Hi folks. I finally got my book completed. It is for sale on Amazon and titled BEYOND TRAILS. I'd like to thank everybody here who helped me hone my meager skills and encouraged me to continue writing . A special thanks to Geezer and all the site owners and operators.Stan Holliday

Well, I finally have a real book published. title is BEYOND TRAILS.and will be available via Amazon about July 16.

THE BLESSED AND THE DAMNED

COPYRIGHT {C} 2021

By John Lars Zwerenz

PREFACE

I have decided to publish this final volume of my verse in this life freely and without any cost to its readers, students, young people, all others, poetry lovers and the like. You all have plenty enough to pay for in this world. I believe my vocation as a poet was chosen for me by God to serve my fellow man out of a spirit of humble service to the common good. May God love you all and bless each and every one of you.

John Lars Zwerenz, June, 2021

Just a word of thanks to all who suffered through this workshop. I hope it honed your skills in this type poetry

is poets who can't be bothered to reply to the responses they get to their works! glad I got that off my chest...

thanx, Cat

The crickets talk with me on nights otherwise devoid of a human voice... ... we talk a lot The crickets and I.

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When the nascent moon descends over the old, stone towers
Of you're castle on the hillside, beyond the emerald glades
A breeze carries the hymn of your name as it softly serenades
The stream that rushes by me where me stand among the bowers.

I will grant you roses from the sea and its scarlet bays,
And as a lover's fragrant, eternal souvenir,
Their perfumes shall embrace you, my only love, my dear,
And heaven I will show you, in timeless, mystic ways.

John Lars Zwerenz

This month's contest give everybody a chance to show they learned something because the contest requires a particular rhyme pattern ...ABAB. Of course non participants should also check the contest out lol

As we wrap up the rhyme workshop, I just wanted to post this article and video since we've had some near rhyme and dialect discussion issues. I think it's a great example of how both of these can be used to great effect. It's about Eminem and has some offensive content so if the council decides to take it down, I understand. Blogs don't have "explicit content" so not sure how else to alert to this.

https://ledgernote.com/blog/interesting/eminem-rhymes-orange/

Just today I have had a brain surgery my fourth these past two years I’m in chkd hpospital right now