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Connie Burkett's avatar

You inspire me to write again. I love poetry. I always don’t understand the poems I read but I love the words written with such expression and passion with a message of hope. you encourage me to get out a pen and write what comes through inspiration and praise.

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Oh Connie, that's exactly my intent--YOU have inspired me to let me know how this landed for you. My goal is to help people make friends with poetry--both reading and writing--so it makes me happy to here this.

P.S. Here's a link from my Substack site of free resources about how to write a poem and where to begin. https://jodycollins.substack.com/t/poetry-resources

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I love this. Thank you.

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Margaret Ann Silver's avatar

I love this. Thank you.

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Kristin Haakenson's avatar

I'm catching up, and now caught this at just the exact right moment - thank you, dear one!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Oh that makes me smile... God is good at "the exact right moment" things.

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nancyaruegg.com's avatar

Blessed encouragement here, Jody--thank you! That phrase, "a chorus of whispers" brought to mind the beauty of a soft melody, enhanced with multiple-part harmony. All participants benefit from the contribution of others!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Oh how I agree. The community of Christian saints, offering our creativity to the world. Thanks for reading, Nancy.

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Erin Mount's avatar

Ohh, it’s like you were inside my head with this poem! I needed this. Thank you!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

How happy that makes me... I'm so glad

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Stephanie Nygaard's avatar

I needed to hear these words today. Thank you! And what a clever poem!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Stephanie, I'm glad I listened to the holy Spirit nudge to post this poem today and that it ministered to you. Thank you for the compliment.

(PS we missed you at book club, but there's next week!)

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Stephanie Nygaard's avatar

I think I'm confused about the time and how to get the Zoom link. I had 6:00 this evening written down on my calendar. I'm in the Central Time Zone. When did you meet? I'll try to get it figured out for next week!

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Hey Stephanie I will forward you the email. No worries!

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Callie R. Feyen's avatar

"to say all this defies the God-breathed seed inside."

AMEN.

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

Grateful for your seed-bearing, Callie :-)

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Shawn Smucker's avatar

Lovely.

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Jody L. Collins's avatar

thank you, Shawn.

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