Ghosts of Loves Past

Tis of your beauty, I was adrift in wonder, a sultry emotion left breathless in passion's keep. Ghosts now live between life and death in the mist of my memories. Recalling the soft touch of your love even now, especially now, still haunts me. I am lost in the pain of my longest walk from our last goodbye. Old friends seem harder to see now, their laughter even harder to hear...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 11/8/2017 8:33:00 PM
Yes when old friends are gone the laughter is hard to hear. That is so true. have a nice evening my friend.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 11/9/2017 10:20:00 AM
Thank you Darlene...
Date: 11/6/2017 1:01:00 PM
This has a cool feel to it, you do sonnets well.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 11/6/2017 9:02:00 PM
Thanks Richard.
Date: 10/31/2017 6:56:00 PM
hauntingly beautiful Charlie ... the final couplet is extremely poignant :-) hugs Jan xx
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/31/2017 8:03:00 PM
Thank you Jan...
Date: 10/25/2017 6:43:00 PM
I love the deep emotion - beautiful imagery.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/25/2017 8:30:00 PM
Thank you Line.
Date: 10/23/2017 6:57:00 PM
Hauntingly beautiful Charlie! The memory is such a gift and it is so sad that some lose their memories for what ever reason. My dearest friend is losing hers. Sometimes she remembers me.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/23/2017 9:18:00 PM
So sad Connie, I sympathize with her plight...
Date: 10/23/2017 3:06:00 PM
So very, sadly beautiful. Missing someone who you truly loved. I feel the lonliness. Beautiful write!
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/23/2017 3:31:00 PM
How very kind, thank you Judith...
Date: 10/21/2017 1:00:00 PM
Wow, Charlie , this is wonderful, a winner already Hugs Eve ~`*
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/21/2017 10:28:00 PM
Thank you Eve.
Date: 10/19/2017 9:49:00 AM
This is lovely, Charlie. I think really good Free Verse is very difficult to well. You have done this one beautifully. ...Fran
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/19/2017 12:07:00 PM
Thank you Francis..
Date: 10/18/2017 7:24:00 PM
Very soul stirring poem, Charlie. The last stanza has a powerful crescendo. The telltale sign of a great poem. This is a great poem emotionally driven by an excellent driver. Keep pouring the love down from your glow cloud pen, Mr. Rain Man. Love and smiles forever.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/18/2017 9:05:00 PM
You are so very kind, thank you Freddie...
Date: 10/18/2017 9:48:00 AM
very sweet in spite of the sadness ... that free verse sounds like rhyme is not common ... great ...
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/18/2017 10:22:00 AM
Thank you Probir...
Date: 10/18/2017 6:27:00 AM
Very deep Charlie..
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/18/2017 8:07:00 AM
Hope you liked it SO...
Date: 10/18/2017 3:35:00 AM
ohh, wrenching and yet beautifully crafted, charlie... i wish you had a longer version?.. huggs
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/18/2017 8:07:00 AM
Thank you Nette, maybe next time...
Date: 10/17/2017 9:05:00 PM
Yes, love can be painful--and the memory of it. Beautiful piece, Charlie. Janice
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Date: 10/18/2017 8:06:00 AM
Thank you Janice...
Date: 10/17/2017 7:56:00 PM
Such a stunning, beautifully melancholy write Charlie. Such finesse with your poetic expression and lovely imagery. A wondrous poem that had my rapt attention from start to finish.., and what a gorgeous finish indeed!
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Date: 10/26/2017 12:15:00 AM
Thank you Susan...
Date: 10/17/2017 6:07:00 PM
Yes that would be haunting. have a nice evening my friend.
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/17/2017 7:37:00 PM
Thank you Darlene...
Date: 10/17/2017 2:45:00 PM
Expertly penned indeed. Beautiful piece Charlie xomo
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/17/2017 3:25:00 PM
thank you Maureen...
Date: 10/17/2017 11:10:00 AM
A tribute to ardent past love, well expressed ---emotions flow through!
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Charlie Smith
Date: 10/17/2017 11:28:00 AM
Thank you Vijay...
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