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Moses Hochstetler (Age: 61)
Indiana, United States

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Date Joined: May 10, 2003
Last Logon: January 6, 2010
Last Bio Update: January 6, 2010
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I have had a rural upbringing, and many of my poems reflect this lifestyle. I didn't realize my writing potential until I turned forty, but I had a dream as a youngster that I was standing before a huge crowd reciting my own poetry, and it flowed effortlessly from my mouth. Now many of my poems come "spur of the moment" through some sort of inspiration, and sometimes I write 2 or 3 poems in one day. At other times I labor for years to try and get a poem just right. My most prolific year was 1992 - during which I averaged more than 2 poems per week.
I recently graduated from the Institute of children's literature, and expect to contribute a number of poems for and about children in the future (one of my favorite subjects to write about). I write on all types of subjects from serious social issues to humorous and non-sense verses, and from nostalgic, love, and nature,to inspirational. I try to vary my meter, form, and style, as well as to go from fiction to non-fiction, traditional to free-verse. One of my favorite styles is the Sonnet. Some of my favorite poets are Shakespeare, Oliver Wendall Holmes, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Guest, and my fellow native-born Hoosier: James Whitcomb Riley. Although I favor the traditional style in my own writing, my all time favorite poem (excluding some of the Psalms) is "Lincoln, Man of the People" - a "free verse" by Edwin Markham.
My poetic philosophy is that poems should in some way inspire,move the emotions, or be touching, uplifting,encouraging, thought-provoking, educational, beautiful, or just plain fun.
I have received numerous awards and honorable mentions in national poetry contests. A number of my lyrics have been written to music by artists and recorded and/or performed before live audiences. I have appeared and read poetry on Public television and at banquets, and I long ago lost track of all the books, magazines, and newspapers that have published my writings. I have a book being published by Xlibris, with 52 poems, lyrics, and essays on my past experiences growing up in an Amish family. the book is titled "Recollections of An Amish Childhood" and is available in both soft cover and hard cover. It is now available through Barnes & Noble.
Other interests of mine are cooking, playing guitar, listening to classical, Celtic, and folk/bluegrass music, dining out with friends and family, and Biblical research. I am a deeply religious individual, father, and grandfather. I have ideas for several historical novels, and some day hope to start a syndicated small town newspaper column under the heading: "Talk of the Town."
Thanks, Bob, for giving us this wonderful site, and thank you (random order) Gregory, Lyle, Walter, Robert, Barry, Denny, Candy, Janet, Janice, Dawn, Regina, Irina, Denise, Nancy, Pepper, Kay Lee, Joan, Jenny, Paul, Caitlin, and my two adoptees: Victoria and Heather, (and all the rest of you, adults and Jr's.) for all your wonderful comments about my poems, (and yes - even your corrections!)and for sharing all of your thoughts and beautiful compositions with the rest of us.
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10-127 03-29-04 720 Pre-Video & Post Video
13-127 12-12-03 1491 Jacob's Pillar Stone
10-127 12-08-03 1038 Poetry Contests
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10-127 07-20-03 1334 Taking Time To Smell the Roses
10-127 06-04-03 1685 How To Rate and Judge Poetry
13-127 05-30-03 836 Sunny Side Up
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13-127 01-27-08 267 November Moon
10-127 02-28-04 496 The Broodersville Hens
13-127 02-28-04 626 The Sage of Tara Hill
10-127 02-22-04 540 Your Love Gift
7-127 02-22-04 625 The Measly Little Mouse
10-127 02-06-04 455 O For a Moment
10-127 01-17-04 790 Haunted House On Sycamore Street
13-127 01-11-04 648 Dawn of the New Millennium
13-127 01-11-04 558 "Can Do!"
