Constance La France Poet Haibun

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Broken Bleeding Heart

"You shall not chase my gloom away!
There's such a charm in melancholy."
(Samuel Rogers, 1814)

I think, I was born under the shadow of melancholy.  I was a woebegone girl
since birth. My mother said she never saw anyone with such an aching heart.
To me there was anguish and agony everywhere in my world.  At the side of
the road, a dead bird would bring me to tears and with a heavy heart I would
hold a funeral.  My parents refused to let me bury squirrels but I prayed quite
mournfully for their souls.  When my sister died in childhood, I was overcome
with grief and downhearted.  I became desolate and miserable.  In my eyes
there is a sadness still that could shatter glass, it is so sorrowful. As I grew up,
I was a moody girl, taken to reflection and reverie, deep in my innermost 
thoughts and morose- and thus a poet was born.


broken bleeding heart
                         there is such heartache to see-
                  beautiful sadness

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July 16, 2019


Poetry/Haibun/Melancholy
Copyright Protected, ID 19- 1166-845-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

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Damian Keady July 31, 2019 at 4:29 PM So good..... BBH.. I like reading your poems as they resonate with me... But, I don't like to bury squirrels.. Has to be done though... Sooner or later.. Best wishes DAMO x

Lonna Blodgett July 19, 2019 at 10:14 PM It seems that this is what created the beautiful understanding you have "Dear Heart" as a poet.

Warren Doll July 19, 2019 at 6:15 PM "Beautiful sadness" says it all. This haibun is an immediate FAV for me . Great poetry, Dear Heart. All the best~Warren

Eve Roper July 18, 2019 at 9:03 PM beautiful and very deep, Dear Heart, great example for the contest. Hugs

Emile Pinet July 17, 2019 at 9:05 AM Your words are simple yet so powerful. And your emotion and pain wrap themselves around each word and we are left in awe and sympathetic to your internal struggles. Emile.

Jan Allison July 17, 2019 at 12:12 AM Oh Constance your sadness seeps from every line in this beautiful haiburn I especially love the haiku ending - I will try and write something sad but much prefer humour. hugs Jan xx

Constance La France July 16, 2019 at 6:02 PM Example for my contest, Writing Challenge 2, July 2019- Melancholy- I used the form Haibun, but you can use any form.