Bri Edwards October Poems

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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Now, on P-H's Add New Poem page, I see something new.
This site presents an example of 'how a poem usually looks'.
I suppose PH is really trying to be Helpful for me & FOR YOU,
but IS IT what a publisher would dare offer to authors of books?
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I, Bri, thought I might not submit another showcase, but, for Bharati Nayak, I DO.
She is one of the few members who comment, one of the very, very, VERY FEW!

In my last two or three showcases, I gave only notes, not the complete poem texts.
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A -BRI'S INTRODUCTORY POEM:

It's mid-September and the pressure is mounting,
‘cause I KNOW, on me, Bri, you ALL are still counting to place joy, nay, rapture amidst your dull drudgery,
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This time of year Ghosts and Ghouls abound;
the closer Halloween comes, the more G's are found.
So careful where you go by yourself at night.
If you're with ‘friends', maybe the G's, ‘them', will bite,
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[ my introductory poem ]:


Not long ago I submitted an Aug.-Sept. "Showcase List".
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Today "T I D Of O P"is emblazoned** on P H's Main Page.
Does this indicate that some are celebrating: "Old Age"? ! !
If so, I can't understand why.What's to celebrate?
In fact, the older I 'get', the more, " Old Age", I hate.
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Introductory Poem For My Readers:


This: A brief sharing of poems I hope you'll enjoy,
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September 2016 soon will be at its glorious end,
so HURRY if, for Sept., a poem you plan to send …
or it may end up in this October 'A'Section.
[Proofread each poem; I don't expect perfection! ]
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A -BRI'S INTRODUCTORY POEM:


It's mid-September and the pressure is mounting,
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To my PoemHunter Friends, and other members who I may not know,
October's showcase may be SHORT, as interest is quite slow....
in raising its head in my Inbox or comments on September's.
I think this month's will be 'abbreviated'; no flames, just embers.
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I’ve started a 'showcase' on my PoemHunter site,
which is NOT a contest; it’s no arena for a fight,
but instead a place where once a month I shall post..
a poem* from you, a PH member, which you’d like read most.
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A -BRI'S INTRODUCTORY POEM:


It's mid-September and the pressure is mounting,
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In America, "Land of the Free and Home of the Brave",
to an old superstition, your friend Bri is a ‘LOST soul', a SLAVE.
Today's bright and shiny. I woke up, not a care in the world,
UNTIL, looking at the calendar, a fog through my brain swirled.
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A few readers seemed to like my last month's list,
making me feel [almost] like I'd been kindly-kissed.
AND a P H friend, short on time (& temper?)asked...
if I would include URLs. So, NOW, in URLs 'he' may bask.
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October 2018 Showcase..[ Poems, Poems, Poets, Poets; Sharing Some Of My Favorites With You: Poem Hunter Members ]


A -BRI'S INTRODUCTORY POEM:
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Please note that this is “Section B”, not “Section A”, for October’s “Showcase”.
This month, for the first time, I’ve decided I was running out of poem space ….
to display all the great poems from my PH friends and some others perhaps.
So PLEASE visit both “Section A” AND “Section B”. AND let there be NO lapse ….
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My appeal for October poems has been a success,
so I'm constructing Section C; excuse the mess.
The foundation is now being laid by yours truly.
I hope, while you're waiting, none will be unruly!
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If Section A has filled with 15 offered 'first poems' by now,
or some 'second poems' have been submitted, to you I'll bow,
...and place the overflow of 'firsts', and all 'seconds', here,
in Section B. And to each writer & reader I'll raise a beer....
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September 2016 soon will be at its glorious end,
so HURRY if, for Sept., a poem you plan to send …
or it may end up in this October "A"Section.
[Proofread each poem; I don't expect perfection! ]
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