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Yesternight, I dreamt of you and all our together times. My soul swelled with the sincerest love and lips parted in the merriest laughter, In my fantasy, you spoke softly with the lilt of lilac melodies... My heart picked up some strange sussurating rhythms and a pleasurable pain assaulted my semi-drowned senses ~ Incredible feeling this is! Did we hold hands? Or is my imagination fraught with frenzied desire? The day we first met in 'our' garden behind your house brings back the sweetest memories... I still hear and rejoice with the songs of finches, bees and the billowy breeze. Then, there are the myriad flowers I scent even today! Those wildflowers you wove into a beautiful bouquet that Spring evening? - I have them preserved - Yes, they tell me the 'secrets' we shared and our promises of 'forever'... Emotion in my eyes as devotion cries in my saddest, loneliest hour, I wish dreams came true! ~ my last coherent thought... "Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." Percy Bysshe Shelly – To a Skylark

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Date: 10/3/2023 8:24:00 PM
Wow talented poetess, this form was so hard to do but yours flow seamlessly, as if it was so easy for you to do, i llve the imagery and emotions and how you’ve also started the poem as well as “ songs of finches…” “ me the 'secrets' we shared and our promises of 'forever' “Emotion in my eyes as devotion cries in my saddest,..,,” heart touching and so evocative! With descriptive word weaving! Loved this!
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Date: 9/29/2023 11:46:00 PM
I really enjoyed reading this lovely poem :)
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Date: 9/29/2023 8:34:00 AM
Love: yesternight… you spoke softly with the lilt of lilac melodies… strange sussurating rhythms… rejoice with the songs of finches, bees and the billowy breeze/Just so wonderful and love the Shelly quote <3
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Date: 9/29/2023 6:01:00 AM
How seamlessly you incorporated the words from the given poem, Jo! So hard to execute, yet, fabulously done.
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Date: 9/29/2023 1:49:00 AM
Oh this one is so touching.. so emotive nd seems so personal.. lovely poem for the contest..
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Date: 9/29/2023 1:40:00 AM
Imposing poem even if it is on the sad side. Mind you I write sad poems too. Still a brilliant write. Blessings
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Date: 9/29/2023 12:33:00 AM
A lovely poem. Well done.
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Date: 9/28/2023 10:37:00 PM
Well this is a winner! Wonderfully done :)
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