Tom Cunningham Poet Free verse

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Written on 1st April 2025

For Write Nine Beautiful Lines (With A Twist) Poetry Contest 

Sponsored By Constance La France

 

A Deja Vu Experience

How often we visit a place and feel that we have been there before in a past life. 
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I went to France for the very first time and decided to go exploring, 
the girl at the hotel told me about the beautiful woods that were nearby.
She gave me a map and I got in my hire car and drove a short distance,
I arrived at the woods and parked the car; there wasn’t a soul about.
I put on my walking boots and headed for the entrance to the woods,
a strange feeling came over me, like someone had stepped on my grave.
I tried to shrug it off, but it kept niggling me, I carried on walking and knew
before I heard it that there was a huge waterfall at the bottom of the hill. 
I felt really spooked by it, and I asked myself, have I been here before?.


Déjà vu

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Linda Alice Fowler April 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM Deja vu experiences are eery. Great story in few words. Congratulations Tom! :) Tom Cunningham April 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM Thank you very much Linda they certainly are, it does give you a strange feeling for sure. Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen April 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM - Back with a congratulation, Tom :) - hugs Tom Cunningham April 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM Thank you very much Anne-Lise, much appreciated. Tom

Paula Goldsmith April 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM Back with Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading this wonderful write again. Have a blessed day with your win........... Tom Cunningham April 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM Thank you very much for your return visit and congrats Paula. Much appreciated. Hope your week is off to a good start. Tom

Kim Rodrigues April 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM Congrats, Tom! Tom Cunningham April 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM Thank you very much for your congrats and return visit Kim, much appreciated. Hope your week is off to a good start. Tom

Mike Gentile April 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM Tom, a beautiful and intriguing story indeed! I have had those feelings and I am fascinated by them! Happy Sunday! Tom Cunningham April 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM Thank you very much Mike, I must be honest, it's a great feeling when you experience it. Tom

Edward Ibeh April 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM Beautifully composed write, Tom:-) I enjoyed reading. Best of luck in the contest! Tom Cunningham April 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM Thank you very much Edward, I'm happy you enjoyed it. Hope you're keeping well. Tom

Valsa George April 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM You have created an eerie sensation with this poem. Visiting a grave which we have never visited and if we still have a Deja Vu feeling it will cripple us with fear. Great poem. All the best dear Tom. Tom Cunningham April 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM Thank you Valsa, it certainly gives you a shock when you get that feeling of Deja Vu. Enjoy your Sunday. Tom

Karen Jones April 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM Cool beans! That’ll make your hair on your body stand up! I enjoyed reading about your experience! Tom Cunningham April 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM Thank you very much Karen, this was a fictional write but I've had a similar experience and know many others have had to. Enjoy your weekend. Tom

Nette Onclaud April 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM nature can feel your sensitive energy, tom...wonderfully surreal as i can relate to serendipitous occurences too! Tom Cunningham April 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM Thank you very much Nette, I think you're right, one day someone will discover how to tap into nature, there's do much we don't know. Hope you're keeping well. Tom

Duke Beaufort April 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM Hi Tom, you have described something unusual indeed that happens every now and then....I suppose that writing comments here might do it too (since we're here often)....I think I would rather be in France and contemplating the French language when it happens though!!! Hope you are well, of course!! Smiles. You are the anchor of PS. Tom Cunningham April 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM Thank you very much Duke, I think most of us experience that sometimes in our lives. Have we lived in a previous life?, it's mind boggling stuff for sure. Tom

Joseph P. DiMino April 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM Maybe...or even tapped into Universal Consciousness -- life is far more involved than most of us ever are fortunately to realize. You, perhaps, are an extra lucky one. Very interesting read! Tom Cunningham April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM Thank you very much Joe, although this one is a fictional write I know many have had such an experience, one of life's mysteries I suppose. Have a lovely weekend. Tom

Kim Rodrigues April 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM Woah! and woe is you… This is interesting…not a soul about - that is how I visited the holocaust museum in Virginia…farely safe AND terrifying! Hugs Tom Cunningham April 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM Thank you very much Kim, that must have been a sad and humbling visit Kim, a reminder of man's inhumanity to man. Tom

