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Written 30th November 2024


wrote my first poem
to remember loved ones gone
some were old some young
read at a reunion 
the fading of candlelight

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Crystol Woods

Date: 1/1/2025 12:42:00 PM

With so few words you bring me to the event and set the mood... lovely! Xo

Tom Cunningham
Date: 1/1/2025 1:27:00 PM

Thank you Crystol, I read it out at a family reunion in Ireland back in 2017 ,soon after I joined soup, I’ve never looked back. Happy new year. Tom

Panagiota Romios

Date: 12/30/2024 12:14:00 PM

Super job, it’s always nice to look back and see see how far you’ve come you. You have come a long way you know that . Pangiie

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/30/2024 1:46:00 PM

Thank you Pangie, that was back in 2017 when I discovered that I could write, I’ve learnt so much since then. Happy New Year. Tom

Christuraj Alex

Date: 12/14/2024 11:28:00 PM

Writing "to remember loved ones gone", you are one of the best poets of the soup, indeed. Congratulations!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/15/2024 1:24:00 AM

Thank you very much Christuraj, I'm happy you enjoyed it, we never forget loved ones no longer with us, they live on in our memories. Hope your weekend is going well. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 12/12/2024 10:25:00 PM

Congrats. I think everyone of us got a first place!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 12/15/2024 12:48:00 PM

I am reading them all and honestly. Almost everyone deserves a first place!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/12/2024 10:38:00 PM

Thank you Andrea, I think it was the right thing to do because we are all proud of our first poem that set us off on our poetic journey. Tom

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/9/2024 6:27:00 AM

Sounds very nice. Hugs ~ Kim

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/9/2024 7:54:00 AM

Thank you very much Kim, my first ever on soup in 2017. Tom

Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/8/2024 7:40:00 AM

It reads like a good contender to me for the contest. Way to go. I enjoyed reading how your poetic career was born. Thanks for sharing. Sara K

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/8/2024 7:52:00 AM

Thank you very much Sara, I think we all remember when our first step to writing began. Hope you're keeping well. Tom

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 12/5/2024 10:02:00 AM

I enjoyed reading your lovely write. Pretty Candle Picture... "Good Luck" Have a blessed day writing away.............

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/5/2024 10:24:00 AM

Thank you very much Paula, it was the start of my poetic journey, I've never looked back and just keep going. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 12/5/2024 12:05:00 AM

Hi Tom and this is how your first poem wa s born, talent now exposed at a reunion what immense pride you must felt. Love this Tanka. Blessings, Jennifer.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/5/2024 12:12:00 AM

Thank you very much Jennifer, my cousin wanted to pay tribute to loved ones lost so wrote my first poem and it's the first one I put on soup. I'm happy you liked it. Tom

Paul Callus

Date: 12/3/2024 9:33:00 AM

Moments of intense emotion usually bring out our hidden talents, Tom. I like this tanka, especially the ending. ~ Best regards, my friend // paul

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/3/2024 10:37:00 AM

Thank you very much Paul, so true, never knew I could write poetry until I wrote a tribute to loved ones lost, hope you are keeping well. Tom

Ink Empress

Date: 12/1/2024 11:05:00 AM

Dear Tom, this is so heartfelt and how youv written your tanka is so good, youv said it all and we can feel and understand how your first poem was born, through emotions and grief i think many too can resonate with that. And i especially felt the lines “ some were old some young“ and that last line is so poetic and leaves an everlasting impression! Evocative tanka! I dont remember when exactly i first wrote.Pleasure reading this. Sending you light always: and best wishes for the contest too.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/1/2024 11:19:00 AM

Thank you very much IE, My cousin and I talked about remembering loved ones lost at our first family reunion in Ireland and so I composed a poem to pay tribute to them. I enjoyed writing and become hooked, I looked on line at poetry sites and found soup, that was seven years ago and I've never looked back. Tom

Valsa George

Date: 12/1/2024 3:57:00 AM

When mind gets soaked in emotions, words come out as verses. It is natural for any one to read out an obituary in poetic form during the occasion of the departure of our dear ones. From there you have been undertaking a long journey and have become a poet of renown. May you continue your journey with greater success.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 12/1/2024 5:14:00 AM

Thank you very much Valsa, It was only after I'd written it that it occurred to me it was something I could do and enjoyed doing it. That was 7 years ago and I've never looked back. Tom

Michael Tor

Date: 11/30/2024 3:42:00 PM

Tom your first poem was one of the most significant ones you will ever right. Especially about the Dear Souls that left the family. You have since then graduated to more complex forms of poetry and have mastered each one in its own right. Your Narratives, and Free Verse are my favorite as you tell, and lead us in your Story and theme. Your writing gift has an ancestry history of your first creation, which you will always cherish and remember. Thank you for sharing my friend, and keep on writing.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 10:39:00 PM

Thank you very much Michael, have learnt so much since I joined soup, always thought poetry was just a rhyme yes, have tried others but rhyme and narratives I always come back to. Hope your weekend is going well.. Tom

Joe Maverick

Date: 11/30/2024 11:36:00 AM

Somwhere in England a heart was stirred.' To Write of love..And of grief; was there a struggle? To release those words.' I'll hazzard a tear was Shed? And a de je veux mingled in the head ' with terminal reality.' cold and hard, that affronts Ones sensitivity; and quest for connection, to Hold onto union, a desire for redemtion for validity eternally In this world of ours.' All blessings Tom.'

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 11:42:00 AM

Thank you very much Joe, spoke with my cousin who was organising the reunion and we both wanted to mention loved ones no longer with us so I composed a poem which was the first one I put on here. Hope your weekend is going well. Tom

Duke Beaufort

Date: 11/30/2024 11:27:00 AM

Tom, great poem. Remembering the qualities of the departed seems a noble cause indeed! Thanks for all you do here for all of us too!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 11:43:00 AM

Thank you very much for your lovely comment Duke, much appreciated. Hope your day is going well.. Tom

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/30/2024 10:24:00 AM

You did this wonderfully

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 10:39:00 AM

Thank you very much Andrea, how time flies, I wrote it in 2017. Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/30/2024 9:46:00 AM

- So glad you chose to post your first poem here on P-Soup, Tom :) - Otherwise I would never have met you :) - Luck in the contest :) - hugs and have a lovely weekend :) -

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 11:15:00 AM

Thank you Anne Lise, it's amazing when you think about it, if I hadn't written it I wouldn't have bothered looking for a poetry site to join. It was meant to be and I often think about it. Tom

John Read

Date: 11/30/2024 8:45:00 AM

Hi Tom, I wrote my first poem on Familyfriendpoems, when my wife passed away, I now have over 300 poems on there, I still visit the site every day as I'm a moderator on there.

Tom Cunningham
Date: 11/30/2024 9:11:00 AM

Thank you John, wrote it for a family reunion in 2017 and read it out to remember loved ones no longer with us. I'll have to pay your site a visit. Hope you have a nice weekend. Tom