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Coming Home

Coming Back Home Called home my nomadic heart yearns to unpack scattered shadows, Ornaments of blue Orion winds and souvenirs of summer place passions, Mirrors found in attic reflections - refraction's hallmarks of nostalgia, Image mirages of battered milestones shed like outgrown skin - Nests of hidden pleas and prayers in locked trunks as abandoned minutes - Garlands of tangled seasons and dried bouquets. Home awaiting unspoken future days when trying on again Outgrown masks of jeopardy discarded - crannies of warm hearths - Making room for nascent triumphs to tickle laughter no longer stooping Even as my nomad heart wanders only to return in magic primal circles. 4-12-21 N/A Contest: Acrostic 10-12 Lines- 4-16-21

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Michelle Faulkner

Date: 5/10/2021 1:31:00 PM

This is such a lovely message of the urge to wander, and the urge to return home, a lovely flowing acrostic as well, many congrats on your win~

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/4/2021 8:51:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. A wonderful story/write. Have a blessed day.............

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/5/2021 9:54:00 AM

Thank you so much my friend. William's contest was a wonderful opportunity to bring this poem out of the attic again! Hope you are well. Blessings! (:

Hilo Poet

Date: 5/3/2021 7:05:00 PM

Sam, your poem entranced my reading of it from the get-go, with its unifying words that are well-spread throughout and its awesome feel as it comes together in closing--remarkable, my gratitude for your participation, and my compliments on your well-deserved placement my friend, Aloha!

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/5/2021 9:51:00 AM

Thank you so much William. Your contest gave this life experience poem a second life! I so appreciate your gracious words and perceptions. They encourage me. Hope you are well. Aloha my friend. Blessings!

Greg Gaul

Date: 5/3/2021 6:58:00 PM

Sam, this one had a triumphant "homecoming" in this N/A contest. Big congrats for your high finish. Well done dear bard.

Sam Kauffman
Date: 5/5/2021 9:48:00 AM

Thank you so much Greg! Writing this was like finding hidden treasures in an attic, or in this case my grandmother's basement, undisturbed for a long time - all those hidden things revealed with a resolution of many of them. So glad you saw the triumph in the last lines! Many thanks!