How My First Poem Was Born

My daughter’s last breath
my first poem, “Stay,” was born—
a sad mother’s grief,
desperate for a reason
to stay for another day.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 1/8/2025 11:15:00 AM
Hello Lisa, this is heart breaking. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene/
Login to Reply
De Beaulieu Avatar
Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 1/8/2025 4:27:00 PM
Hello Lisa, Your welcome. I will and you enjoy yur evening. /Darlene/ Hugs.
Clendening Avatar
Lise Clendening
Date: 1/8/2025 11:32:00 AM
I appreciate your comment, Darlene. Thank you! Enjoy your day too! Hugs!
Date: 12/14/2024 8:15:00 PM
Melencholic, yet full of passion and love. Stay. Congratulations!
Login to Reply
Clendening Avatar
Lise Clendening
Date: 12/14/2024 10:04:00 PM
Thank you, Alex!
Date: 11/30/2024 6:32:00 AM
Dear Lise, truly touched my heart with your heartfelt words. My wife and I had a miscarriage and two of my daughters had miscarriages. Each time an emotional loss. Autumn Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel
Login to Reply
Clendening Avatar
Lise Clendening
Date: 11/30/2024 7:11:00 AM
Dear Daniel, thank you for sharing your experience and for your kind words. I deeply appreciate your understanding of the emotions in my poem. Autumn blessings to you and your family.
Date: 11/29/2024 5:04:00 AM
Dear lise this made me tear up, sigh, im so sorry for your loss and i cant even imagine the grief you must still be enduring and the poem title “ stay” sounds like something i would like to read. I felt this tanka and its so poignant and sincere: best wishes for the contest
Login to Reply
Clendening Avatar
Lise Clendening
Date: 11/29/2024 5:22:00 AM
Thank you, Ink Impress.
Get a Premium Membership
Get more exposure for your poetry and more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Member Area

My Admin
Profile and Settings
Edit My Poems
Edit My Quotes
Edit My Short Stories
Edit My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder

Soup Social

Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us

Member Poems

Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread

Member Poets

Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest

Famous Poems

Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100

Famous Poets

Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War

Poetry Resources

Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Hide Ad