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Arbitrium Divisa 5 Finalized - Gregory Richard Barden's Blog

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Welcome to my page!

I am a man of many interests - TOO many, I think, lol - and because of that I never gave writing the attention I should have when I was young. I started writing poetry in December of 2016, and joined Poetry Soup at the same time. I am currently working on an R&B/Soul album for a major label, so, as has usually been the case, poetry does not get the time I'd like to give it, (though I plan to change that in the future, and write a book-or-two, a sci-fi novel and an autobiography) ...

I like to incorporate classic styles and phrasing into a modern frame when I write poetry, and try to cover a wide range of genres, but I enjoy the darkly sensual the most, despite its limited audience. I hope you'll give my rather unusual style a chance, read a piece-or-two, and leave a comment, if you'd be so kind. I also hope you'll visit my music web site as well, (at the following address under my moniker "Bahku") - mostly (very) old recordings there, but also a snippet of the first single coming, and more new stuff soon!

www.bahku.com

Thanks for stopping by my page - blessings!

Arbitrium Divisa 5 Finalized

Blog Posted:1/14/2020 4:27:00 AM

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Just a quick note to thank you ALL for your participation and attention to detail ... absolutely NO N/A's this time around, and that's a first for my contests, I believe, (awesome!) ...

This was also the closest contest I've ever had, where the difference between first and fifth was VERY minor, and placements came down to small details and emotional impact ...

Such an incredible group of excellent entries, and everyone should be exceedingly proud of their work, as I am honored to have had the privelege of judging them ...

I hope your holidays were joyous, healthy and filled with love, and that this new year be a blessed and bountiful one!

The next contest will be a PREMIERE contest with only ten placements, so please choose wisely with rich imagery, rhythmic, fluid phrasing, and emotional impact ...

Alos, try to avoid things like repeated words or phrases, "big" words for their own sake, (use judiciously), poor grammar, cliche's, and scattered thoughts/ideas ...

Blessings, all!

 

- The Bard

 

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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 1/14/2020 4:05:00 PM
Greg, thanks so much for my placement. I don't always place that high with you, so it means a lot to me. I LOVE these contests of yours based on four lines. It makes it so easy to read the winners when the poems are short!
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Constance
La France
Date: 1/14/2020 8:36:00 AM
Greg, thanks so much for another inspiring contest and for my placement, and congratulations to all your winners _Constance
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My Past Blog Posts

 
FOR CONNIE
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FOOL OF A POET
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sea of trees
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To War, From Youth
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Shadow Man (For Dad)
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Rithimus Divisa - Copy & Paste
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To Heal A Vacant Heaven
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Thank You, Soupers
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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!
Date Posted: 6/21/2020 8:48:00 AM
Many Thanks, Brian Strand
Date Posted: 6/17/2020 2:55:00 AM
TIMELY TENNYSON
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Thinking Of You
Date Posted: 3/24/2020 1:54:00 PM
My Contests
Date Posted: 3/1/2020 7:06:00 PM
Arbitrium Divisa 7 Results
Date Posted: 2/29/2020 7:57:00 PM
Happy Valentines Day!
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Sound Of Sense
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Arbitrium Divisa 5 Finalized
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Christmas Concert - Video UPDATE
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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My Recent Poems

