Bri Edwards Poems

It was my darling daughter's wedding day,
and, though NOT 'pure', she wore white.
She would have eloped if I'd had MY way;
I'd rather have been flying …. a damn kite.
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My dad, God bless him, some thought was weird,
and not because he chewed tobacco and ….. had a beard.
But unlike some dads who leave raising kids up to 'Mom',
Dad parented gently, though he could be stern (while calm) .
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I'm sorry, I don't like your poem, but like it yourself if it is your wish.
I may comment on it, OR....I may toss it overboard like a dead fish.
Well you need not like MY poem. YOU decide which ones you favor.
I'm not sorry for you, but sorry for ME...that your poem I do not savor.
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Yes, Bri may have a VERY aggressive form of cancer,
& I'll see a doctor Fri. & by next week may have an answer:
'yes' or 'no'. It may spread in less than ninety (90) days,
barely time to eat ice cream in 180 different yummy ways.
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Have you ever had this horrid ordeal:
listening to a learning-musician feel …
his or her way through a new selection, ]
striving every H O U R to reach music-perfection?
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For October 2022, A Poem Showcase From Bri Edwards, To Share With You …..[ Includes Authors, Titles, Bri's Notes On Poems ]

Bri's introductory poem to the ‘showcase':
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In the 'Add New Poem' instructions PH says 'Take a deep breathe',
but it should say 'breath' [rhymes with death], so I now DO grieve!
It's a grammatical error, one even (I think) 'Bri' has made in the past,
AND I'll bet my high school English teachers would....now be aghast!
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Stopping by the drug store
she bought six-pack of drink,
took back to children, four,
and set it by the sink.
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ACTC: 2014/12: CONTEST TITLES (2) AND INFO FOR December Challenge


ACTC: 2014/12: CONTEST TITLES (2) AND INFO FOR December Challenge
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Introductory poem:

I suppose on PH I'll not be allowed to include the word D ++ N,
but I just lost hours of thinking, typing, etc., and I'm 'in a jam'.
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