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Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

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Washington State

0 posted 2003-05-06 09:53 PM

I Write For

I do not write for fame and fortune,
I write for kith and kin.
I write for joy of living
so perhaps I'll never win
acclaim from scholars or those
who are in charge of laurels,
but poetry of mine will never
compromise your morals.
I write of God and country,
of Mom and applepie,
and I'd like to write a brilliant truth,
sometime before I die.

Joyce 5/6/03

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (05-06-2003 10:13 PM).]

ESP
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since 2000-01-25

Posts 2556
Floating gently on a cloud....

1 posted 2003-05-06 10:11 PM

I love this, and yeah I think there's plenty of us here who would like to write a truth before our time is up!!
Thanks for a good read!
Love, Liz xxx

"Gorge the honey from life, and live through the stomach aches knowing they will pass..." ~Liz Pinard 2003~

junemac
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since 2003-04-24

Posts 1005
uk

2 posted 2003-05-07 04:27 AM

yes Joyce,

this is a lovely poem that is so true of many of us but i do believe that we should write of these things because we are rewarded with so much joy and satisfaction.
who needs prizes anyway ? lol.

hugs from june x

junemac
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since 2003-04-24

Posts 1005
uk

3 posted 2003-05-07 04:31 AM

i love this one. Joyce it says it all. but how rewarding and satisfying. this is better than any prize could be.

hugs from june x

garysgirl

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since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

4 posted 2003-05-07 10:11 AM

Joyce, I reallyt like this poem.
It does sum it up, doesn't it?
Hugs,
Ethel

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2003-05-07 11:36 AM

Joyce~
Now don't go 'belly-up' on me ...
but .....

'I'd like to write a brilliant truth,
sometime before I die'

but you just did !!!

*Huglets* on this beautiful day to be a poetess~
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

wings of the moon
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since 2003-03-27

Posts 323
Pink bubblegum land

6 posted 2003-05-07 11:36 AM

aww a beautiful post...
delicious on the tongue yet full of truth...
well done

love,
claire

"more than yesterday, less than tomorrow, i love you"

Trillium

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since 2001-03-09

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Idaho, USA

7 posted 2003-05-08 05:18 PM

Joyce: A fine poem, from a fine poet!

Betty Lou Hebert

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

8 posted 2003-05-09 01:57 PM

me too

aries_luv_ppl
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since 2001-09-20

Posts 1448
Universal Mind

9 posted 2003-05-10 06:58 PM

I think your poem with so much truth in it. Yes, I have similar thoughts too.

Eliza Simmons
~Every girl has a dream within.

ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

10 posted 2003-05-11 08:47 AM

Lovely, Joyce, and it is always the litlle things that hold the greatest truths...don,t you think. sorry I haven't been around..hard times... but God is with me...Hugs, Ellie

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

11 posted 2003-05-11 11:20 AM

Oh I hope all is well with you dear Ellie. Love, Joyce

NewEnglandlazurlu
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A Mountain Paradise

12 posted 2003-05-12 03:53 PM

Joyce I absolutely loved this. And in my opinion, you win the hearts of all who read your words. And that's the biggest prize of all.

I learned something today. 'kith and kin'

An expression I had never heard or even seen before! Must not be an old Yankee saying!! Or if it is, not something said in my family. Either way, it's a great expression.

Hugs, Marti

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. A.Einstein

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

13 posted 2003-05-12 04:37 PM

Hi: Kith is friends, and of couse kin is your kinfolks or relatives. I did not know it was not a universal expression. Love, Joyce

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (05-12-2003 04:39 PM).]

passing shadows
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14 posted 2003-05-25 01:35 AM

midnightblues
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Posts 1597
Singapore

15 posted 2003-05-25 12:14 PM

Joyce dear u've already gone and done it! U're already a winner... *hugZ*

Love
Michelle

If there cannot be equal in affection, then let the one with more be me - midnightblues™

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