Date PostedPoemTitleFormCategories
5/11/2024 odic fail Free verseanalogy,break up,creation
5/11/2024 implement Free verseanalogy,art,creation,insp
5/11/2024 how paints a poet? Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
5/11/2024 the good fight Rhymeage,analogy,father son,lo
5/5/2024 no poet, am I Rhymebeauty,god,imagery,poetry
5/5/2024 tethers Free verseanalogy,break up,feelings
5/5/2024 codependency Free verseanalogy,dark,life,light,m
5/5/2024 leau de la vie Free verseanalogy,appreciation,wisd
5/5/2024 dance, divine Free verseage,appreciation,beauty,l
5/5/2024 but a moment Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
4/6/2024 sift, the sands Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,beau
4/6/2024 limbo Free verseanalogy,loneliness,loss,l
4/6/2024 hideaway Free verseanalogy,dark,death,desire
4/6/2024 call Free verseanalogy,love,memory,mom,m
4/6/2024 NYA - North Yarmouth Academy Rhymeanalogy,high school,memor
4/6/2024 effluvium Free verseanalogy,break up,feelings
4/6/2024 flock of phantoms Free verseanalogy,heartbreak,life,l
4/6/2024 footfalls Free verseanalogy,death,life,
4/6/2024 analogy allergy Quatrainanalogy,introspection,poe
4/6/2024 denied inside Rubaiyatanalogy,introspection,
2/13/2024 LQQK Free verseanalogy,beautiful,beauty,
2/13/2024 bird in the hand Monorhymeanalogy,guitar,music,
2/4/2024 artistic priority Dramatic Monologueanalogy,art,beauty,creati
2/4/2024 last turn Free verseanalogy,art,books,literat
2/4/2024 divinity descending Free verseanalogy,appreciation,beau
2/4/2024 one size fits all Free verseanalogy,appreciation,life
2/4/2024 dechue Free verseintrospection,love hurts,
1/25/2024 moonspeak Free verseanalogy,kiss,love,metapho
1/25/2024 whale words Rhymeadventure,analogy,languag
1/25/2024 becalmed Free verseabuse,analogy,murder,ocea
1/25/2024 scoundrel Rhymeanalogy,humanity,imagery,
1/25/2024 shell Free verseanalogy,beauty,love,passi
1/25/2024 mightier Free verseanalogy,creation,perspect
1/25/2024 sight unseen Free verseanalogy,emotions,introspe
12/30/2023 luna sea Free verseanalogy,metaphor,moon,rom
12/30/2023 wail hunt Free verseanalogy,dark,horror,howl,
12/30/2023 worldly Rhymeanalogy,creation,imagery,
12/30/2023 currency Free verseage,analogy,introspection
12/30/2023 strings - Free verseanalogy,science,
12/30/2023 the way Free verseanalogy,imagery,introspec
12/30/2023 jmaa el-fnaa - Free verseanalogy,city,imagery,trav
12/16/2023 marley’s maxim Free verseanalogy,christmas,dark,
11/25/2023 a farewell, frozen Free verseanalogy,break up,farewell
11/25/2023 admit one Free verseaddiction,analogy,imagery
11/25/2023 all that is between Free verseanalogy,introspection,wis
11/14/2023 blue-eyed midnight Free verseanalogy,beauty,dark,fanta
11/8/2023 vaults veneer Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,beau
