Jenna Logan Poet Free verse

I Lay Bare My Wounded Heart

There are painful pitfalls to happiness
No one, not I, is immune to misery's tragic tune.
We cry in the night like a wolf baying at the moon,
sullen, soulful songs of heartbreak and despair,
drifting upon air. Of those memories; beware.

My emotions may seem as dormant as a volcano...
Silent but molten, setting fire to my dreams. 
In ashes they lie, beyond the reach of my heart.
I try to write the plight of my life, but the light
turns dark, leaving me with tormented thoughts.
Expressing the bane of lost love in poetic refrain
is a rueful score of what once was but is no more.

I've written hundreds of poems of being smitten.
Bitten and wounded by Cupid's arrow, was I.
How I wish he'd missed his target, and yet,
never would I have known love's tender touch 
or the gentle caresses as he stroked my tresses,
nor the taste of his lips sealing love's vow.

My muse refuses to let me forget
the memories of romance, so bittersweet,
so, I continue to write as I stumble,
suffering while penning another grief-stricken sonnet, 
then more, still more, I write in lamenting encore, 
a sequence of denouements that will tear me apart 
each time I lay bare my wounded heart.




December 7, 2020
Catharsis Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One

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John Hamilton January 8, 2021 at 12:04 PM Thanks for your entry Jenna and congrats on a fine win! Jenna Logan July 8, 2022 at 5:46 PM I'm very appreciative of your support of my poetry. Thank you, John.

Kim Rodrigues December 12, 2020 at 4:11 PM Jenna, I think we all experience parts of the whole human experience. Written well. Congratulations on top win! Jenna Logan December 24, 2020 at 5:55 AM Thank you very much, Kim.

Mark Koplin December 12, 2020 at 6:20 AM Back with Congrats my friend! Your top wins just seem to never end! Great job Jenna! Jenna Logan December 24, 2020 at 5:55 AM Thank you, Mark. I enjoy the writing as much as the placments.

Beata Agustin December 11, 2020 at 5:45 AM Congrats for this cathartic muse of yours. God bless you. Jenna Logan December 24, 2020 at 5:54 AM Thank you, Beata. She's been behaving rather nicely, as of late.

Anne-Lise Andresen December 11, 2020 at 3:04 AM - Congratulations on your win, Jenna :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jenna Logan December 24, 2020 at 5:54 AM Thanks, Anne-Lise. Hugs to you.

Unseeking Seeker December 10, 2020 at 7:13 PM Potent, poignant power of your eloquent words is simply amazing Jenna, as you takes us through each nuance of shattered emotions, slowly healed in the heart and correctly distinguished from memory in the mind. Congrats on the first place win! Jenna Logan December 24, 2020 at 5:53 AM Thank you very much for your detailed remarks, Seeker. I appreciate your time for reading and leaving them for me.

Charles Messina December 10, 2020 at 12:45 PM Such a gem, Jenna. Outstanding write and poetry. I can see why Silent One put this at the top...I would have done the same. Congratulations on your top win! Hugs Charlie Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 4:02 PM I'm flattered, sincerely, by your kind thoughts, Charlie. Thanks ever so much, and hugs back for you.

Curtis Johnson December 10, 2020 at 10:43 AM Congrats, my friend, on a very deserving piece of heart felt reality. Blessings. Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 4:02 PM Oh, thanks so very much for the sentiments, Curtis.

Edward Ibeh December 10, 2020 at 10:26 AM Whoa, my mind is blown by this masterpiece, Jenna! Of course it won first place! Faved. Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 4:01 PM How kind are your thoughts. Thank you, Edward.

Krish Radhakrishna December 10, 2020 at 9:48 AM Jenna congrats and another brilliant poem from your pen!! you have expressed your strong emotions so very powerfully! Brilliant! Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 4:01 PM Thanks so much for your kind remarks, Krish.

Silent One December 10, 2020 at 8:51 AM Well, I could feel the pain and the anguish in your words... I hope your heart has healed.... Pure catharsis here.. Congratulations on your first place in the contest.. Jenna Logan December 10, 2020 at 4:00 PM My heart will be eternally scarred, but healed, and the pain has lessened over time. Thank you for your concern, and I'm truly honored to have placed in your contest.

Mark Koplin December 9, 2020 at 8:50 AM A slash to the heart always ends a good start. I feel your pain in this profound poem my friend! Well done Jenna Jenna Logan December 9, 2020 at 6:40 PM Thank you so very much for your considerate comments, Mark.

John Gondolf December 8, 2020 at 4:25 AM Jenna, you not only laid bare your wounded heart but you laid bare your soul. I could feel the deep emotion and pain, I too have been there. John Jenna Logan December 9, 2020 at 2:53 AM I guess I did, John. Kind of difficult to stop the bleeding once the wound is opened. I'm very sorry you are acquainted with that type of hurt, but thank you for relating and letting me know in your remarks.

Tom Cunningham December 7, 2020 at 10:47 AM Quite a deep emotional write Jenna you've certainly laid bare your wounded heart. Best of luck in the contest. Hope you are keeping well. Tom Jenna Logan December 7, 2020 at 12:38 PM I am always so appreciative of your comments, Tom. Thank you for your time of reading and leaving your thoughts.