Poetry by Cher-Such is Life

Such is Life (Poetry by Cher)

To my children, Nate, Ellie, Stevie

Such is Life, that is to be

How we live, it, you and me

To be kind and happy , is how it should go

To help one another and all join the show

Such is Life, that we struggle in vain

Everyday we see such horrible things

All around us is hate, greed and pain

Why does this world prey on such things

Such is Life, that we don't often see

How really wonderful it could be

Just to open our eyes, to seize the day

To enjoy the miracle of life in our wake

Such is Life, that if we don't stop

All the fighting,killings,guns that go pop

We may not be one day, how sad that would be

To lose this wonderous world full of glee

Such is Life, that to live is the greatest gift of all

Let's get together, don't drop the ball

Peace to our children and theirs one and all.

Cheryl L. Edwards Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L. Edwards

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POETRY SCAMMING?

Has Poetry.com stopped scamming?
For a long time, I thought of the International Library of Poetry and its online - Poetry.com scamming would-be poets by advertising big cash prizes, then accepting everything submitted to them as “high quality” work, and asking the poets to purchase the book-sized volumes with their poetry at a high price. Now, Watermark Media Group, the original owner of the Poetry.com domain, has gone out of business, and the domain name has been sold to Lulu.com, the big online print-on-demand self-publishing site.
from Publishers Weekly:“Lulu.com Launches Lulu Poetry, Introduces Contest,” by Lynn Andriani“Self-publishing site Lulu has launched a Poetry site, www.Poetry.com, where users can connect with other poets and digitally publish their own verse at no cost. The site resembles Lulu.com in that it is targeted toward writers who want to connect with their peers and have access to resources to receive reviews and feedback on their work.”
“Lulu Poetry Separate from Former Scam Site,” by Lynn Andriani“When self-publishing site Lulu announced earlier this week that it had launched a Poetry site at www.Poetry.com, some confusion ensued. That’s because before Lulu bought the domain Poetry.com, it was owned by Watermark Media, which had operated a “contest” on the site that was largely regarded by the online poetry community as a scam.”
Will Lulu Poetry be any better than the original Poetry.com? It’s still vanity publishing, but at least Lulu appears to be upfront about what they do.
Required reading before you submit to any contests:How to put together a poetry manuscript for publication“What’s Really Wrong with Poetry Book Contests?,” by David AlpaughIs Poetry Contest Publication Worth It?“A Word To the Wise: On entering your poems in competition,” by Kurt Heintz“You Do It Because You Love It,” by S.A. Griffin

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Poetry is yours!

Poetry is what you make it, if you like the way you wrote it, it feels good to you, then you have a great poem. Write what you feel, what you see and what you know, the rest will flow after that.Experts on poetry have so many do's and don'ts.....forget that, you can write what is in your heart and even get it published. Just stick to what feels right for you and you will be just fine.!Besides if it doesn't work as a poem, turn it into a song....that how the best songs come aboutPlease Read -Disclaimer
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writing-how to get published

Publication objective
Size of audience
Size of publication
Publication
Objective
If your goal is to become a best seller , a chapbook is not the way to go, but if what you're aiming to sell is small, conventional book publishers will not usually be interested. You might consider trying to sell your works to several literary magazines and such.
Size of Audience
Now, if you are trying to gain national recognition, you will most definitely want to submit your works, query letter and all, to conventional publishers.
Chapbooks will help you, though, if you are trying to reach a local audience.
This is not to say that a chapbook cannot get wider attention, especially with the the Internet; however, if you just want to get in touch with the people in your area, chapbook will definitely be sufficient.
Size of Publication
Chapbooks are relatively small. Usually, they are less than 50 pages in length, though a few of them are a bit longer.
Poetry and short stories are usually what chapbooks are best suited for.
Ways to Publish.
Self-publish at home. Chapbooks don't have to be complicated publications with a pretty glossy cover.
Some card stock, printing paper, software, the right stapler and a good printer can get you started.
Best of luck, now get started!

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THE ONES IN NEED BY CHER

THE ONES IN NEED BY CHER

Poverty can be unseen Poverty can be in your facePoverty is what no one wantsPeople want it in it's place

Why, do we treat people soWhy don't we try to knowThe kind of people who are in needThe ones who need to beg and plead

For your kindness and your heartFor your ear to listen and your eyes to seeHow bad life can really be

We walk on by, some of us sighSome want to help, others want to look awayWe grumble and say get a jobSome lend a hand and lift them up

Imagine if you canImagine, not a manBut a child crying out for foodOr crying for help from painNow Imagine if everyone listenedIf everyone helpedIf everyone opened their eyesIf we all just made that step

To do a little extraTo open our hearts and never turn away!

But for now we pretend it's not thereFor now we don't seem to careFor now we refuse to seeFor now they cease to be......literally

How do we close our eyes and justifyThe fact that we just walked on by??.....



Cheryl L. Edwards Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L.Edwards

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Poetry by Cher-How to get Published

Publication objective

Size of audience

Size of publication

Publication

Objective

If your goal is to become a best seller , a chapbook is not the way to go, but if what you're aiming to sell is small, conventional book publishers will not usually be interested. You might consider trying to sell your works to several literary magazines and such.

Size of Audience

Now, if you are trying to gain national recognition, you will most definitely want to submit your works, query letter and all, to conventional publishers.

Chapbooks will help you, though, if you are trying to reach a local audience.

This is not to say that a chapbook cannot get wider attention, especially with the the Internet; however, if you just want to get in touch with the people in your area, chapbook will definitely be sufficient.

Size of Publication

Chapbooks are relatively small. Usually, they are less than 50 pages in length, though a few of them are a bit longer.

Poetry and short stories are usually what chapbooks are best suited for.

