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I Do Have a Home

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I Do Have a Home

The life I lead, I did not choose
I have the biggest house of all
In retrospect, I did not lose
Beneath God’s roof, I’m standing tall

And when you pass and look at me
The life I lead, I did not choose
Remember I have dignity
So just ignore my worn out shoes

Within your heart can you excuse
The fact that I live on the street
The life I lead, I did not choose
I’m just not you, I’m not elite

I stand with dignity and pride
A loving soul that you confuse
My home is large, it’s all outside
The life I lead, I did not choose

                                 by: Amera

 

 

 

 

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Quatern

A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains.
It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain.
The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line.
It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme
scheme.
S1 refrain is L1
S2 refrain is L2
S3 refrain is L3
S4 refrain is L4

Photo: proud homeless guy by `cweeks

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  • BellaD
    January 14, 2008
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    Awesome Poem!

    I have yet to try a quatern but you make me want to try one. Well deserved Silver trophy!


  • Swan song gold member
    November 3, 2007

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    This is a good one and a sad one and we see too many of them now days People who just give up it is sad when souls are troubled to that point well done congrats on the silver.


  • Pure Thought silver member
    October 29, 2007
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    well deserved trophy

    thank you for speaking for many who have no voice.
    Buddy


  • painfully amazing
    October 29, 2007
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    wow=] this is so ture..and amazing... this really sends out a message... wow...


  • Kiran silver member
    October 29, 2007

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    Excellent quatern...no one should ever judge why people live the way they do and you have expressed this so strongly! Well done with this.


  • sunny day
    October 27, 2007

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    Amera, This spoke so loudly of the veterans who have been left forgotten about. Some day people will open their eyes and see these heroes in the light they should. They stood up for their country only to be shunned by their peers upon return. A brilliantly penned quatern and I love the use of rhyming in it. You have me hooked on that now. Congratulations on the silver trophy that sparkles on the mantle of your home page. Thank you for sharing the gift of your pen with all of us. Your heart is golden. Love you my friend, Joyce


  • Cup-a-Joe
    October 27, 2007
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    Beautiful words.


  • Viyanna Rosemarie silver member
    October 26, 2007

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    thank you very much for this entry into my contest for the homeless. it is appreciated more than you can possibly know. i am wishing you well in all your future writings and in this contest as well. viyanna rosemarie


  • jo-el
    October 26, 2007
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    written with compassion and understanding and a great big heart. thanks for sharing. excellent


  • Desire gold member
    October 26, 2007

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    Oh My!!


    Now I am very sensitive to the homeless
    and this verse made me cry

    Someone near and dear to me
    went through a period of change,
    lost the physical roof over his head
    under circumstances beyond his control

    but he never, never lost his sense of Hope,
    his sense of Laughter and it did not
    taint his personality...It did empower him
    beyond words
    He still at the time smiled

    Thank You for sharing this in such a fine form

    Best wishes to You in the contest Sweet Soul
    Many blessings too
    and much love~ Desire~*~


  • HaleyMary
    October 26, 2007

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    Powerful write, Sis. Great poetic form, as always. This poem reminds me of some stories I saw on the CNN news quite a few months ago about veterans who fought in the wars and came back home without a home to go home to. It's so sad for these people who go fight and risk their lives, they shouldn't have to keep fighting for their lives once they get back home. Thanks for sharing this piece and good luck in the contest.


  • Marctheman
    October 26, 2007

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    Great write i love this style with the refrain in a different place each time, but i love the tale about the forgotten one, you know at one time these people we called homeless had a home, a future, a family, what really hurt me is when those homeless people are happen to be a vet, how can we turned our back on people that risk their own lives for our freedom, i can never understand that, this is a great piece need more pieces like that.


  • PerVirtuous
    October 26, 2007

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    Unlike goat E I see no problems with the flow of the meter. I have no idea what he is talking about. Another gem. Tells a story in a complex form. Beautiful and ugly all at the same time. It takes quite a talent to do that. Great job.


  • Whispering Wind Moderators member
    October 26, 2007

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    Spoken from a true and loving heart!...The life I lead I did not choose!...It brings me pain to see the homeless and makes me hang my head in shame...A world of plenty and so many go hunger and without!...Little Blue Star, I am so proud of you


  • goatee98
    October 26, 2007
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    flowege is off a bit in places, but it is still a wonderfull poem.


    • Amera gold member
      October 26, 2007
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      Thank you for the applause. Which line? I pride myself on meter. I say it outloud and each line has two dactyls and a trochee. I don't know what you mean if I did, I'd edit it.


  • capricornpoet
    October 26, 2007

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    muses of life

    Walking with life, its vagrancies , who we are, and the world we share, the same but different, all with souls...written with a wisdom of life and its threads.

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