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*1st Place*
E Form - Elegy
Contest Judged:  2024 July 22
Sponsored by: Constance La France
 

Forget-Me-Not

"Forget-me-not are the best parting words said in silence amidst sunset's climbing shadows," ... by The Poet. My Forget-me-nots my pretties soon it will be my time to part this simple life that'll be for not. I'll idle a bit drifting for awhile it'll be our dawn to cherish talk won't be a tempest in a teapot. For the life I must leave behind is not only mine but all of you for my life comes the afterlife. ... I prayed that each of you be planted in Heaven's garden there'll be no need of tending care but merely time for talk. I'll say words seldom heard, REMEMBER, life there will be forever, here is only for dying. Why? It's rooted to thy name. (later that evening) Hi my pretties, my final hour cometh, I say Good Night to you here and Good Morning up there. Forget-Me-Not, a name our World to Echo ...
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La France Avatar
August 7, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Hilo, congratulations on your win in my contest with this terrific elegy poem, I liked it a lot, well done, loved the quote too, Constance
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
August 8, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Thank you, Constance, as my brains freezed--intense writing--mahalo my friend. Aloha William
Alex Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM
"life there will be forever, here is only for dying" - A grim reality is very lightly and beautifully expressed. Congratulations!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Blessings, Christuraj, majority sees life as tomorrow and today as yesterday, there is no room for death because they got the answer THEY want ... they didn't die yesterday because they're presently living it--the "it" factor, is life--tomorrow takes a holiday of their minds--'grim', I emphasize agreement ... death is nonexistent in such a mindset. Disney: "Happily ever after is nonsense," Aloha
Goldsmith Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
Back with Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your "Forget-me-not" write again. Thanks for your kind words... Have a wonderful day writing away................
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Thanks again, Paula. You're welcome, I'm just adding my two cents worth, my friend. Aloha William
Junaid Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 4:45 AM
beautiful poem that pens emotion in a heart-wrenching way and a well deserved win. congratulations!!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I am appreciative of your fine expressions, Hiba, thank you for your visit and for your sharing, my friend. Aloha William
Rodrigues Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 4:29 AM
I love that you used the Forget-Me-Not flowers! Fell in love with them in Alaska. Your first line is so sweet, dear William, and the poem is beautiful through and through. Congrats!
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Thank you Kim, sort of took a step towards the time of our first daughter as I held her to meet her three brothers ... moments of a lifetime. Aloha William
Dutta Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Big CONGRATS to win TOP. WOW ! Forget - me -not ! So charming ! So appealing ! I will never forget. Blessings.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Namaste India, correctly spelt, A N I S H A, "The second door to the right!" LOL, thanks limits my deameanor for my joy exceeds beyond measure, my friend. Aloha William
Woods Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Aloha and congratulations dear poet! Well deserved for this Haunting elegy we will 'forget not'. The stanzas are beautifully written as usual... you never disappoint! Xo
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Haunting, a ghostly word--well spirited enough to have cause my pen--to be disturbed ... albeit, the keyboard's closer. With heart-filled expressions, Crystol. Aloha William
Croft Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Congratulations very nice elegy.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 22, 2024 at 4:36 PM
I just REVISED--you'll note its reason, and thank you. Aloha William
Goldsmith Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 12:50 PM
I enjoyed reading your  "Forget-me-not" write. "Good Luck" Have a blessed day.............
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 9:34 PM
You are constantly remembering me, mahalo, Paula. Friends like you, are never dime-a-dozen, but a penny well earned, Aloha William
Buhagiar Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Great poem, using the flower forget-me-not in such a metaphorical way. Let's hope we will meet again some day.
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM
In my "Born In Or...", I'm grounded by Heaven's will, future course still beyond my will, but to this day forward, let us enjoy our sharing, Sahha/Aloha William
De Beaulieu Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Aloha! Hilo Poet, I just read this poem. Forgets Me Nots are flowers. I never forget them . One day we will all meet in Haven. Aloha! /Darlene/
De Beaulieu Avatar
July 15, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Aloha! William. I will remember this William . Aloha! Thank you for the lovely comment. Aloha! /Darlene/
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 1:08 PM
You did not forget my dear Darlene, and your act of kindness should I ever have cause to forget, ... know that Heaven always remember, Aloha William
Narain Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Nice poem
Kelii Kekaula Avatar
July 14, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Thanks my friend, Aloha William
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