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SoundEagleI have a list of folks whom I know all written in a book,
And every year at Christmas time I go and take a look.
And that is when I realize that these names are of a part,
Not of the book in which they’re written, but of my very heart.
Each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime,
And in that meeting they’ve become the rhythm of the rhyme.
And while it sounds fantastic of me to make this claim,
I really feel that I’m composed of each remembered name.
And while you may not be aware of any special link,
Just meeting you has shaped my life more than you can think.
For once you’ve met somebody, those years they can’t erase,
The memories of a pleasant word or of a friendly face.
So never think that my Christmas greeting is just a mere routine,
Of names upon a Christmas list forgotten in between.
For when I send a Christmas greeting that is addressed to you,
It’s because you’re on that list of folks whom I am indebted to.
For I’m but a total of the many ones I’ve met,
And you happen to be one of those I prefer not to forget.
And whether I’ve known you for many years or few,
In some way you had a part in shaping things I do.
So every year when Christmas comes, I realize anew,
The biggest gift that life can give is meeting someone like you.
And may the spirit of Christmas that forever and ever endures,
Leave its richest blessings in the heart of you and yours.
Author is unknown or contested.
Many variations and adaptations exist.
All I Want for Christmas is Yew
All I Want for New Year is Due
All I Want for Dessert is Few
All I Want for Desert is Dew
All I Want for the Present is Cue
All I Want for the Future is You
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Those are beautiful seasons greetings, SoundEagle!
In my own simple words I am sending just as much warmth and love to you as I received from your post. Thank you for being here! 🙂
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Hello Stefanie! Five years have elapsed, and SoundEagle is once again here to greet you as the new year approaches us. May you have a wonderful time and eventful holiday during this festive season!
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Thank you very much, SoundEagle!
I hope you are having wonderful Christmas and am wishing you a beautiful, peaceful and inspiring 2018!
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Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
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Thank you, Anna, for coming over to wish SoundEagle a Merry Christmas. May you find greater fulfillment in 2018 and beyond! Do you plan to have some special resolutions for the new year?
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A beautiful poem!!! Thank you … and thank you for your support during theis past year. Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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Delighted by your comment and acknowledgement, 🦅SoundEagle looks forward to having more opportunities to interact with Jill at this multidisciplinary eyrie.
May you realize with great satisfaction many of your resolutions and aspirations that you may have fashioned for the new year!
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It is exactly one year since you last commented here! And it is definitely the time of the year for SoundEagle🦅 to gift and greet you with lovely and fluffy snowflakes, as seen at the very start of this comment.
In particular, you are cordially invited back for another delightful visit to this post, which has been imparted with many eye-catching improvements, including an animation of falling pearl-like snowflakes commemorating the passing years from 2012 to the present!
May this vastly improved post once again find you in good spirit whilst also wishing you all the best during the festive season and new year!
In addition, SoundEagle🦅 would like to wish you not just a happy Boxing Day and a joyful Saint Stephen’s Day but also a joyous Kwanzaa from 26 December 2018 to 1 January 2019!
May 2019 be better than 2018 for us, and may the new year be more memorable than the old for the right reasons!
Yours sincerely,
ჱܓSoundEagle🦅
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Lovely words sir, may 2018 be your finest year yet!
– Esme Cloud waving holly
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Welcome Sonmi (Esme)! How very nice it is to be given a title! “Sir SoundEagle🦅” does seems to have a good ring about it. Thank you. 🙂
Indeed, may 2018 be charitable to our aspirations and amenable to our resolutions!
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A terrific poem, both in form and in sentiment. May your 2018 exceed your fondest hopes. 🙂
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Thank you, Cathleen. It is somewhat surprising that the excellent poem remains somewhat obscure. Perhaps its length could be hindering it from being used more widely. Even its origin cannot be determined precisely. Have you even encountered it elsewhere?
Let’s hope that 2018 will exceed our expectations amicably, if not wildly. 🙂
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Sorry I am just now reading my Christmas mail but am delighted I didn’t miss it. It certainly is a special greeting and I send my gratitude for such a sweet gift! Please accept my reply and best wishes for another year of joy to many and thanks to all for remembering that one who is a giver will be amazed to learn such gifts come back again to bless again on another day. Merry Christmas SoundEagle!
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Welcome, Marie! Thank you for recognizing how special the greeting is, and for your good wish and advice. May you continue to blog prolifically about whatever topics and matters that inspire or appeal to you! Happy New Year! 🙂
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Seasons Greetings and a happy and successful 2018 to you.
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Thank you, Bob. As mentioned, may you find 2018 an even better and more satisfying year in which to accomplish some or all of your resolutions and endeavours! 🙂
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A lovely poem for the season and every day. We are all formed by our experiences and those with whom we share our time. It’s a wonderful thing to remember. Happy New Year!
