How I got to Passions - response to a challenge

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Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

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Ohio, USA

0 posted 2002-07-11 08:45 PM

Hated poetry in school
They always had a formula
Read what I had to
Wrote what they made me
Left it all behind and lived life and pondered
Wandering through the internet forest
I stopped to visit the site of an Enchantress
Smitten by poetry that invited me in as none had ever before
The Enchantress offered me friendship
And asked me if I ever wrote
I said no but her poetry was inviting me to try
I sat at the keyboard
Looked into my soul
There words and images were forming
I opened my soul to my fingers
And words appeared on the screen
I was amazed..
the real me was flowing through my fingers
They flew over the keyboard
I wrote and wrote and shared what I wrote
With the new friend I had made
She told me that the poems were good
She shared the Passions scene with me
I was wary to share but she told me I could dare
So I posted and found wonderful poetry and friends
I guess my soul had filled enough to share
And so here I am
Writing and sharing
On the PiP forums sites
Savoring all I read
Feeling compelled to write
Thanks to the Enchantress
And all the new friends I have at Passions

Dedicated to the Enchantress of Passions
Thanks Nancy!!

Madame Chipmunk
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since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

1 posted 2002-07-11 08:49 PM

I would also like to thank Nancy for bringing you here, Paul...
You are a fine addition to our Passions family......and, we really are a family.

~ welcoming hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

2 posted 2002-07-11 08:49 PM

YAY!!! Oh Paul, this is wonderful, sweet friend, I LOVE IT, Nancy is such a wonderful friend to me too just as you are to us all and I am so happy she brought you here! (smiles) I am blessed to have a wonderful friend as you as I know so many here are, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Paul, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

3 posted 2002-07-11 08:59 PM

So we have Enchantress to thank for you...spill away, our new poet friend, and may all your days begin and end with a blue light of poetry to guide your way...

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

4 posted 2002-07-11 09:02 PM

Lyra - thanks for your kind words and she is a special friend isn't she. Lots of good folks here on Passions!! Paul
Noah - as always a loving reply from you and I appreciate them oh so much - thanks - Paul
Sunshine - thanks for such inviting and kind words of encouragement - Paul

Krishankins

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since 2002-06-23

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Texas

5 posted 2002-07-11 09:13 PM

I must say, for someone that never wrote poetry, you do a pretty good job at it.

Krishankins

A bird never flies so high that it can't hit the ground

Goodknight
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Ohio, USA

6 posted 2002-07-11 09:15 PM

Krishankins - thanks for your kind words - I am humbled by your comments - guess there are new tricks an old dog can learn huh? thanks again - Paul

mycafe
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since 2002-05-23

Posts 584

7 posted 2002-07-11 09:19 PM

Hi Paul you did great cos as you've said, you wrote from the soul! (pssst...and if it does make you feel better...I am still struggling with poetry writing myself

)

mycafe

Keep counting your blessings

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

8 posted 2002-07-11 09:23 PM

thanks mycafe - guess if it is worth doing it is worth struggling to do it huh? thanks for your kind words - Paul

catalinamoon

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since 2000-06-03

Posts 9543
The Shores of Alone

9 posted 2002-07-11 09:59 PM

Isn't it amazing how one person can change your life? In this case just an open heart and an invitation to write, and now look..
Happy you are here.
Sandra

devina
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 3539
Cali

10 posted 2002-07-11 10:08 PM

I opened my soul to my fingers
And words appeared on the screen

Yep..that describes it!!!

Glad you found us Paul..now I'll stop buggin bout this challenge from last month I made!!! LOL

Open arms can be the most fragile in the world...

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

11 posted 2002-07-11 10:24 PM

Paul, I am so pleased you took me up on my offer to show you around Passions!
Thank you also for dedicating this piece to me.
I, poet sir am humbled.
Did I not say you would love it here,
and the people here would love you as well?
I'm so pleased you stopped to visit and decided to stay.
Oh, btw...excellent write...
Thanks again for the

~Smiles & Hugs~

~Somewhere in my heart I'm always
dancing with you in the summer rain~

Martie

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California

12 posted 2002-07-11 11:50 PM

Paul

You are a wonderful addition to this family. Thank you, Nancy for bringing him here. Interesting to hear your story, Paul.

the_loner_23
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA

13 posted 2002-07-12 12:07 PM

Awesome

Cold hands means a warm heart

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

14 posted 2002-07-12 11:05 AM

Sandra - thanks for your review and kind words - Paul
devina - thanks for the challenge - it was fun to reveal to others the joy of finding Passions and my poetry - thanks for your review - Paul
Nancy - what more can I say - a humble thanks for helping me find some of me I didn't know I had - Paul
Martie - thanks for your freindship and for you kind words - Paul
loner - appreciate your comment - Paul

Larry C

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since 2001-09-10

Posts 10286
United States

15 posted 2002-07-12 11:36 PM

Hey Paul,
Nancy was supposed to be our well kept secret and now you went and told! Oh well, any friend of hers is a good friend of mine. I hope. Glad you are here and nice write.

Show you care to those you love...today.

[This message has been edited by Larry C (07-12-2002 11:38 PM).]

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29

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Victoria Australia

16 posted 2002-07-13 09:31 AM

Paul,
it takes a special someone to make passions your home and you seem to be very special. You fit right in here.
Lynne

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Poet deVine

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17 posted 2002-07-13 10:16 AM

We're all glad you found your way here. And it's amazing isn't it? writing....now you won't be able to stop.

Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15

Posts 2386
Ohio, USA

18 posted 2002-07-13 12:55 PM

Larry - thanks for your comments and Nancy is a special person!  It pleases me greatly to be considered a friend of yours!!  Paul
Lynne - thanks for you very special comments and I feel very much atr home here due to good folks like you.  Paul
PDV - it does amaze me that I started writng - that I am here and I accept that onece writing starts it will continue.  thanks for your comments - Paul

Suetang
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since 2001-03-07

Posts 5187
Melbourne, Australia

19 posted 2002-07-13 06:20 PM

Hello Paul

Your words are so very welcome here and I for one am glad you decided to stay.

Take care.....Sue

I am in motion
I am blue
Love is an ocean
I'm anchored in you
- Shawn Mullins

Balladeer

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20 posted 2002-07-13 09:20 PM

Good to have you in the family, Paul!

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