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Blue Daisy Bouquet Back in the days of ‘62, she carried daisies that were blue, a blue bouquet to match her heart. Marriage wasn’t very smart. Both sets of parents did agree, married these two had to be. Dispensing all the guilt and shame, from a boy with no last name. She was sixteen and still a child. Inside her bosom, dreams ran wild. Yet said she, “I will” that day, trembling behind a blue daisy bouquet. Now mature hands hold an open book. In a lonely moment, she takes a look, to touch a petal, far from new from a bouquet of daisies, that were blue. Then a deep, strong voice fills the air, with heavy footsteps on the stair. "Mama, I came to see you today." Quickly she puts the brown petal away. 6/18/17

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Date: 6/27/2019 8:51:00 PM
Your poignant poem is beautifully expressed, Janis. A truly moving piece. Congratulations on your wonderful win. Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
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Date: 6/24/2019 10:52:00 PM
A most endearing poem, Janis. Congrats.
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Date: 6/25/2017 2:26:00 PM
Belated congratulations on this lovely, touching winning entry, Janis! Back in '62 I was a young teenager, and life was much different from how it is now. That petal is a memory...the 'child' a reality! ~ Regards // paul
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Date: 6/22/2017 8:37:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Janis, well written , but my fav is the last stanza ~*
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Date: 6/21/2017 9:05:00 PM
Congrats!!! Janis...beautiful write my friend...god bless...^WW^
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Date: 6/21/2017 7:25:00 PM
- Congratulations on your beautiful winning poems, love it Janis - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Janis Thompson
Date: 6/22/2017 10:01:00 PM
Blessings to you Anne-Lise.
Date: 6/21/2017 5:51:00 PM
Oh Janice, your writing caused goosebumps all over. It's quite lovely and sentimental.
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Janis Thompson
Date: 6/22/2017 10:01:00 PM
Thank you for your comments.
Date: 6/19/2017 10:12:00 AM
This may be the best one I've read, Mrs Janis. I look to see this one near the top:)
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Janis Thompson
Date: 6/19/2017 11:11:00 PM
Hope you're right. Thanks for the uplifting comments. Blessings, Janis.
Date: 6/19/2017 7:13:00 AM
Well written Janis. I like how you wrote the ending to this :)
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Janis Thompson
Date: 6/19/2017 11:12:00 PM
Thanks, Heidi.
Date: 6/19/2017 1:48:00 AM
Very poignant poem, Janis, can feel the girl/woman's sadness in a not-so-fairy tale marriage :)
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Janis Thompson
Date: 6/22/2017 10:06:00 PM
Thanks, Jo. Blessings, Janis
Date: 6/18/2017 11:26:00 PM
Your poem has such a hauntingly beautiful feel to it Janis. Sad, some of the choices we have to make. Now days things have changed so much. I believe they give women a lot more freedom. Outstanding write! : )
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