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A Weeping Willow Mourns

My prison cell is loneliness.
My cries and murmurings confess
that bars invisible now press
and paralyze with heavy stress
and desolation. May God bless
those deeply mired in misery,
too sad to pray expectantly,
the isolated ones like me.

Weeping willows mourn and sigh
for melancholy ones who cry.


not autobiographical


January 22, 2018, entered in Brian Strand's Middle-January Standard
Contest

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Line Gauthier

Date: 4/15/2018 10:53:00 PM

Lovely. Belated congrats on your podium medal finish, Janice.

Janice Canerdy
Date: 4/15/2018 11:08:00 PM

Thank you so much! Janice

Kevin Cummings

Date: 2/8/2018 10:23:00 AM

Janice, you have a powerful gift. In one poem you are light-hearted and fun, and here you present an internal struggle and longing. Great pull for the reader - thank you. Keep it up

Janice Canerdy
Date: 2/8/2018 11:45:00 AM

Kevin, you have made my day! Thank you so much. Janice

John Lawless

Date: 1/23/2018 8:11:00 AM

Well done Sandra, congrats on your placement in the contest

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/23/2018 8:28:00 AM

Thank you so much, John! Janice

Sandra Haight

Date: 1/22/2018 7:37:00 PM

Mournful sentiments beautifully expressed in lovely rhymes, Janice. Congratulations on your win! Hugs, Sandra

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/22/2018 8:51:00 PM

Thank you so much, Sandra! Janice

Agnes Krampe

Date: 1/22/2018 5:47:00 PM

Congrats on your win, Janice. I love how you worked with the rhyme. I see double congrats are in order.

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/22/2018 6:17:00 PM

Thank you so much, Agnes! Janice

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/21/2018 9:05:00 PM

Back to congratulate you, Janice.

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/21/2018 9:10:00 PM

Thanks so much, Line! Janice

Eve Roper

Date: 1/20/2018 7:54:00 PM

Congratulations on your win, Janice, nicely done! Hugs Eve~`*

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/20/2018 8:07:00 PM

Thanks so much, Eve! Janice

Jan Allison

Date: 1/20/2018 5:40:00 PM

what melancholy lines Janice, congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/20/2018 5:47:00 PM

Thank you so much, Jan! Janice

Beautiful Scars

Date: 1/20/2018 11:10:00 AM

so true, may God bless those in misery is right, beautifully expressed sweet lady ;) congrats and thank you! :)-luloo

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/20/2018 1:44:00 PM

Thanks so much, Luloo. Thanks for sponsoring. Janice

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/18/2018 12:51:00 AM

the mournful willow is extremely popular compared to the other themes. I enjoyed the rhyming pattern you chose and your expression of the melancholy theme.

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/18/2018 7:45:00 AM

Thank you so much, Andrea! While writing this, I kept thinking of "Willow, Weep for Me" (late sixties, by British duo Chad and Jeremy.) It's worth a listen. Janice

Line Gauthier

Date: 1/16/2018 11:20:00 AM

Beautifully done, Janice.

Janice Canerdy
Date: 1/16/2018 12:29:00 PM

Line, thank you so much! Janice