11/8/2023 my darling boy Rhymeage,fate,growing up,growt
11/3/2023 butter from blood Free verseanalogy,beach,beauty,imag
11/3/2023 Dark Hours Rhymeanger,death,society,viole
10/17/2023 Covenant Free verseanalogy,dark,death,deep,g
10/16/2023 Daybreak Rhymeanalogy,appreciation,joy,
10/5/2023 But a House Free verseage,imagery,introspection
9/22/2023 Her Willow Weeps Personificationanalogy,death,grief,loss,
9/19/2023 Dear Mama Rhymegrief,heartbroken,loss,me
9/19/2023 Little Lambs Free verseanalogy,child,children,gr
9/12/2023 Princess Free verseanalogy,cat,grief,loss,lo
9/12/2023 Drift Free versebest friend,death,grief,l
9/12/2023 Lawless Land Free verseanalogy,dark,dream,fear,n
9/12/2023 Webs Free verseanimal,introspection,life
9/12/2023 My Pretty Girl Rhymecat,loss,love,pets,
8/18/2023 Blind Time Free verseanalogy,introspection,lif
8/18/2023 To Be Free verseanalogy,introspection,spi
8/16/2023 Driftwood Free verseanimal,hope,journey,metap
7/30/2023 Mom Rhymeappreciation,love,mother,
7/22/2023 Meh, Said God Free verseallegory,analogy,creation
7/22/2023 Clavier Rhymeanalogy,metaphor,music,
7/22/2023 The Call Free verseanalogy,dark,death,intros
7/9/2023 Fathoms Rhymeanalogy,death,grief,heart
7/9/2023 Ago Free verseanalogy,break up,love hur
7/9/2023 Singularity Free verseanalogy,introspection,lov
6/24/2023 Scribbled Rhymeintrospection,longing,lov
6/8/2023 Deliciously Malicious Rhymeanalogy,anger,passion,rom
6/8/2023 Drawn Free verseanalogy,imagery,lost love
6/5/2023 Berth Free verseage,analogy,blessing,deat
6/5/2023 Lopped Rhymebetrayal,love hurts,
6/5/2023 Timbre Free verseanalogy,care,introspectio
6/5/2023 Deserted Free verseheartbreak,heartbroken,im
6/5/2023 She Wore a Yellow Jacket Free versedark,death,drug,imagery,m
6/5/2023 Done Free verseconflict,pain,sympathy,
6/5/2023 Solo Sail Rhymeanalogy,introspection,lif
5/4/2023 Retrograde Free verseanalogy,beauty,love hurts
4/27/2023 Wrap Free verseaddiction,analogy,dark,su
4/27/2023 Kaput Rhymefunny,humor,satire,
4/27/2023 Just Write Free verseanimal,muse,writing,
4/27/2023 Then Rhymefamily,memory,nostalgia,
4/27/2023 Yet Rhymeanalogy,dream,heartbreak,
4/27/2023 Octopus Rhymeanalogy,body,passion,
3/15/2023 A Small Thing Rhymeappreciation,beauty,death
3/14/2023 Doppleganged Free verseallusion,analogy,characte
3/14/2023 The New Face of War Rhymeangst,holocaust,horror,vi
3/8/2023 Sideways Free versebreak up,imagery,love hur
3/6/2023 Neglected Rhymeage,analogy,appreciation,
3/6/2023 Wig, Out Rhymeage,funny,hair,humor,
2/23/2023 Reflects Free verseanalogy,dream,first love,
2/22/2023 Wake Me, Not Free verseanalogy,dream,lost love,m
2/14/2023 Away and On Rhymeage,life,wisdom,
2/14/2023 Aetas Free verseage,life,wisdom,
1/28/2023 The D Word Rhymeloss,mental illness,
1/28/2023 Straight On Rhymeadventure,analogy,death,f

