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In The Beginning (Tribute)
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In The Beginning (Tribute) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
In the beginning there was one poet whose soul was strong and true he threw his loving arms open wide and then the one was two. Word spread quickly of this place a home for poets to rest and in coming together in passion we’ve surely become the best As we increase in quantity may our quality stay the same without ego, without pretense without glory, without fame A tribute fair to Ron it seems is just a beginning chorus how can we thank him enough for all that he’s done for us Ron, we cannot make you guru or proclaim you a deity so we will just honor you in this home with our poetry. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Ron's not God? (she's kidding, right?) Beautiful tribute, Sharon...I add my curtsey to your words! |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
I too offer my thanks and bow to Ron in my humbleness to be allowed to share this place is more than an honor...it is HOME to me in so many ways. Thank you Ron and thank you Sharon for your tribute to one so deserving. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sharon your heart is filled with warm things! What a great tribute to Ron and Passions! I agree with you!!! <*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Sharon your heart is filled with warm things! What a great tribute to Ron and Passions! I agree with you!!! <*\\\>< I know not what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. |
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Mark R. Member
since 1999-06-25
Posts 113San Francisco, CA. |
To the both of you, for making this such a wonderful place. It also has become a place of warmth and security for me. A home, and the poets here, my family. I've written many a poem to my family here, and at every turn I recieve nothing but kindness. Thank you both for this place.... |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
Yes it is hard to believe that there is someone sweating away making this site work, we only seem to notice Ron when there is a glitch or a forum is down. PDV a beautiful and very deserving tribute to Ron. The guy makes it look too easy at times though LOL. "an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women". Patti Smith |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Poet deVine, Beautiful tribute, beautiful poem. Sy |
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Alle'cram Senior Member
since 2000-02-28
Posts 1816Texas |
...I appreciate you both..marcy |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
 Karilea When you want to be loved, look within...KRJ |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
PoetdeVine~ A really thoughtful poem to send hugs to Ron for his talented dedication to this home of poets. There isn't a time that I open the door to Passions that I don't thank him in my heart for all he does. Nicely done, lady. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ [email protected] |
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Elizabeth
Moderator
Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Thank you for everything, Ron, Sharon, and everyone who resides here and makes it what it is.  Elizabeth |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
May I too add my humble thanks |
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Irie Senior Member
since 1999-12-01
Posts 1493Washington State |
Bravo Sharon, and Bravo Ron. Again many thanks. Even from me who's far from a "quality" poet, I still enjoy posting my feelings and talking with the greatest people!  ~Sheri |
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LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Sharon, this is a beautiful tribute to Ron. Only you could create such a worthy piece of praise for the almighty Passions king! False gems may shine as brightly as the genuine article, but there are always those who can tell the diffrence. |
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Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
Sharon... Ron will truly appreciate this poem and tribute.......we all need a good healthy pat on the back for our efforts now and then!! Great write here, my friend!! Today is a gift.... That is why they call it 'the Present'! |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
its like follwing the yellow brick road to Oz to see the all mighty whiz of poetry... perfect tribute Sharon... your heart is shining...as always..  and appropriate poem to start the new open..WOW just think of it....forum 10.. and each one holds what??OVER 40, 000 posts.. BOGGELS THE MIND later-sweet-tribute-gator jm |
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Jenn E Senior Member
since 2000-08-02
Posts 589Kelowna, BC, Canada |
May I say Thank You to.......One easily forgets all the work that is being done to make this the HOME that it is to so many of us. To Ron and to you PDV.......Thank You. Jenn E |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
DeVine. . . This is a wonderful Tribute to Ron. . . thanks to you Ron for starting this place for which I am honored to be a part of. . . And thanks to you DeVine, for being so much a part of this place that we've come to call home. . . Well done. . . -------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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Kit McCallum
Administrator
Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
