Fool's Gold Premiere Contest Winner

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My fool's gold of love's memories will stay,
washed by time, its deep stain will remain
From love's folly with my face on display,
years have passed on the long road of rain

That I could have known before the fall,
to enter your world with lover's intent
Find love a prisoner, my heart on your wall
This trophy you keep, your laughter's torment

The sadness is mine, to be found a fool,
used and dispersed for pleasure and gain
A love once grand you find minuscule
This heart you cherished you now disdain

Did your footsteps bend each blade of green grass,
an imprint left to explain away?
The game that you played, the tangled morass
The final moments when you would not stay

Could I have reached farther, grasped your curled hand,
when you quickly turned your back to the sun?
Would a final kiss ever understand,
love is forever cold, when there is none?

contest Fool's Gold
11/18/16
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016


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Date: 11/28/2016 6:36:00 PM
Congratulations on your win, Frederick!
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Date: 11/28/2016 7:02:00 AM
Beautiful! Congratulations on your win, Sir Frederic.
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Date: 11/27/2016 1:05:00 PM
Lovely! Congrats, Frederic!
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Date: 11/27/2016 9:32:00 AM
Well deserved top prize, Frederic. Your poem was worthy of it. It was a beautifully written poem. The emotions that you so elegantly evoked are very textured w/angst and psychological pain. Excellent poem. I am a bit partial though, I love your first name. Love always. Freddie
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Date: 11/27/2016 7:38:00 AM
Hi Frederic, Congratulations on your top win. It was well deserved: -) Alexis
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Date: 11/27/2016 2:23:00 AM
The romance in this piece is powerful and alive. Congrats on your win, sir!
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Date: 11/26/2016 8:13:00 PM
Nothing worse than love lost. Congratulations on your win.
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Date: 11/26/2016 7:29:00 PM
Good to see you high on the list. BIG congrats to you.
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Date: 11/26/2016 1:03:00 PM
How beautifully sad are your words, but to hear you read them gave me goosebumps and reminders of a lost love. This is one I cherished to read, Frederic, and one of few that I shall save.
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Date: 11/26/2016 10:04:00 AM
Well done Frederick! :-)
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Date: 11/26/2016 10:03:00 AM
Congratulations Frederic...
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Date: 11/26/2016 9:24:00 AM
Such a powerful poem Frederic. Congratulations on your well deserved win! :)
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Date: 11/23/2016 5:44:00 PM
Love this, Frederic. I think in romance and love, fool's gold shines the most deceptively!
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Date: 11/21/2016 11:00:00 AM
Frederic....that third stanza is heart wrenching. To consider minuscule a love so grand is such a tragedy. What a great entry to the contest....albeit sad. Good luck in the contest. soupmail
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Date: 11/18/2016 6:46:00 PM
This really is a heart wrenching piece. Great write :)
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Date: 11/18/2016 4:41:00 PM
Sad, touching and beautiful... Smile!
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