Edwin Hofert Poet Rhyme

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Drove Me To Poetry

Drove Me To Poetry

So long we were together
the love we knew so true.
Now it feels just like forever
since I'm here missing you.

The memories so dear to me
like words in some old rhyme
They somehow bring me comfort
and hurt at the same time.

The day I looked to find you gone
it drove me to one knee.
The day that heaven called you home
drove me to poetry.

Searching for something not yet found
to mend my broken heart.
Searching for some peace of mind
while I fall all apart.

Everything I ever dreamed of
then suddenly you're gone.
I'm not sure what I'm doing.
Is this called moving on?

Stuck between our yesterdays
and things still yet to be.
The way your leaving broke my heart
drove me to poetry.

Edwin C Hofert

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Diane Christian February 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM congrats on yiur featured poem. thank you for sharing.

Ilene Bauer April 27, 2015 at 4:08 PM wonderful! i like the whole idea of this and the beautiful way you've expressed it. Edwin Hofert April 27, 2015 at 4:24 PM Thank you so very much! God bless Ilene. :) Ed

Barbara Gorelick April 27, 2015 at 12:12 PM What a wonderful piece. I hope this is poetic license and not something you have gone through, but it feels like it comes from your heart. BG Edwin Hofert April 27, 2015 at 12:36 PM This is from grief expressed to me by a friend who lost her husband to cancer last December. And she had never been interested in poetry before that but it's where she turned for comfort. She quoted to me from a letter from one poet to another that read "Ireland hurt you into poetry". His death did the same for her. Yes. It did come from my heart. Thank you Barbara. <3

Jan Allison April 27, 2015 at 11:55 AM Oh Edwin this is so so sad - we all have a story to tell for what got us writing poetry - mine was my husband's cancer surgery - I am so sorry for your loss but relieved you are able to express yourself through your wonderful words:-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx Edwin Hofert April 27, 2015 at 12:38 PM Thank you Jan. <3 Warm thoughts of you always. And know that I am here. <3