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Forest Fires

I run heedless thru woods

    My 'shalls' and my 'shoulds'

       Streaking 'hind me, in tow

         Burning spans while I go

          Thus before I place foot

          I have rendered all, soot

         One deep forest of haste

       A heart old and displaced

    Gazing back at the waste

Lost in night, now erased.




Written and submitted on April 1, 2019
For the "10 Lines, 5 Words: Rhyme III Cash Prize" Poetry Contest
Lu Loo, Judge & Sponsor.

Copyright © Gregory Richard Barden | Year Posted 2019

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Beautiful Scars Date: 4/10/2019 5:28:00 AM loved this dear Gregory, and love the flow of the layout, thank you and congrats :)-luloo Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/13/2019 12:57:00 AM Thank you so much, Lu Loo, I am so honored and humbled to have placed so highly, with such wonderful writers. Blessings to you, my friend! :-) <3

Curtis Moorman Date: 4/7/2019 6:59:00 PM Greg, congrats on your placement in this contest. I am honored to share a win in the same contest with such noted poets. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/13/2019 12:56:00 AM Thank you so much, Curtis, I greatly appreciate it ... blessings and congrats on your wonderful placement, well-deserved! :-)

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/7/2019 3:13:00 PM Deep, like those woods, my friend. Congrats on the win. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/7/2019 5:16:00 PM Thank you so very much, Andrea - very pleased that you enjoyed this one! :-) <3

Darlene De Beaulieu Date: 4/3/2019 2:37:00 PM Hello Gregory R. Barden, forest fires are dangerous campers should be more aware of putting out camp fires carefully. But then ther is the dry spell that als o causes fires. have a nice day my friend. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/5/2019 5:36:00 PM Thank you so very much, Darlene, I greatly appreciate it! The "fires" in my poem are but metaphorical ones, but you are so correct ... too many folks take fire and campfires for granted, and don't give it the respect it deserves. Blessings! :-) <3

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 4/2/2019 11:35:00 AM Hi Gregory, The imagery in this poem is breathtaking! Best of luck in the contest! Poetry hugs, Jennifer. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/2/2019 1:23:00 PM Many kind thanks to you, Jennifer, I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! Blessings! :-) <3

Line Gauthier Date: 4/2/2019 6:43:00 AM Well penned, Gregory. Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/2/2019 1:22:00 PM Thanks so much, Line.

Jannie Breedt Date: 4/1/2019 11:43:00 PM This work of yours says the same thing I say ,but in mine I had to be graphically explicit in verbalising about what an absolute twat I was. Yes, and winter is coming on and I have to start firebreaks soon else the veld then becomes an inferno. Im fasting too, the country is like hell. Blackouts, riots, murder with an election looming. Miracle needed. All nice and African you know. Greetings mon ami Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/2/2019 1:22:00 PM Great minds think alike? Or perhaps, in our case, great hearts seek the same truths? Blessings, Brother! :-)

Jannie Breedt Date: 4/1/2019 10:55:00 PM Mr Barden, you fire me up. This great work deserves to be answered , albeit nowhere near this craft of yours. So dammit , I posted one at last. Thank you thank you. ( in fact, the moment I layed down my pen, there you were on my case. Heck, I dont forget) Login to Reply Gregory Richard Barden Date: 4/2/2019 1:21:00 PM To think that I inspired YOU?!? Well, that's just freaking awesome, my friend, as is seeing you "about" the Soup! Truly, this and your poem made my WEEK, and I do not take your (rare) visits for granted ... you were the very first here to reach out and encourage me, and I will NEVER forget that. If I ever DO publish a collection or write a sci-fi novel, there will be a dedication to you, my friend! :-)