10-127 01-05-04 463 My Gypsy Queen
10-127 01-05-04 724 Neanderthal
10-127 12-26-03 504 How Time Flies
10-127 12-24-03 453 Time
10-127 12-21-03 467 Untitled
10-127 12-21-03 423 June
10-127 12-15-03 486 The Sea, the Sand, and the Surf
10-127 12-13-03 530 No Hearth and Home
13-127 12-11-03 457 Healing of the Heart
10-127 12-10-03 535 Human Bondage
7-127 12-05-03 515 Winter Dawn
10-127 12-05-03 460 December
7-127 11-16-03 613 Thanksgiving Day Is Here Again
10-127 09-30-03 629 The Man Who Said "I Can't"
10-127 09-28-03 616 My Chandelier (To My Daughter)
13-127 09-21-03 602 O City of St. Petersburg
10-127 09-19-03 493 Love Comes Flying On a Wing
13-127 09-18-03 506 The Lovers' Chord
13-127 09-15-03 582 Shiloh
16-127 09-07-03 479 Mumbo Jumbo
13-127 09-06-03 597 When the Geese Fly By
18-127 08-31-03 519 Bad Billy
10-127 08-31-03 566 No Rose
10-127 08-26-03 458 Boondoggle Bash
10-127 08-23-03 509 As a Lighthouse Stands
10-127 08-17-03 468 Huskin' Corn
13-127 08-15-03 519 Pure White Peonies (series of Haiku)
13-127 08-09-03 517 The Poet's Quill
10-127 08-07-03 594 Frivolity
13-127 08-06-03 1017 The Taste of Bitter Almonds
10-127 08-02-03 691 Mulligan's Stew
10-127 07-28-03 662 You and Me
7-127 07-25-03 583 A Friend
10-127 07-25-03 624 July
7-127 07-21-03 793 A Good Many Creatures
10-127 07-20-03 474 The Royal Rose
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7-127 07-18-03 867 The Harvest Unicorn
13-127 07-14-03 466 Shattered Dreams
7-127 07-12-03 592 Magnetic Poem #2
18-127 07-12-03 631 Dear Friend: to all my dear friends on PnP
13-127 07-11-03 571 Alabaster Wine
10-127 07-10-03 615 For Want of Cursed Things
7-127 07-09-03 742 I Wrote a Poem Once
10-127 07-08-03 552 1st Place, Illiad Press, July 6, 1993
10-127 07-07-03 656 Rural Charm
10-127 07-06-03 632 She Gave To Him Her Rose
7-127 07-06-03 540 Aunt Matildy's Soup
10-127 07-04-03 485 Peace In Bozrah
7-127 07-02-03 577 Weep For the Child
10-127 07-01-03 827 The Homeless Man
13-127 06-30-03 501 November Chill
10-127 06-30-03 664 (Epic) The Luciferic Cherub
10-127 06-30-03 536 Sonnet of Peace
7-127 06-28-03 578 Limerick - Mistreated Goose
7-127 06-28-03 503 Irreverence
10-127 06-27-03 494 As a Dream Dies
10-127 06-25-03 491 'Neath the Portals of Love
10-127 06-25-03 625 Song Lyrics: Under the Juniper Tree
10-127 06-19-03 607 Against the Stream
7-127 06-18-03 901 The Princess' Wedding Dress
13-127 06-18-03 577 Sonnet: A Monument of Death
7-127 06-18-03 588 Lyric: The Angels In Heaven
10-127 06-16-03 575 Adam's Debacle
7-127 06-14-03 505 The Spider and the Rat
10-127 06-12-03 1188 Cherry Blossoms
10-127 06-04-03 520 Haiku - WHISPERING PINES
7-127 06-04-03 550 The Sailboat Cindy Lou
7-127 06-02-03 769 The Captain of Our Ship
7-127 06-01-03 568 Nudity
10-127 06-01-03 486 Spirit
10-127 06-01-03 598 Software
7-127 05-31-03 1114 Jack B. Quick (a children's poem)
10-127 05-31-03 541 I'll Do It
18-127 05-31-03 458 The Dagger's Edge
10-127 05-29-03 675 Ode To An Ancient Spiel
13-127 05-29-03 662 Beauty of Death
18-127 05-29-03 448 Footprints In the Snow
18-127 05-27-03 489 Love Lost
18-127 05-27-03 671 Tomato Puree
4-127 05-26-03 887 Say No To Drugs
10-127 05-25-03 651 Seven Limericks
10-127 05-23-03 753 Love Rekindled
7-127 05-23-03 577 Who Would Give Drugs To a Child?
13-127 05-21-03 585 Song of the Lonely Heart
10-127 05-21-03 545 Marriage-Go-Round
13-127 05-20-03 793 Come Dance With Me, Amanda Wells
10-127 05-20-03 1054 Spell of the China Sea
7-127 05-20-03 556 Captains In the Army
10-127 05-19-03 769 Empathy
10-127 05-17-03 533 The Day of the Cavalry
13-127 05-16-03 679 Fleeting Youth
10-127 05-15-03 748 A Fruitful Yield
10-127 05-14-03 831 Blessed Curse
7-127 05-14-03 500 High Sea!


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