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Writings From the Heart

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A book of Poetry & Writing

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Comment from Giddy Nielsen-Sweep
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'I did it my way.' Your poem looks deep into the psyche and the emotional self to discover satisfaction with age. It was a most gratifying read. I like a poem that says something about life, as this one did.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Maudie
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I have to say I know what you mean. However, I thought the essence of the prompt was about a life you did not follow. Perhaps this interpretation is something they are looking for. The actual writing of the poetry was great.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Terry wrote
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This is an interesting free verse, full of opportunities, choices, results and anticipations. I particularly like this line "Only to bet your soul against the human unknown"

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Sophiaalexandra
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i thought this was really good. you really expressed the feeling of what you want to do with your life and what you should've done. I enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from AprilShower
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It is great as we grow older to have no regrets. Probably everyone has one or two regrets, but it is great to be mostly content with what we did with our lives. Thank you for sharing this living a life of your own choice. This is well written free verse.

April

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from geetika sethi
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very well written and aptly described. Shows how life treated you and gave you too in return what you asked from it. Wish you all the very best for the contest and hope you win the same with flying colours in life...as life is jut what we make of it...how we treat it or how we breal it...its just a simple game to live day by day...
all the best once again.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Apostate
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Yeah, that's just what all of us should do. Have I? Ah, bits and pieces. Spiritually, as it were, for the most part. Materially? Well, after I've robbed a bank or two I'll let you know.

I really liked this poem. Made good points and did it with dash and style.

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Kingsland
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The only good way to live your life is how you direct it.This says that is a very good poetic flow. It was just a delight to have read and written this response for... John

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from catch22
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I really enjoy the message of self-reliance and taking the road less traveled but it may not be entirely true to assert that experience breeds self-knowledge and contentment at the end of a life. Its not the experience itself that enlightens a man, but rather how he internalizes the lessons afterward in reflection. Feeling and experiencing more than someone else can cause one person to be jaded where another is content and comforted to look up at the moonlight alone after a struggle; maybe heredity has a big influence here...

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011

Comment from Gert sherwood
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Hello author
How true of how we should search an untrodden path or road and you told us in you free verse poem
I wish you the best in this contest.


Gert

 Comment Written 01-Jul-2011