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Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

0 posted 2002-10-19 06:24 PM

No Secrets

I can't reproach my mom and dad,
Since I'm sure they could not know it,
But making my young life happy,
Has stifled me as a poet.

I have no deep despair to plumb
To find the shameful angst and gloom.
I'm left without a dismal past
With no dark secrets to exhume.

So I must write of happy days
Instead of misery and shame.
If I am neither Poe nor Plath,
They surely are the ones to blame.

By: Joyce Johnson 10/19/02

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

1 posted 2002-10-19 06:28 PM

Joyce: Count your lucky stars! There are so many stories from the grim side! Lovely poem!

Betty Lou Hebert

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

2 posted 2002-10-19 08:04 PM

Thanks Betty, And I know I am lucky. Joyce

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

3 posted 2002-10-20 06:31 PM

Joyce~
I got a real chuckle out of this~

For myself ... I'll take 'happy' any day ~
MY thanks to your parents !!!
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
[email protected]

ellie LeJeune
Member Elite

since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

4 posted 2002-10-21 05:59 PM

How blessed you are, dear Joyce

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

pegasus111
Member Elite

since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

5 posted 2002-10-22 05:29 PM

I could agree with the other replies out of respect for their talent and goodness, but I must disagree. Pain, misfortune, disappointment, once experienced can only serve to inhance the pleasure of success, happiness, and the joy living.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

aries_luv_ppl
Senior Member

since 2001-09-20

Posts 1448
Universal Mind

6 posted 2002-10-25 04:11 PM

hi joyce, I wish I'm more positive like you

I think I need to be more thankful. I like this poem

Eliza Simmons
~Sometimes when I look back at what I wrote, I don't recognize the 'Me' in the past anymore.

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

7 posted 2002-10-25 05:07 PM

Thanks everyone and dear Pegasus. I think everyone knows who has read my poems that I have had my share of sorrow. But not in my childhood. My folks worked overtime to keep our lives sunny and carefree. I shall be ever grateful to them. Love, Joyce

CHILI
Member

since 2002-09-08

Posts 244

8 posted 2002-10-25 07:25 PM

I liked this. You were fortunate as child, so few aren't.

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