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Joyce Johnson

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0 posted 2006-01-24 03:51 PM

Broken Promise

When the girls with whom you've flirted
All have gone their merry way,
Winning hearts, dispensing favors
In the flavor of the day

There is one whose kept the home fires,
While her lonely heart has yearned.
Will she still be there to hold you
After your last bridge is burned?

Weigh temptation, is it worth it,
Seeking love for just the day?
Will there be one who still needs you
When all others go away?

When a loving heart is broken,
It won't be an easy mend.
Your promised heart to her forever,
Is no longer yours to lend.

If tomorrow, God should call you,
Take you from the life he gave,
Only she will long remember
To put flowers on your grave.

Hurry home now, Casanova,
Heed my warning and beware.
If too late you seek the home fires,
It may be she won't be there.

By: Joyce 01/24/06

EagletonDiva
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1 posted 2006-01-24 03:57 PM

Words of wisdom only a smart man could heed. Well written, well written indeed

Joyce Johnson

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2 posted 2006-01-24 04:28 PM

Thanks for reading and answering. Joyce

Marge Tindal

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3 posted 2006-01-24 06:00 PM

Joyce~
BIG APPLAUSE for this one~

This is excellent and I'm sure there are many in the 'real' world who will find some great wisdom in it too~

*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

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Enchantress
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Canada eh.

4 posted 2006-01-24 09:10 PM

An excellent write Joyce..
some very wise words you write here.
Very much enjoyed.
Hugs~Nancy

In the midst of winter,
I found there lives within me..
An invincible summer.

Trillium

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5 posted 2006-01-24 09:25 PM

Dear Joyce: This is so wise! I hope many people read it and those who need to, take it to heart!

Love
Betty Lou

Betty Lou Hebert

Martie

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6 posted 2006-01-24 09:28 PM

Joyce

I'm sure there are many that understand this poem more than they want to. Very well done!

Betty
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7 posted 2006-01-24 09:44 PM

This is really good. I really enjoyed it.
Betty

dgvarner
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8 posted 2006-01-24 09:46 PM

Reads as a quiet but ever loud, gentle but gripping plea from a very loving heart...

great write!

hugs, g

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Fee
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9 posted 2006-01-24 10:09 PM

I love this, I love this, I love this... ooops did I mention, I love this.

Nicely written.

Hugs, Fee

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are the most important aspects, they create impressions

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Flutterwings
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10 posted 2006-01-24 10:20 PM

If by chance he should return
with perfume scent on his shirt
let him know you won't wash it
then let him roll in his own dirt.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Really enjoyed the rhythm and rhyme of this very fine piece. Well done!
Love and peace, Maggie ((~.~))

The Lady
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11 posted 2006-01-24 10:53 PM

Oh, I love this. Nice job.

jody5
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12 posted 2006-01-24 10:56 PM

An excellent poem with a really good message. I give it a standing ovation.

Ratleader

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13 posted 2006-01-25 01:27 AM

Yes...very, very yes. Find what is real, what will sustain, and when you have, hold fast forever.

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tracie66
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14 posted 2006-01-25 05:07 AM

Joyce~
wonderfully voiced - I enjoyed this very much.

~hugs~
Tracie

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It is the harmony of the universe
— W. E. Channing

Gentle Spirit
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15 posted 2006-01-25 05:53 AM

Much wisdom in your words Joyce! I enjoyed this piece very much!

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16 posted 2006-01-25 08:02 AM

If there are wanderers on these 'blue pages,' I hope they read your words of wisdom and heed what you say. You are a very wise woman and wonderful writer, dear Joyce.

I love your rhyme ... huggles, Marti

"God has put me on this earth
to accomplish a certain number of things....
Right now I am so far behind,
I may just live FOREVER!"

Susan Caldwell
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17 posted 2006-01-25 08:37 AM

She should already be gone to him...

they just don't know what they have 'till it's gone...

I loved this.

"too bad ignorance isn't painful"
~Unknown~

Earth Angel
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18 posted 2006-01-25 09:07 AM

Wise words a man should surely heed!

From one good woman to another, I applaud your words of wisdom and how poetically you delivered them!

Linda

Joyce Johnson

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19 posted 2006-01-25 10:15 AM

Thanks everyone for reading. Love, Joyce

[This message has been edited by Joyce Johnson (01-25-2006 10:53 AM).]

SmartChick
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20 posted 2006-01-25 09:14 PM

Excellent write. And, so true.

PatAngel
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21 posted 2006-01-28 11:04 AM

You are an excellent writer Joyce! This is one of those poems that grip at the heart.

Love, Patricia

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For dreams are the tiny seeds from which tomorrow grows.'

iliana
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22 posted 2006-01-28 03:33 PM

Very wisely and vibrantly written, Joyce. Much enjoyed this. *hugs*....jo

Charisma

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23 posted 2006-01-29 03:08 PM

wise words, so very well said!

((hugs))
Charisma

JamesMichael
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24 posted 2006-01-30 05:27 PM

Hope you don't have a modern day Casanovo.
It is my understanding that he never reformed...he just became too old to perform...
Meanwhile those that have a desire to be more faithful are looking for like minded women...James

sandgrain
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25 posted 2006-02-02 10:37 PM

I'm so glad Marge alerted me to this fine piece. The message needs to be said and you did it so very well.

Rae

Joyce Johnson

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26 posted 2006-02-03 02:18 AM

Thank you Rae. Glad to see you here. Love, joyce

Goldenrose
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27 posted 2006-02-03 06:45 AM

Very good poem here..and with a moral too..they are always worth heeding..thank you...

Goldenrose.

Desire for nothing except desirelessness,hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes, want nothing and you will have everything.avatar Meher Baba.

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