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RE: "Smile" (poem/article) >>> Almost-Announcing "Marg's Homework Poetry Contest"

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I loved your poem. As always you, you made me consider a lot more than just one side of a topic. And that is what makes your poetry unique and interesting.

You've gone beyond doing justice to a single prompt. Perhaps you've even gone "off-topic". Your poem considers the soul, the heart (emotion), character and social interactions, the mind and heart and it's reaction to others, and finally, the smile, that warmest and most universal of forms of interaction. I agree with the import of your argument - if it's an authentic smile, then smile. Otherwise, I prefer a frown, a snub, or even a punch in the nose, myself. Let's have more genuine things! And a Steem price to the moooon on the side would be grand too. More genuine inspiration and more writing about stuff we know something about or stuff we are inspired to write about (excuse my aside rant ;-)

I don't want to compare the poems. They are similar with respect to form. Otherwise, the two are mostly different.

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@trumanity,

As usual, great commentary.

Your poem considers the soul, the heart (emotion), character and social interactions, the mind and heart and it's reaction to others, and finally, the smile, that warmest and most universal of forms of interaction.

True.

... if it's an authentic smile, then smile. Otherwise, I prefer a frown, a snub, or even a punch in the nose

GOL (Guffawing Out Loud). You and I are cut from the same cloth.

And a Steem price to the moooon on the side would be grand too.

Nobel Prize in Literature-worthy. :-) At this point, though, just getting back to $2.50 would be pretty pee-in-your-pants inducing.

Quill