Ways to Publish.

Self-publish at home. Chapbooks don't have to be complicated publications with a pretty glossy cover.

Some card stock, printing paper, software, the right stapler and a good printer can get you started.

Best of luck, now get started!

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Poetry by Cher- She has it all!

SHE HAS IT ALL!

SHE HAS IT ALL AND DOESN'T KNOW,

SHE HAS IT ALL, BUT LACKS THAT GLOW,

SHE HAS IT ALL BUT CANNOT SEE,

SHE HAS IT ALL WHAT CAN IT BE?

SHE CRIES ALL NIGHT, THE TEARS THAT BURN,

SHE TRIES TO FIGHT, THE LOVE THAT YEARNS,

SHE WANTS TO SCREAM AND LET IT OUT,

SHE HOLDS IT IN, WITH PAIN AND DOUBT.

SHE WATCHES THOSE WHO WALK ON BY,

SHE SEE'S THE OTHERS, SHE WONDERS WHY,

SHE HASN'T GOT WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE,

SHE KNOWS DEEP DOWN, AND IT MAKES HER SAD!

SHE SEES IT ALL, THE GLITZ , THE GLAM,

SHE SEES IT ALL, WHAT'S THE MATTER MAN,

SHE KNOWS THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY,

SHE SEES IT ALL, WHAT CAN I SAY.

SHE HAS IT ALL I SAY AGAIN,

SHE HAS IT ALL FROM NOW TIL THEN,

SHE HAS IT ALL, HOW CAN THAT BE,

SHE HAS IT ALL, IT'S FAMILY!

Cheryl L. Edwards Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L.Edwards

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POETRY BY CHER-THE FUNNY MAN

The Funny Man
To the Memory of John Ritter

Into my home, day after day

Into my heart he came to play

I laughed out loud at that man on t.v.

I cried many times cause he touched me

Year after year, like many

I watched him fall and pick himself up again

He prevailed over so much

He had a magic touch

He died today on September 11 2003

John Ritter was his name, and this hurts me

A great talent is gone, a kind man at that

I sympathize with his family

I hope they know, how many

Lives were touched by this wonderful man

I cry, I sob, I'll miss you

Signed,

a fan

Cheryl L. Edwards
Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L. Edwards

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Poetry by Cher- Baby

Poetry by Cher

Baby

Too small to see

Too hard to believe

Too crazy to be true

But it's there in you

No easy way out

No way around

No time to waste

Reality must be faced

It grows in you

It moves all about

It's part of you now

You must deal somehow

There's no other way or

You'll regret it someday

Keep that baby of yours and

Love it forever more

Cheryl Lynne Edwards
Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L.Edwards

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Poetry by Cher- How to get published

Poetry by Cher-How to get published.

There are so many places to get published online. The resources are there, you just have to check them out thourouly. Watch for publishers that want money upfront, I wouldn't fall into that trap.

Places like Poetry.com are a great place to start. They publish your poems and for a small fee you can buy a book or a book on tape

You can also enter contests, and there are word play games within the site.

There are other publishers online, good ones, all I can say is check them out. Make sure they will follow up with what they offer and as I said above......never pay out anything in advance.

I will check out some more sites and get back to you about who's the best to go with.

For now keep on writing, its good therapy and doesn't hurt to have plenty to work with.

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Mary Kate
Me made a friend the other day

Him had no name

or wouldn't say

Hims tail was wong

Face wosey wed

Poor wittle mousy

Me finks hims dead

No eyes

nor mouth.

Me went to check

and hims tail wapped

wound me wittle neck.

(written about my cat who got wrapped up in the computer mouse, while curious)

Cher Edwards

Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L. Edwards

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Poetry by Cher-Daddy's Home

Daddy's Home

Out the front door I stepped
As he pulled into the drive
His face covered full with hair
Like that of santa's pride.
Who was this man before me
My father's friend I was sure
I started off to tell him
That my father was not here.
So long gone was he away
To a child it seemed forever
Like a dream that never ended
But soon would get much better
With the puzzled look he gave
As I'm sure I had one too
He opened up his arms and said boy did I miss you
Just like in a movie
My heart was pounding loudly
The longest foot I ever ran into the arms of daddy

Cheryl L. Edwards

Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L.Edwards

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POETRY-BY CHER- DADDY'S GOING

DADDY'S GOING

Daddy's Going

Don't cry my babies

Daddy's not gone forever

Mommy & Daddy just can't seem to get it together

Somedays's are good you know, but most are not

So Daddy must now go

He's not far away

He will visit often ,you can see him when you wish

So don't cry my kids

It'll hurt for a while, for all of us it must

It'll take getting used to

But hear me and trust

Don't cry my babies

Things will get better

Now, we move on and Hurt no more

Cheryl L. Edwards

Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L.Edwards

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POETRY BY CHER-SUCH IS LIFE

Such is Life (Poetry by Cher)
To my children, Nate, Ellie, Stevie

Such is Life, that is to be
How we live, it, you and me
To be kind and happy , is how it should go
To help one another and all join the show
Such is Life, that we struggle in vain
Everyday we see such horrible things
All around us is hate, greed and pain
Why does this world prey on such things
Such is Life, that we don't often see
How really wonderful it could be
Just to open our eyes, to seize the day
To enjoy the miracle of life in our wake
Such is Life, that if we don't stop
All the fighting,killings,guns that go pop
We may not be one day, how sad that would be
To lose this wonderous world full of glee
Such is Life, that to live is the greatest gift of all
Let's get together, don't drop the ball
Peace to our children and theirs one and all.

Cheryl L. Edwards
Copyright ©2008 Cheryl L. Edwards



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I am not a professional poet. I can only offer advice and my personal knowledge on the subject.