Michael Tor April 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM Who knows Tom? Life is full of Mysteries this is one of them. I bet the pastries were to die for in France and the food was out of this world. Hope you had a great time with your lovely wife. Blessings my friend... Tom Cunningham April 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM Thank you very much Michael, it certainly is, l, there's so much we don't know the answers to. France is a beautiful country for sure. Tom

John Read April 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM Hi Tom, it's happened to me a few times, I do believe we have been here before, and so it goes on,hope you do well in the contest. Tom Cunningham April 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM Thank you very much John, it's certainly a strange feeling and it does spook you a bit. Hope you're enjoying the spring sunshine. Tom

Maria Williams April 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM Dear Tom,this is so atmospheric and intriguing! The way you build the suspense with that eerie, déjà vu feeling had me completely hooked. I could almost hear the distant rush of the waterfall and feel the quiet, haunting presence of the woods. It’s like stepping into a mystery waiting to unfold—love it!...Hugs Tom Cunningham April 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM Thank you very much Maria, I'm happy that you enjoyed it, we're only allowed nine lines but I could have written more. Hope you're keeping well. Tom

Victor Buhagiar April 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM Quite a narrative Tom. Great ending. The feeling of deja vu is common. I feel it too. Best for a win. Tom Cunningham April 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM Thank you very much Victor, it's a strange feeling for sure. Tom

Ink Empress April 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM Dear Tom, your quote resonates with me and your poem as always so engaging and intriguing, well woven in such an eloquent manner. I do have those moments of dejavu , where i feel like iv been somewhere or done something previously! Its a very confusing experience altho i know why we experience that. What i love about your poem is the descriptive nature of your word weaving which makes it a very soulful read and one that i wish didnt end! Pleasure always reading your poems! So good to see you post more! Sending you light always . Best wishes Tom Cunningham April 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM Thank you very much IE, I think it's something many of us experience in our lives. I remember going to a place and it came to me that I'd dreamt of it a few weeks before, I hadnt seen any pictures or read anything about it so haven't a clue how that happened. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Gershon Wolf April 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM Ya spooked me too, Tom. Great job. Mission accomplished. ~ Gershon Tom Cunningham April 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM Thank you very much Gershon, I'm happy you liked it. Tom

Daniel Henry Rodgers April 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM Dear Tom, Your story is captivating, full of mystery and nostalgia, the allure of unfamiliar yet strangely familiar places. It’s as if the land itself holds forgotten memories. Intriguing and evocative tale. I have been there! Spring Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel Tom Cunningham April 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM Thank you very much Daniel, I'm happy you enjoyed it. It certainly spooks you when that happens. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Paula Goldsmith April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM I enjoyed reading this wonderful write. It really feels funny when this happens. I have had it a few times. Great Picture... "Good Luck" We both did this one. Happy Spring Blessings To You As You Write Away........... Tom Cunningham April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM Thank you very much Paula, im happy you enjoyed it. Hope your week is going well. Tom

Joe Maverick April 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM Have we? Or is it a place maybe our forebears Were? Could it be a consiouness passed along Or down.? This does not look like something i Would be writing in my own estimation of myself even..Anyway it just occured to me.' Tom Cunningham April 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM Thank you Joe, you could be right, passed down from our ancestors sounds a reasonable explanation. Tom

Oliver Mckeithan April 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM Good one Tom. It is a spooky feeling. Tom Cunningham April 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM Thank you very much Oliver, it certainly is. Tom

Anne-Lise Andresen April 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM - A feeling I've known... strange when you experience it - Great written, Tom :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs Tom Cunningham April 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM Thank you very much Anne Lise, I think many of us have felt that sometimes ,it is a strange feeling and it spooks you. Tom

Lin Lane April 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM Now, you have to finish the story, Tom. Did you go behind the waterfall? Seriously, I've had Deja Vu feelings about having been some place in another time. It's a very disconcerting feeling. You used your storytelling expertise very well here and I hope it's rewarded. Tom Cunningham April 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM Thank you very much Lin, I too have had a few experiences in the past and it does unerve you a bit. Have we lived before in another time, I often wonder. Tom