What a beautiful tribute Sharon! I am constantly amazed at how much hard work goes on behind these walls to keep it running so smoothly, both here and at the main site. Ron, I hope you truly know how much you are appreciated ... most sincerely and genuinely ... thank you! And Sharon, thank "you" for giving us this beautifully written opportunity to say thanks. With much appreciation to you both, /Kit |
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Denise
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Sharon, this is a beautiful well deserved tribute! Denise |
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Honeybee Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-26
Posts 5372Ontario, CANADA |
~Sharon~ Yet another masterpiece that you have penned. This is the perfect tribute to Ron, I hope that he sees it and sees all the wonderful replies about him. Your poem is from all of our hearts to Ron One of your best poems!Take care, Melissa Honeybee The beauty of poetry gives my soul wings to fly free within dreams |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
poetdevine- this is beautiful. what a wonderful tribute. thanks, ron, for all you doto keep this a quality site. i just love it here. -vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
It takes a beautiful heart to create something beautiful. This is a wonderful tribute to such a person Liz |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Thank you all...this is really for Ron.. the man who give so much of himself for us. I nominate him for the Nobel Prize... |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Wonderful Sharon... The Nobel Prize in Poetic Services is awarded to Ron Carnell... K"He looked across the silky surface of the Severn... it was a famously difficult river with fierce tides..." From Jack Maggs |
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JP Senior Member
since 1999-05-25
Posts 1343Loomis, CA |
 Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn. JP Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. B. Russell |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Sharon this is indeed a wonderful tribute - You've done a great job of summing up Ron's wonderful qualities. Your words, "without ego, without pretense/without glory, without fame" are the true essence of who Ron is as a man. This site is a true Passion for him, and making people happy in turn makes him happy. He doesn't do it for glory or fame... I'm personally very proud to call Ron my ever-dearest friend. Many of our members have asked me from time to time whether Ron ever writes anything, as they seldom see him post. Ron, I hope you don't mind my being so presumptuous - Perhaps our members would like to read some of your work, so I'd like to take this wonderful opportunity to direct them to Ron's Poetry Page on the main site of Passions in Poetry. If you haven't, folks - Go and read some of his work. Aside from all of his many other attributes, he's also an awesome poet. WHASKOTL..  |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
By the way Nan what does this mean?WHASKOTL |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
deVine, What an awesome tribute to Ron you have shared with us. Wonderful job!!! To Ron, thank you so much for having the courage to create such a wonderful haven of poets and poetry for all of us to be a part of. I am honored to be part of such a wonderful group of writers many of whom are now my friends. You should be proud!! Lone Wolf Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
To Ron and Sharon both, you do a wonderful job of writing and putting up with us motley lot. Making a vacant space, a place where friendships and poetry bloom. Kethry. "It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures; but it is the loss that shapes the image, gathers the flowers weaves the garland."- |
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Justbleu Member Elite
since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329Oregon, Originally From Alaska :) |
Very nice tribute Sharon...to the man called RON!!  Thank You Ron!! Bridgette "Somewhere, somehow, it should be possible to touch someone and never let go again. To hold someone, not for a moment but forever." Unknown |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
*APPLAUDS BOTH RON AND YOUR TRIBUTE* |
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Martie
Moderator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
A beautifully written tribute to a wonderful man...thanks Sharon..and Thank you Ron!! |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
the line that really got to me was the one about not being able to make ron a diety... i mean, geez, sharon!!! c'mon!! i wake up every day and say my morning prayer... thank you, ron, for this fine day thank you for a poet's line thank you, ron, is there a way to make others click on mine?? lol oh and at night i say my evening prayers which are... now i lay me down to sleep thanking ron for poet's keep if i crash before i wake i pray to ron, for goodness sake, to send techies to my place and hope his hard drive ain't erased... because my backup screwed my floppy and he has the only copy!!!! *wink* thanks for the read, sharon... great tribute... sorry, couldn't resist oh, and before i go, Ron, please forgive me... ??? and now, i will go in peace *g |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Yes, Amen, shout this from the rooftops, Ron deserves to be honored and this is fabulous! Kathleen |
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