I was a very active business owner until four years ago when I had to stop working due to Parkinson's Disease. That is when the world of poetry opened up to me. In learning to use a computer, I started writing without ever having written anything before. But I have always loved poetry, especially that with a lyrical or rhythmic quality. I like Paul Verlaine and Vinicius de Morais, who was Brazil's most famous poet and song writer in the 1960's. He could write a verse about an instument in the rhythm of the instrument and in the process make a comentsry on social conditions.I lost my husband 2 years ago, which was very devastating to me, but through my grief have compiled ten books of poetry (Not published) although some of my poems have been published. I have not been as active on this site due to illness and my involvement in several projects.I have a very close knit family and a lot of happy times with my four children and 6 grandchildren.I love nature and used to hike and so I like to write about nature and love and things I've learned in life.
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- I have 3,494 comments, 1 contest
My Poetry
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Soft as a flower to open its bloom
Sweet as a rosebud to shed its perfume16 lines, 3 comments, November 25 -
Fantasy’s most vibrant hues
Immersed in words of age20 lines, 2 comments, October 14 -
Lord how can you see me? - way down here below
One small snowflake swept into a sparkling field of snow35 lines, 5 comments, October 13. In Spiritual -
When little eyes, once wide and bright
Now stilled and puffed with sleep28 lines, 5 comments, October 4. In Life
My Stories
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Seven Dwarfs Held on $700,000 Bail
Reporter: Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Piper332 lines, 9 comments, May 11, 2004. In <200 lines, Humor
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athakah on September 11, 2006God bless you ... i hope you'll pass easy .
it must be real tough having that disease...
realli sorry. but also grateful that poetry has opened
your heart and allowed you to see beauty in ur life
heaven will be grateful -
athakah on September 11, 2006thats real great
and WOW. u won so many trophies!!
how do you guys do that -
j-ay rose on August 6, 2006

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Night Hope on August 2, 2006
Thank you for your lovely comment...a Gift, then...Be well, Poet...
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