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A beautiful post, my friend. Happy New Year! 💕
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Thank you and the very best wishes for a prosperous New Year for us all, new direction for our living world and solutions to our global crises. I appreciate being a part of your blog as well. 😊
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Have a grand 2018!
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Have a great 2018.
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I came; I saw; I conquered. Ooops! I mean what a lovely post SoundEagle … Forgot where I was for a moment. lol
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🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌔 Whether waxing with joy or waning with sorrow in mid-January over the bright blue or dull grey sky, Marie the Moon has finally bestowed on SoundEagle the chance of witnessing with great delight the momentous sight of her wandering gracefully across geolocations and time zones to meet and greet the festive denizens celebrating 🎊 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Joyful Holiday 🎄🎅⛄.
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It’s so good to be appreciated, SoundEagle. Thank you!:)
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🌕 Marie the Moon came, saw and conquered, even forgot where she was for a moment. That Moment Matters!
For The Moment, will Marie the Moon stay and play, or fly away?
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It depends … if you make it worth my while. lol
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🌕 Dear Marie the Moon,
Please kindly fly over and shine your endearing moonlight on the special post entitled 🦅 SoundEagle in Best Moment Award from Moment Matters 🔖🏆 to uncover why and how it is worth your while🔖 and moment🕰.
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Season’s Greetings from
ჱܓSoundEagle
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I hope you would spend this year with health and too much happiness, my earthling friend!
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Thank you, wise migarium! May 2018 also bring you better insights and effective ways to rescue humanity from its endless follies and foibles! ✨🌌🌟🌠✨☄️
How long is one ‘year’ on your planet? How many such ‘years’ have you lived through?
Even more importantly, SoundEagle🦅 would like to find out from you whether the past and future exist or whether only the present exists, and also how often, if at all, you live in the moment and ponder the meaning of life, mortality, the purpose of existence, and the spacetime continuum, by visiting and replying at the very special post entitled 🦅 SoundEagle in Best Moment Award from Moment Matters 🔖🏆.
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Thank you for your kind words, my earthling friend! It has been very busy last months, that’s why I can reply to you right now. I will more write in later days, I hope you are fine, and your days in 2018 are continuing in good!
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Hello, wise migarium👽! Happy New Year to you! ✨🎉🎊🎄☃️🌟🎅⛄🌟
It is the time of the year for SoundEagle🦅 to send you some chocolate-coated snowflakes, especially if you have developed a sweet tooth on Earth 🌍🌎🌏.
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Meeting someone like me? Why thank you. 🙂
Tell me, whose paintings are these? I love naïve art.
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How do you do? Welcome Bojana and Happy 2018!
Those are works of digital art, not paintings. You are invited to view more examples at the following posts:
May you have a very delightful weekend, Bojana!
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hope your 2018 is starting off well 🙂
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Hi Craig,
1. I know da-Al,
2. Happy belated new year to you.
3. You liked a comment I made on Sound Eagle’s blog. I wanted to come introduce myself. I blog at MostlyBlogging.com. Maybe you can check out my blog if you need any blogging tips. That’s what I write about. I also have blog parties.
Janice
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Hello Janice
Belated New Year greetings and best wishes to you also. I have just visited your blog, which seems to be a mine of useful information. At present I do not blog myself, but rather make occasional contributions to Soundeagle’s site. Three more of our collaborative efforts are due to be posted in the fairly near future.
Warmest regards
Craig
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Beautiful! xoxoxo
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I don’t know if I can comment or not. Lately my comments have been blocked, but in case it works, thanks for this moving poem. Has five years really elapsed? It’s hard to believe. My very best to you!
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Lovely poem!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Joyful Holidays
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Lovely blog.
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Some jazz for a change:
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Welcome! SoundEagle🦅 is gifting and greeting you with lovely and fluffy snowflakes, as seen at the very start of this comment, especially since you are feeling the heat of global warming, rendered as piano music. May SoundEagle🦅’s post ❄ ❅ ❆ Snowflakes, Tell Me Why You Are… ❄❅❆❅ ❆ lift all of your spirit as the new year dawns soon!
Since you left some “jazz” music here, SoundEagle🦅 would like to reciprocate with some original musical compositions for you to savour at 🦅 SoundEagle in SoundCloud: Art, Music and Compositions about New Sensations, Love, Life, Country, Nature, Dreaming, Meditation and Spirituality 🏞🎼🎶. Please enjoy!
Yours sincerely,
ჱܓSoundEagle🦅
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Thanks so very much … same to you and yours!! Only good tidings for the new year!! Peace …
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Have a wonderful 2019! I see you are in a very festive mood, let’s try to keep that idea throughout the new year!!
