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Blowing In the Wind

Wisps of recollections waft through my mind

like spores on soft white memories’ threads -

vague remnants of May's sun-gold heads. 

I glimpse but cannot hold them.

How foolish the girl who

sent them blowing in 

the wind - wishing

her springtime

soon would

end!

8/24/17

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Craig Cornish

Date: 11/26/2017 11:32:00 AM

I love the thoughtfulness of this, comparing thoughts like a dandelion's seeds .. and that slight ambiguity which makes one wonder if that little girl was yourself. Soup Mail

Craig Cornish
Date: 11/26/2017 2:40:00 PM

Sorry AD--sent it again

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 10/2/2017 9:03:00 PM

Succinct, elegant expression of the fleeting passage of time, wished for but now lamented. Well written! Andrea.

Donna Roberts

Date: 9/28/2017 4:46:00 PM

I absolutely LOVE this!!!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/21/2017 3:22:00 AM

Congratulations on one of your best Andrea! A very deserving first place! : )

Agnes Krampe

Date: 9/20/2017 8:12:00 AM

Coming back with congrats on your win!

Eve Roper

Date: 9/19/2017 6:29:00 PM

Congratulations on your win, Andrea , love the shape and the verse is beautiful Eve ~`*

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/19/2017 10:41:00 AM

Back for congrats on your top win!!

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 9/19/2017 9:47:00 AM

Beautiful. Congrats on your top win.

Mike Gentile

Date: 9/19/2017 9:40:00 AM

Congratulations on your win, Andrea! xxxooo

Vijay Pandit

Date: 9/19/2017 8:36:00 AM

Congrats Andrea on your top win!

Constance La France

Date: 9/19/2017 8:18:00 AM

Andrea, CONGRATULATIONS on your placement with this amazing write . I LOVE it!

Heidi Sands

Date: 9/19/2017 7:28:00 AM

Congratulations for your win Andrea :)

Jack Horne

Date: 9/12/2017 11:55:00 AM

lovely write - I see by Connie's comment that it's Poem of the Day (very well deserved)

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/1/2017 10:44:00 PM

This poem is so lovely Andrea. It is no wonder it has been honored for POTD! Congratulations my friend! : )

Brandon Carter

Date: 8/28/2017 10:09:00 PM

Very strong diction at the beginning. Couldn't have picked better words myself for the first 3 lines!

Maria Williams

Date: 8/26/2017 11:13:00 PM

What a wonderful Etheree, so many forms that I can see you excel in, and what beautiful lines. A very deserving POTD, Congratulations Andrea, and good luck in the competition...Maria

Ronald A. Williams

Date: 8/26/2017 9:55:00 PM

Nice

Carole Duet

Date: 8/26/2017 8:21:00 PM

P.S. Congrats on getting POTD!

Carole Duet

Date: 8/26/2017 8:16:00 PM

Hi Andrea...to my mind, the "foolish girl" has wished "her springtime (youth)" would end because she wants so desperately to grow up but now that she's old(er) she remembers back when she was so young, living in the sunlight of her youth. (Just an interpretation) It's a lovely poem no matter what the meaning is.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/27/2017 2:01:00 AM

you are very astute!!

John Fleming

Date: 8/26/2017 7:07:00 PM

The shape formed by your poems progressively shortening lines is typical of one of your countrys ripping "Twisters", Andrea...not by chance I presume? My warmest regards! :) john

John Lawless

Date: 8/26/2017 4:18:00 PM

Quite and "ethereal" write here Andrea. Every time I read it I feel subtle shifts in the wind.

Jack Horne

Date: 8/26/2017 2:44:00 PM

love this clever write