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Fav Poems

PoemTitleFormCategories
Highveld Storm Rhymebreak up,longing,
A Midsummer Night's Beach Free versebeauty,color,creation,sea
Zest May Our Love Say Dizaindesire,devotion,love,roma
The World Around Us Rhymeearth,environment,war,
Never Shame a Woman Quatrainpassion,women,
Love of Nature Coupletnature,
Aurora At Dawn Rhymebeauty,inspirational,morn
The Ride Iambic Pentameterimagination,memory,sad,
A Prince For Roseanne Rhymefantasy,
Picture Perfect Rhymeamerica,corruption,deep,p
Violin Free verselonely,muse,romance,roman
It Don'T Really Matter Rhymefun,humor,love,
Behind Closed Doors - Emotive Write Rhymeabuse,bullying,house,lone
Broken Soldiers Rhymeage,humanity,soldier,
Gutter Pavement Runway Flight Free verseaddiction,appreciation,da
A Candid Rainscape Free verseflower,imagery,nature,rai
White Rainbows Imagismcolor,garden,imagery,
The Potter and the Clay Narrativechange,character,conflict
Surely, I Shall Prosebirth,death,
Amethyst Fate Ottava rimaflower,imagery,metaphor,
Time Lost In the Current Verseemotions,fear,ocean,
I Dance Prose Poetryabuse,dance,music,pain,
Love Lies Bleeding Rispettoflower,metaphor,
Worlds of Ice Free versedream,love,memory,sleep,w
Love Will Come To You Lyricintrospection,longing,lov
Cry For Wind Quatrainanalogy,animal,beautiful,
Lost Childhood -Part 4- Rhymeabuse,child,child abuse,c
May Showers Contest Haikunature,rain,
Yet Not Broken By the Blues Free verseanti bullying,holocaust,m
Freedom Is Written In Stars and Moon Free verseabuse,change,dark,freedom
Diamonds From the Sky Blank versebeautiful,beauty,desire,e
Touch -Sharon's Acrostic Contest Acrosticspiritual,
Starshine and Silhouettes Rhymebeauty,dance,desire,image
Hollow Man Rhymehappiness,introspection,i
My Solitary Wandering Free versememory,solitude,
From Glory To Dust-2 Acrosticangst,confusion,corruptio
Mawu Amongst Stars Sonnetbeauty,magic,memory,
Rainless Clouds Pantoumblue,sad,
Real Men Wear Pink Rhymecharacter,funny,humor,per
Poets Rhymeappreciation,encouraging,
Unsettled Sea Rhymenature,sea,sky,
Collateral Damage Dramatic Monologuecharacter,courage,freedom
Landscape - Beach Scene Quatrainart,
The Pearl Free versebeauty,blue,love,moon,nig
What Poetry Is Free verseimagery,poetry,words,
Morning Cues Versebeautiful,
Words-The Heart of Imagination Free verseuniverse,words,
He Has My Heart Verseart,longing,lust,passion,
July Free versesummer,
Transition To Death - Part I Free verseabsence,anger,dark,death,
A Night of Passion Free versehappiness,lust,passion,ro
The Stars and Beyond Sestinaadventure,space,stars,uni
Never To Be Mine Free versegrief,i miss you,memorial
Goodbye, My Love Free versedeath,goodbye,
Be Yourself Free verseconfusion,courage,emotion
A Kiss Remembered Sonnetlove,
Mister Joe Jangles Free versepoetry,poets,
Rape - trigger warning Free verseabuse,violence,
Indian Pipe Versedeath,nature,
As I Journey East Free versebeauty,journey,
Lake's Music Free versepeace,river,song,
When I No Longer Love You Romanticismlove,romance,
Under the Stars Romanticismautumn,love,poetry,romanc
His Evening's Mystery Lyriclove,mystery,
I Am Every Woman Biobeauty,deep,emotions,enco
Fated Hell Monorhymedeath,destiny,evil,
Laws of Attraction Free verseabuse,addiction,forgivene
Love's Eternal Death Sonnetemotions,lost love,
Collecting Teardrops Free versefriendship,lost,
One Last Time Free verselost love,
If I Let My Mind Meander Free verselost love,metaphor,
What Might Have Been Verselost love,
Prisoner of Words Free versemetaphor,poetry,words,
When Her Roses Bloom Romanticismlost love,rose,
As the Year Matures Monorhymejune,
Late Summer Nights Dream At the Cat In the Hat Coupletimagination,nonsense,
Nestled Under Your Wings Free verseimagery,inspirational,upl
Miss Allegheny Mountain Monorhymeimagery,mountains,nature,
Poetry Rhymeart,meaningful,poetry,poe
Autumn Royal Rhyme Royalautumn,sad,
In Silence Personificationautumn,death,
Pondering Castle Ruins At Dusk Free versebeauty,betrayal,
Despicable Free verseabuse,evil,girl,
Skipping a Stone Quatorzainimagery,nature,
Still I Run Villanelleautumn,death,truth,
Snow Birds Softly Sing Versebeautiful,bird,dance,dece
You Echo, Silent Still Free verselost love,
From Sunset To Sunrise Rhymelove,
Realization Sonnetlife,
Corridors of Uncertainty Chokaintrospection,
Hoping That It Might Be You Lyricfriendship love,hope,long
The Dark Side of Canada Free versehow i feel,
Dance of the Firebird Free versebeautiful,dance,sensual,
A Chorus Sang Its Last Concerto Elegybeach,emotions,
A Lullaby Rhymeloneliness,lost love,natu
Midnight Romance Sonnetdesire,dream,imagery,long
O, the Murmuring Waves Versespiritual,
There'Ll Be No Rain Sonnetchristmas,weather,winter,
Shadow Free verselost love,
Penny Hearts Rhymefirst love,valentines day

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Dale Gregory Cozart United States Flag United States Read
Freddie Robinson Jr. United States Flag United States Read
Andrea Dietrich United States Flag United States Read
Line Gauthier Canada Flag Canada Read
Connie Marcum Wong United States Flag United States Read
Janis Thompson United States Flag United States Read
Alexis Y. United States Flag United States Read
Jan Allison Isle Of Man Flag Isle Of Man Read
Brandy Nicole United States Flag United States Read
Laura Leiser United States Flag United States Read
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