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Melancholy Memory

Youth from long ago
Back when I was little
And still in grammar school…
Innocence

I held puppy love
I thought she was all that
My whole world was for her…
Gratitude

Swiftly things went south
Felt the pains of lost love
Hurt was running rampant…
Illusion

Cried for many days
I couldn’t digest pain
I was lost within me…
Destruction

My heart is broken
Finally I knew grief
I felt it throughout me…
Saddened love

Melancholy Form by Constance 5/6/6/3  X5

Contest: Melancholy Memory
Sponsor: Constance La France

5/13/2013

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Monterey Sirak

Date: 6/8/2013 11:25:00 AM

Congrats on your win. Lovely poem

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/6/2013 8:47:00 PM

Hi Russell, a nice winning poem. *Congratulations in Constance "Melancholy Memory" contest. always~ LINDA

Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Date: 6/6/2013 12:39:00 PM

Congrats on your well deserved placement. Glad to see it on the list. AO

Connie Gildersleeve

Date: 6/5/2013 7:26:00 PM

Congratulations Russell on your fantastic win. Warm Smiles, Connie

Joyce Johnson

Date: 6/4/2013 5:16:00 PM

You expressed your loss beautifully. Congratulations. Love, Joyce

Timothy Hicks

Date: 5/16/2013 1:02:00 AM

Sad indeed! Well done on working with the difficult restraints... with mine it kinda came out fragmented. These feelings of young love are bit foreign to me... still... your words are ample enough to take me the there.

Robert Pettit

Date: 5/15/2013 10:38:00 PM

Reads as if you got caught in a heartbreaker's trap. Good write as usual Russell.

Robert Johnson

Date: 5/15/2013 5:22:00 PM

Written like your still sixteen. The freshness of pain that is. :) Short on time. Bye.

Len Gasun

Date: 5/15/2013 8:16:00 AM

Excellent verse which extricates a feeling of melancholy. Another super winner for me my dear friend, Russell. Two thumbs up! I love and so enjoyed your writes this evening. Million thanks! Have a great day! love and big hugs, Leonora

Debra Squyres

Date: 5/14/2013 7:01:00 PM

Takes me back ... many, many years...oh that first heartbreak that a child feels so certain. Excellent write my friend !!! Reads like a winner to me !!

Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Date: 5/14/2013 3:34:00 AM

Well done Russell!

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 5/14/2013 12:26:00 AM

You have captured the real melancholy of lost love. Looks like a winner in my book. SuZ

Donna Jones

Date: 5/13/2013 1:16:00 PM

Yes Russell. Who doesn't still feel that first lost love? Well done...

Nette Onclaud

Date: 5/13/2013 10:31:00 AM

sentimental in mood with such great emotional appeal, russell,,,phrases mark the bittersweet song of young love.. remarkable, friend!

Nette Onclaud

Date: 5/13/2013 10:30:00 AM

sentimental in mood with such great emotional appeal, russell,,,phrases mark the bittersweet song of young love.. remarkable, friend!

Jack Ellison

Date: 5/13/2013 7:58:00 AM

"Swiftly things went south. Felt the pains of lost love" I imagine every young person, boy or girl, felt that crushing emotion! Well written... brought a tear to my eye remembering those young days! Cheers to you my good friend!

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 5/13/2013 7:00:00 AM

Great work that lessens melancholy! Thank you!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/13/2013 6:55:00 AM

I think you did really well with this challenge. A great form for you, my friend. yep, I sure do know that puppy love is sad!!

Sara Kendrick

Date: 5/13/2013 6:50:00 AM

Ahhh!! Great expressive and emotive work..Reads like winning material to me..Enjoyed reading this morn..Thanks for the visit to "Cobalt Blue"...Sara

Kim Van Breda

Date: 5/13/2013 6:16:00 AM

Lovely thought provoking poem-- excellent descriptive of that first love lost. In retrspect I guess we all see our innocence at what would probably best remain just a memory.