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Happy New Year! Wishing you a great 2019.
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Thank you, cfssufferer and king of puzzles! Please be informed that if your web browser can run Adobe Flash applications properly, then you will be able to play games, solve puzzles and see more animations on SoundEagle🦅’s website, including this very post. Please enjoy!
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Happy New year SE, It’s been a pleasure seeing you here, and there. Warm regards—Jim
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Season’s Greetings from
ჱܓSoundEagle
Thank you for your paying SoundEagle🦅 a visit in the new year. May 2019 become adequately special and potent to bring you even more existential clarity and grant you the enlightened capability to be born again into whatever your heart, karma or intellect desires!
In your explorative journey towards achieving your born-again transformation(s) of any kind, you may lean on SoundEagle🦅’s strength and conviction as follows:
Swirls of Gypsy Delight
Usurp my Gothic Knight
Reign not SoundEagle’s Flight
For I seek thy Crested Might
You are very welcome to learn about the provenance and providence of this poem as well as its variants and designs at the post entitled “🦅 SoundEagle in Art and Poetry 📜”.
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A beautiful and deeply meaningful poem, Sound Eagle.
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Happy New year to you and your family.
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Happy New Year Sound Eagle, all the best for 2019
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Have a wonderful year & All the best for an amazing blogging journey in 2019 🙂
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❄ ❄ ❆❅❆❅ ❆ ❄ ❄ Greetings from SoundEagle🦅 with some chocolate-coated snowflakes for thoughtsmakeu1007💁🏻! Happy New Year to you! ✨🎉🎊🎄☃️🌟. Thank you for liking many posts of SoundEagle🦅. You are very welcome to concentrate on some or all of the following eight posts chosen especially for you:
Hopefully you will be tremendously surprised and suitably impressed by their styles and contents. Please actually visit those posts rather than viewing them on the WordPress Reader, which cannot authentically and adequately reproduce the sophisticated look and feel of this website, because the Reader is not conducive to showing posts with advanced styling and formatting as well as animations.
Please be informed that you might need to use a desktop or laptop computer with a large screen to view the rich multimedia contents available for heightening your multisensory enjoyment at my websites, some of which could be too powerful and feature-rich for iPad, iPhone, tablet or other portable devices to handle properly or adequately. A fast broadband connection is also helpful.
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Sure,Good efforts. Will soon look into them. Appreciate if my blog posts are also actually visited rather than viewing and liking 🙂
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Hello thoughtsmakeu1007💁🏻,
Let it be clarified that it does not matter at all whether your blog posts are actually visited or viewed in the WordPress Reader, because in both cases, they look more or less the same. In stark contrast, SoundEagle🦅’s blog posts and pages can look dramatically different as a result of the Reader being unable to display their advanced features, including enhanced styling, animations, applications and games.
Furthermore, if your web browser can run Adobe Flash Player properly, then you will be able to play games, solve puzzles and/or see more animations on SoundEagle🦅’s website. Please enjoy the selected posts to your heart’s content!
Yours sincerely,
ჱܓSoundEagle🦅
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Lovely. I hope your holidays were merry and bright, and that 2019 is your best year yet. 🙂
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I gladly accept that greeting.
Nicely said. All the best in 2019 and lots of good posts.
Btw, I love naïve art. Good choice.
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This was truly wonderful. I really felt like I was part of something bigger. Thank you and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! 😀
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Season’s Greetings from
ჱܓSoundEagle
Thank you for your paying SoundEagle🦅 a visit in the new year, and for feeling wonderful about being “part of something bigger”.
In your savouring and remembering the “truly wonderful” feeling that this celebratory post has generated in you, may 2019 and beyond also become truly special and potent to bring you even more research clarity and grant you the fantastical wherewithal to be a master in criminology so as to protect your city from lurking evil by applying astute observation, behavioural profiling, forensic science and logical reasoning, with or without the Batman manoeuvres!
May Lashaan and Trang find the ultimate comics, manga, novels, TV shows, movies and other books to review, revere and revel in!
Perhaps one day you will indeed start reviewing nonfictional writings, whether in books or blogs. Should this become a reality, SoundEagle🦅 would very much like to invite you to take up the intellectual challenge of reviewing and critiquing a very well-formatted, almost book-length post entitled The Quotation Fallacy “💬”.
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That’s a fine poem you have there! It seems to have a sort of meter to it. As you probably know, the most common meter in English is the iambic. So far I like the heroic mode of verse best, which consists of 10 syllables in iambic pentameter, with rhymes for every couplet. The following is a famous example:
True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, though ne’er so well expressed. -Pope
Some of the greatest English poets have used it, including Shakespeare and Pope, because it is the most suitable & elegant for the language.
