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My Poetic Mentor
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I wrote this for the woman whose poetry at a seminar gave me courage to try to write. She read her poems again at this year's seminar and I was inspired all over again.


 

 
I’ve taken little steps
on a road I’d never walked.
She led the way so masterly
I learned much as we talked.
I marveled at her special skill
and listened with great awe
then I stepped up to the plate
and tried to hit the ball.
As time passed and on my own
I tried each day to grow
then I watched her once again
as her face shared its glow.
She painted pictures dramatically
with each well-chosen word.
My confidence seemed to grow
with each picture I heard.
She is an inspiration
a God-given mentor.
And I give thanks to God
that in my life he sent her.

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Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on March 13, 2008
Larry, you are a good writer, getting better with each effort. Keep working at perfecting this gift. Nice of you to remember that person that lit up your creative light.

Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by Georg Mateos
Reviewed on March 13, 2008
Dear Larry, that's not a mentor, that's a Muse! ! ! and you have giving her a tribute worth the salt of a poet.

Georg

Reviewed by Tavia McDowell (Reader)
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
This was brilliantly written. I think you should read this one at the next seminar when she is there. I bet you'd secretly inspire her.
Wouldn't that be awesome? I think it would. God bless.

Tavia

Reviewed by Kathy Armijo
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
She may have inspired you to give poetry writing a chance. BUT, I am glad to be the recipient of your writing. It always lifts my heart or tickles my funny bone [missing Phydoux]. Congratulations to listening to your heart and following His lead.



God bless you. Kathy

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
this is a wonderful tribute to your mentor.

Reviewed on March 12, 2008
Larry,

Excellent tribute to your Mentor. Good on you!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Reviewed by Jill Eisnaugle
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
A fine tribute to your mentor, Larry. I believe, as poets, each of us probably remembers our first attempt at writing a poem; I know I do.

Keep writing and never let the ink run dry.

Jill

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on March 12, 2008
A thank you piece of poetic musing . . . The reader of poems . . . the awe and realization that what you were hearing was beautiful and meaningful . . . Taking a huge gulp, you wrote that very first poem . . . Taking an even bigger gulp you let people read it . . . WoW!! They liked it . . . Now a lot of people like Larry R Linville's poems . . . Congratulations on taking that first step . . . It is usually the most difficult, but it is the most necessary . . .


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