,los
She Held My Heart	Free verse	angel,autumn,courage,lost
Fall In Love	Acrostic	autumn,love,nature,
To Fall, and Kiss Like Poetry	Free verse	love,
Purveyors of Words	Sonnet	inspirational,poetry,poet
A Poet's Cry	Rhyme	grief,nature,poets,words,
The Scent of Poems Past	Sonnet	community,poetry,poets,
Merry Christmas	Shape	christmas,happiness,hope,
An Ode To Those Cities	Free verse	memorial,nostalgia,
Unity - 2 Corinthians 13:11	List	bible,encouraging,love,pe
In a Field of Gold	Quintain (English)	lost love,nature,
When Poets Come Together As One	Rhyme	hope,poetry,poets,
My Voice Is An Echo In the Field	Rhyme	hope,
One Stone	Sonnet	betrayal,
Inside This Little Room	Italian Sonnet	on writing and words
Memoirs	Free verse	autumn,memorial,
A Mission of Love	Rhyme	art,beauty,blessing,earth
Nascent Warmth	Rhyme	analogy,birth,mother,
Miles To Go	Rhyme	analogy,appreciation,deat
I Follow Them -The Myriads	Sonnet
Cactus In Bloom	Limerick	metaphor,
Thru Maritime Miles	Epic	adventure,fantasy,funny,h
When I Am Gone	Sonnet	absence,death,grief,missi
Memories of Insomnia	Free verse	memorial,
Afflatus	Tristich	analogy,angel,love,romanc
To the Dandelion In the Concrete	Personification	character,endurance,flowe
Spring Sonnet	Sonnet	flower,nature,spring,
Lament	Rhyme	destiny,sad,
Evolutionary Sequel - Full Circle	Haiku	animal,earth,environment,
Viaduct of Faith	Sonnet	emotions,extended metapho
Stars and Shadows	Kyrielle	dream,
My Muse	Rhyme	muse,
The Peacemaker	Sonnet	inspirational,peace,
Too Brief, the Flame	Quatrain	appreciation,bereavement,
An Invitation To Dance	Sonnet	music,nature,
The Thunderstorm	Quatrain	storm,
This Soup Is Hot	Couplet	appreciation,poetry,
An Empty Tissue Box	Sonnet	body,grief,pain,
His Life, His Love	Sonnet	life,love,
Honeymoon Serenade	Lyric	romance,
Sunset Stain	Dizain	beautiful,color,flower,na
And So I Wrote a Poem	Rhyme	write,
Solitude	Free verse	love,solitude,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Laura Leiser	United States	Read
Eileen Manassian	_Not Listed	Read
Joanna Daniel	India	Read
Brandy Nicole	United States	Read
J P Marmaro	United States	Read
Andrea Dietrich	United States	Read
Gregory Richard Barden	United States	Read
Line Gauthier	Canada	Read
Sam Kauffman	United States	Read
Connie Marcum Wong	United States	Read
Gordon Mcconnell	United Kingdom	Read
Michelle Faulkner	United States	Read
Kim Rodrigues	United States	Read
Ann Gilmour	United Kingdom	Read
Ilene Bauer	United States	Read
Aditi Mishra	India	Read
John Watt	United States	Read
Malabika Ray Choudhury	Canada	Read
Jhinuk Mukherjee	India	Read
Regina Mcintosh	United States	Read
Jenna Logan	United States	Read
Becca Teagan	United States	Read
Panagiota Romios	United States	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Eve Roper	United States	Read
Susan Ashley	United States	Read
Susan Woodrow	Fiji	Read
Mary Grace Dembeck	United States	Read
Paulette Calasibetta	United States	Read
Dennis Spilchuk	Canada	Read
Meghan Hutchings	United States	Read
Valerie Staton	United States	Read
Gary Radice	United Kingdom	Read
Susan Lawrence	United States	Read
Grace Daub	Canada	Read
Katharine L. Sparrow	United States	Read
John Stasukevich	United States	Read