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Fire destroyed my childhood home one dark night, Inside were all my precious girly things; Raging, devouring gold flames billowed bright, Everything gone- I wish dolly had wings. It was a roaring hellish inferno, The hot searing flames were unquenchable; Our home was an erupting volcano, The red sea of fire was insatiable My father said there was nothing to save, We wistfully looked at the charred embers; I was crying and mother said- be brave, Sadly, my memory still remembers. Trees and remnants still glowed orange with heat, And we just stood there- silent on the street. __________________________ April 19, 2016 Poetry/Sonnet/Fire Copyright Protected, ID 16-780-598-0 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. For the contest, Elements Part 4: Fire sponsor, Brian Davey First Place

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Brian Cecil

Date: 5/11/2016 4:35:00 PM

My congratulations. A most emotional poem. Well done.

Teddy Kimathi

Date: 5/6/2016 11:23:00 AM

A deep and sad piece indeed... Well, congrats BW, for your top placement in the contest!! ;-)

Sarita Milliner

Date: 5/5/2016 7:28:00 PM

Congratulations on the Win!!!

Balveen Cheema

Date: 5/5/2016 4:52:00 AM

Constance miseries are like an unending fire, yet she strongly faces it all. Congrats on your wonderful placement in Brian Davey's Elements # 4 -Fire contest!

Constance La France
Date: 5/5/2016 11:18:00 AM

Balveen thanks for visiting my poem and for the nice comment and congratulations

Lu Loo

Date: 5/4/2016 11:09:00 AM

Broken Wings, congrats on your top win in the fire contest! :)-luloo

Constance La France
Date: 5/4/2016 12:21:00 PM

Laura thanks for the congratulations, appreciate ~

Bl Devnath

Date: 5/4/2016 9:45:00 AM

Congratulation on your superb win. Loved always, bl

Constance La France
Date: 5/4/2016 12:22:00 PM

BL thanks for the congratulations and the compliment, appreciate ~

Tom Quigley

Date: 5/4/2016 9:23:00 AM

Very nice write. Juxtaposing your childhood and the impact of the fire is powerful.

Constance La France
Date: 5/4/2016 12:23:00 PM

Tom thanks for visiting my poem and for the nice comment, appreciate

Karam Misra

Date: 5/4/2016 7:47:00 AM

What a vivid description of the blazing inferno and the pain of loss so deeply etched in a child's mind ... forever? A beautiful, poignant write, Broken. A very hearty congratulations on your magnificient poem and your win. ~ Kc ~

Constance La France
Date: 5/4/2016 12:24:00 PM

Karam thanks for the beautiful and the compliment and congratulations

Joanna Daniel

Date: 5/4/2016 3:23:00 AM

Oh, this is so sad. A wonderful, Emotive write:) Congratulations on your top spot:)

Constance La France
Date: 5/4/2016 12:26:00 PM

Jo thanks for visiting and for the congratulations

Meenakshi Raina

Date: 5/3/2016 7:47:00 PM

Congratulations on your top placement....I could imagine the whole scene...very emotional write.

Constance La France
Date: 5/3/2016 11:52:00 PM

MR, thanks for the congrats, yes it was very sad !

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 5/3/2016 7:37:00 PM

Love this! Congratulations! My cousin lost her home last week to a fire. I can relate to the last line, the visual.

Constance La France
Date: 5/3/2016 11:53:00 PM

Kim, thanks for the congrats, oh fire is so devastating !

Brian Davey

Date: 5/3/2016 7:03:00 PM

This is such a emotional story you entwined in this poem of Fire! The last two verses were outstanding and my favorites, very raw and the imagery is so powerful! Congratulations on your top spot victory!!

Constance La France
Date: 5/3/2016 11:53:00 PM

Brian, thanks for the great contest and for my wonderful placement, so honored !

Sandra Haight

Date: 5/3/2016 6:30:00 PM

Your poem gave me chills, Broken Wings. What an awful experience for you. But what a powerful write to show what the element of fire can do. Congratulations on your wonderful podium win. Hugs, Sandra

Constance La France
Date: 5/3/2016 11:55:00 PM

Sandra, it was horrible, we lost everything, my mom said after that it was the photo albums that bothered her the most, thankfully my grandma had some pictures, and thanks for the congratulations

Robert Lindley

Date: 4/26/2016 10:18:00 PM

As a sonnet its brilliantly composed and conveys the great loss and emotions very well. As a contest entry written about a real life experience this has to rate very, very high.A7 Sorry for your loss..

Constance La France
Date: 4/27/2016 2:00:00 AM

Robert, thank you for the compliment and the 7, it was a terrible time for us, we had to live in a hotel for awhile until my Dad got things sorted out...

James Inman

Date: 4/25/2016 1:40:00 PM

A wonderful write BW, sad and scary to loose your home.

Constance La France
Date: 4/25/2016 5:35:00 PM

James, thanks for visiting, and the wonderful, yes it was devastating, but my parents went on ~

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/22/2016 12:45:00 AM

an amazing entry for the contest, I think it's a true story, right? I seem to recall you wrote of this before. If so, OH MY, what a sad thing it must have been. Just ending it with you standing silent on the street. That was the perfect way to go!

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:48:00 AM

Andrea, thanks for visiting, you have an incredible memory because you are right, this is a true story, we lost everything ~

Lu Loo

Date: 4/20/2016 8:30:00 PM

Oh no BW, is this non-fiction? Terribly sad lady..I always worry about a fire and have like 100 smoke alarms (not really) but besides my family and pets the one thing I would grab would be all 32 of my scrapbooks. But you and I both know I won't have time to save them all :( ...very sad and emotive and perfect for what the contest calls for. You thought outside the box :)-luloo

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:51:00 AM

Laura, thanks for visiting, you are right, this is non fiction. When I was about eight our family home burnt to the ground, I recall my mother saying, it was the photo albums that bothered her the most !

Umnewa Brett Somers Formerly Winkofheart

Date: 4/20/2016 4:07:00 PM

Your poem Broken Wings had this lingering effect with the last line "and we just stood there - silent on the street" like a good dry red on the palate. Vivid, moving. ~Brett

Umnewa Brett Somers Formerly Winkofheart
Date: 4/24/2016 11:04:00 AM

I felt you're grief. Nothing left but to become the Phoenix. I feel your strength in your poems.

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:53:00 AM

Brett, thanks for visiting, my poem is true and well what else does one do when they have lost everything, but because my parents were strong people we began anew... I hope I inherited even a small part of their strength !

Nette Onclaud

Date: 4/20/2016 1:50:00 PM

i was totally immersed in your lovely work , constance... this incidence almost happened to us when i was 16... superbly done!..huggs

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:54:00 AM

Nette, thanks for visiting and the compliment, fire is devastating ~

Casarah Nance

Date: 4/20/2016 9:06:00 AM

It is hard to watch when that happens, you're sonnet brings the feelings to the surface, there is power in the flames and in your words x

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:56:00 AM

Casarah, I was young when this happened and all I was thinking about were my dollies and books and Snowball the cat (who had been outside so was safe) my parents lost everything they had worked for~

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 4/20/2016 6:02:00 AM

Very sad but said well. Thanks for sharing it.

Constance La France
Date: 4/24/2016 7:57:00 AM

Ravi, thanks for your compassion ~