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Poetic Greetings from
ჱܓSoundEagle
Swirls of Gypsy Delight
Usurp my Gothic Knight
Reign not SoundEagle’s Flight
For I seek thy Crested Might
You are very welcome to learn about the provenance and providence of this poem as well as its variants and designs at the post entitled “🦅 SoundEagle in Art and Poetry 📜”.
As you can see at the start of this comment, SoundEagle🦅 is gifting you some chocolate-coated snowflakes to satisfy your festive spirit or sweet tooth, and to thank you for your paying SoundEagle🦅 a visit in the new year, as well as for your previous comment on the Christmas poem, which seems to be largely a fourteener, as it is more or less in the style of iambic heptameter, albeit containing a few rhythmic variations.
Should you desire to whet your poetic appetite further, the following poems composed by SoundEagle🦅 harbour unusual, unconventional or innovative techniques, the styles and patterns of which you are very welcome to detect, decode and critique.
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Congratulations, SoundEagle!
I have nomimated your blog for the Mystery Blogger Award.
More about this nomination is at
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/mystery-blogger-award-thank-you-yaasotaa/
And a happy 2019!
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Warm and heart-felt … this poem glows. Thanks for sharing. And thank you for visiting my various JanBeek posts and leaving your calling card so I could find you. What a find!!
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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Merry Festivus, Happy Hanukkah or Bah Humbug!
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Merry Christmas!
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Soundeagle, apparently you are under the impression that WP is a writing workshop. Your harsh critique left at my post was not appreciated but since you seem to want frankness, my advice is to rely on your writing skills and skip the gimmicks.
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Thank you for your second visit and comment here, which ostensibly are the result of your reaction to SoundEagle🦅’s comment on your poem as follows:
As you can see, SoundEagle🦅’s comment above was meant for you as well as Jonathan, who commented earlier on your blog to advise you about your poem as follows:
Let’s hope that in time, you will come to realize that SoundEagle🦅 meant well, and that you will go on to write many more poems and texts to your own satisfaction, regardless of what and how SoundEagle🦅 or anybody else might have responded to your output at a particular moment in time.
By the way, SoundEagle🦅 has also prepared some comprehensive, systematic and beneficial tools to assist all and sundry in their journey and endeavour to become a better artist, blogger and writer. Click one or more of the following to enjoy them:
Yours sincerely,
ჱܓSoundEagle🦅
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Wish you also a very Happy 2020 and beyond, may it be all you wish for, thank you for your generous share of music and inspiration.. And thank you for your valued friendship over at Dreamwalker’s Sanctuary..
Love and Peace in all you do..
Sue 🙂
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Happy New year and happy Christmas Dear!!❤️❣️
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Thank you, “Sound Eagle.” I was amused at the winter, European theme of your Christmas message. Not many snowflakes in Australia at the moment!
With metta,
Bob
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Thank you very much for emailing me on 28 December 2019 the following:
It is delightful that you have been thinking of SoundEagle🦅, your newly adopted son, who hereby wishes you the very best in your endeavours during 2020 as you make your new resolutions, and who detests summer heat and enjoys the 4Cs: Cool Climate Creature Comfort, the raison d’être for featuring the festive season’s greetings with plenty of animated snowflakes and the European theme, as you have astutely and amusedly observed as well as reported.
Once again, Happy New Year to you and also Happy Perihelion on this Sunday 5th January 2020 at around 7:48 GMT when the Earth reaches at the point on its orbit at which it is at its closest to the Sun, where the distance from the Sun’s centre to Earth’s centre will be 147,091,144 km, as opposed to Aphelion (the furthest distance from the Sun) at 12:34 GMT on Saturday 4th July 2020 when the centre of the Earth will be 152,095,295 km from the centre of the Sun.
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Thank you, Sound Eagle. You are certainly one in 7.6 billion.
I wish for you safety from the bushfires, joy with your loved ones and the influence to cause good.
🙂
Bob
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This is such a colorful post, with a very nice poem in it! It is a perfect way to start your year and to make others start like that! Awesome! Thank you for bringing light in me with your post 🙂
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All the best for 2020. 🙂
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Those are so beautiful and meaningful season greetings. Thanks a lot for you lovely wishes. I hope this Christmas brings joy and happiness to all of us.
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS to you. The contents of all the write-up, especially the poem are exceptional.
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your well-wishers.
WITH REGARDS😊🙏😊🙏
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Thank you for your direction here SE…. Some beautiful poems and graphics which always astound me… Love and Blessings as we enter into Dec…
Sue x
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