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Hidden Bloom Unraveling

Written: August 19, 2025 for contest sponsored by John Anderson, *********** through the slack of spring where orchids shivered, we met— your hand brushed my sleeve and the wind forgot its name just to listen to our hush I kept you folded within a dusk-colored thought— years passed like soft rain and still, I never told them how you lit my shadowed rooms I speak your name, now and the sky does not shudder only the sparrows pause mid-flight, as if they knew what I had buried in bloom
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Date: 8/20/2025 8:13:00 AM
Absolute genius!! Fantastic Tankas - fantastic poetry!! :) john
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Date: 8/20/2025 2:45:00 AM
"I kept you folded within a dusk-colored thought— years passed like soft rain and still, I never told them how you lit my shadowed rooms"---- The tanka trio stays so well-knit and beautifully crafted. But of the three, the middle one I love so much. A treasure you kept folded in your hand for long, lighting your shadowed rooms, invoking a kind of nostalgic longing in you.Great entry for the contest. All the best, dear friend.
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Date: 8/19/2025 9:49:00 PM
I loved reading this romantic, heartfelt poem, my friend. The imagery is wonderful! :)
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Date: 8/19/2025 5:49:00 PM
A marvel of a poem, truly- I love that last stanza
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Date: 8/19/2025 5:08:00 PM
Chills, poetry chills, your poem made me high, and I love poetry highs. People pay to feel the way your poem just turned me. Absolutely splendid. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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Date: 8/19/2025 10:02:00 AM
A beautiful poem with sad feelings. Great poem.
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Date: 8/19/2025 7:47:00 AM
elegant imagery, dear Sotto! I love the subtly of the romance entwined within your lines. Exquisite and breathtaking. hugs from Texas, Sara
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Date: 8/19/2025 7:31:00 AM
your hand brushed my sleeve and the wind forgot its name…also love the orchids :)
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Date: 8/19/2025 6:01:00 AM
This is an amazing poem. I enjoyed the story in three parts. Good luck with the contest.
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Date: 8/19/2025 5:27:00 AM
- So sad but still so tender and beautiful, Las - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs
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