In February of this year (2013), I posted my first poem on Hello Poetry. I now post for the 100th time in 10 months with almost 40,000 reads.

I know that there are so many great poets out there and I thank each of you for reading my poems. I also want to thank those who follow me on a regular basis and give me feedback both good and bad.   I try to respond to each message left as I feel even if only to say a simple thank you I should respond back.  If you the reader can take the time to write something then I should at least take a moment and respond with a thank you.  So below are stanzas from the most popular readers choices of my poems and several stanzas from the poems that I feel have special meaning to me. If I leave out a stanza from your favorite poem, please forgive me as with 100 poems posted this would be way to long to post one stanza from each poem.  Again thank you all for reading and if you see a stanza below that you forgot or catches your eye, please feel free to go to my collection and read again, or in some cases read for the first time. I have enjoyed reading so many of the great poems from so many talented poets and I am so glad to have made so many new poetry friends.

Thank you all so much.       Carl Joseph Roberts (Joe)

Carl Joseph Roberts Poems
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*Perfect Not Vain

Don't hate yourself for not being me
It's a curse to look this good
Each morning when I wake up
I must admire my own good looks*
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*Fashion­ Trend (LOL)

Now the judge he was not happy
But he did not give me time
He said wear a G-String where you want
No one can take that right*
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*Decisio­ns Made

Live or die with what you do
Your choice decides which one for you
The outcome to decide your fate
A short life lived or dieing late*
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*yes, Yes, YES!  (LOL)

The head you give it wont last long
I'll feel your wetness on my tongue
Then close my eyes and take you in
A guilty pleasure till I'm done*
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*The Waiting Time

So please let me go on pretending
For that is the only way I can bare
Without you the silence surrounds me
And turns my waiting time to tears*
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*The Golden Rule

Just give them what they need the most
And don't take what is not yours
Do whats right like your mother said
And you'll get that big reward*
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*Thank The Peppered Pickle Clown

He started out his short life
Looking through a stained glass jar
Watching his sweet pickled brother
Become a kosher star*
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Only In A Dream

A new evening comes, I drift to sleep
And I feel you next to me
We are holding hands as we share our lives
But it's only in a dream
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FEAR

So the next time that you're feeling fear
Know it could be something good
Fear can be the best part of life
Once its understood... Fear
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That One Lost Love

Have you ever had that one lost love
That you remember from your past
The one who seemed to get away
But you wish you could have back
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I'll Never Stop Loving You

It was a promise to God to forever be
But now I walk this path alone
I fill the void and loneliness
With others who come and go
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*I'm Home

I can look out each new window
Or look in and see the view
And never see a memory
Of the time I spent with you*
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*Best Friend

He eats and drinks when he wants
Takes naps in the afternoons
Jumps off the couch when I walk in
because he knows I don't approve*
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*Life's Ride

A few more hills and one last turn
Then that slow unwanted stop
You're happy that you took life's ride
But life's ride not long enough*
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*See The Future

The past can call you back in time
Just when you least expect
It tries to tell you what to feel
And how you should react*
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*I'll Be Missing You

As you look back on the memory
Of our love that was once true
Please know that while you're far away
I'll be missing you*
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His Voice Or Mine

Can his hands caress your body
The ways that mine once did
Will his touch give you pleasure
Like only i could give
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The Dotted Line

Now this is the last I'll see you
The final ending of our time
For today we signed two different names
Just above the dotted line
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Have You Ever Lost A Smile

Have you ever lost a smile
That you gave to someone else
Did they take the smile and keep it
Or did they pass the smile around
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*Compared To Many Others

So today i will just stop and think
Of this good life that I have
Compared to many others
It's really not that bad