M-A-Y 2018 Showcase ….[ Poems, (Usually) By Poem-Hunter Members; E-N-J-O-Y …or Not! ; I Enjoyed ] Poem by Bri Edwards

Ok! Though I've more work ahead, the title's done at least.
I've enjoyed reading poems, but NOW I've to create the beast,
which I fondly call my next (usually-monthly) poem Showcase.
I hope it is enjoyed by YOU and causes none to…. ‘loose one's face'.

This month I'll NOT try to balance, equally, poets of each gender.
And some poems may be a little ROUGH; others may be poetry, TENDER.
They need not be ‘newly-written', nor strictly, by Bri, confined ….
to a certain length, NOR topic, nor even language, you may find.

So settle down and prepare yourself for Pain OR Pleasure, …
poems written by poets ‘round the world; ALL to me are a treasure.
That's why I share them with YOU, though it may make me weary.
At least MY heart is ‘cold', so NONE shall make Bri's eyes teary! !

(April …15 ….2018)

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THE POETS (AND their poem titles)[ALL poems can be located, as of mid-April, on Poem Hunter, and a Google search should take you to their PH pages.Enter the Poet's name, the Poem's title, and PoemHunter in a Google Search box]

A -Dr. Geeta Radhakrishna Menon

Title: My Beautiful And Charming Mother

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B - Alem Hailu Gabre Kristos

Title: No Condom No Sex

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C - Pamela Sinicrope

Title: Clean House

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D - Savita Tyagi

Title: Religion And Spirituality (Reflections)

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E - Valsa George

Title: Poet

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F - Muzahidul Reza

Title: The Animal State (Imagery, Allegory And Satire

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G - Laurie Van der Hart

Title: Tribute To Mr Mayor
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H - Matt Mooney

Title: Always Eighteen

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I - Bharati Nayak

Title: Life


[AND Bharati's original Odia language poem, from which came the English translation by Bharati]:

Title: Jibana(A Poem In Odia Language)

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J - RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Title: Sun Showing It's Strength

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Bri's Note:
Rose Ann aka RoseAnn, a person of exceptional talents, nonetheless..[and MAYBE more so
BECAUSE I tell her "It's" (meaning "it is/it has") should be "Its" (showing possession) ]..
persists in her 'incorrect' usage.ah, well. It's (it is) a nice poem, just the same!:)

AND furthermore, she is NOT THE ONLY PH POET who does not do as Bri says/does! ha ha! !
AND I, Bri Edwards, am NOT an expert with the English language, though I do 'ok'.
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K - David Whalen

Title: A Freudian Slip (Who Nose?)

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L -Richard Wlodarski

Title: Resurrection

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M - Ruth Walters

Title: Mrs Mollinson

[AND, another by Ruth, because Bri WANTS TO]:

Title: Morning Streets

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N - Andy Brookes

Title: Fire Light

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O - Kelly Kurt

Title: The End(Limerick)

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P - Bri Edwards

A Tribute To Lynn W. Petty (NOT A POEM)

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Bri's Note:

My PH friend and very fine poet, Lynn W. Petty, 'messaged'
me about a week ago, telling of his move to 'hospice care'. He has
terminal cancer, I think of his tongue! What could be worse for a man-of-
words! ! ! Ok, maybe many cancers would be 'worse'. Lynn was absent for
from PH for several years after I first became acquainted with him here.

He served in Asia as an American teenager-sailor during World War Two.
So, you 'see' he is OLD! He may even be dead by now. This is at least his
second 'battle' against cancer, but, after 'enough' medical treatment,
Lynn has decided to be kept as comfortable as possible and forego more
treatments.

I applaud his decision and wish him well. Thanks, Lynn, IF you
can read this, for adding to my pleasure on Earth. When you die, I believe
you may well go "UP", while I plan to be headed "DOWN", if such things
really exist. I mean WAY UP and WAY DOWN! ! ! I'm feeling the heat now.

bri :)

p.s. Ok, I'll dispense with writing a tribute poem, as I feel my above prose
is sufficient.

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THE POEMS [their complete texts, AND their authors' names, AND their 'Partial-links']

I've been kept from submitting the usual list of POEM TITLES and their TEXTS here by some unpublished-rule PH apparently has regarding 'un-allowable' characters in a 'poem'; SINCE my monthly Showcase is a poem to the 'eyes' of PH apparently, something in the 'list' I tried to submit must be 'un-allowable', but I don't know what it is (they are) .

I'VE STOPPED USING THE 'PARTIAL-LINK' METHOD TO find a poem on PH. That may or may not help.But my mate suggested that readers can simply do a Google Search to arrive at a poem's page [IF it is on PH already].JUST USE THE POET'S PH NAME, THE TITLE OF THE POEM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, AND THE WORD POEMHUNTER.IT SEEMS TO WORK.GOOD LUCK! ! !

bri :)

April....15th...2018

See you in May and June and? ? ? ? ?