I OFTEN WONDER

You first sought my trembling hand in perfectly sown, soft-honed land.
When our lips quiver gripped with virgin steam by an aloof stream,
time flared our romantic, teenage passion through forest-spiced air.
We lost logic under starry skies devoted to our sighs.

Years did not fray my feelings for our time in youth's twilight rays.
I oft wonder if peaked, bare recall tenderly takes you there ....
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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M  Avatar
May 28, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Awww CayCay your passionate heart remembering a time in your youth is just beautiful so deserving of POTD….Congratulations! Debx
Blown Avatar
May 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM
far out.....a nice psychle-logical-call........len
Hind Avatar
May 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
You have POTD? CONGRATS :)
Rodgers Avatar
May 7, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Dear CayCay, Congratulations on POTD. Oh, that strangeness of remembering a moment that still feels warm in the body long after the years have scattered. I love how the scene stays soft as forest air, trembling hands, that first spark that pulled me right back to my own half-forgotten edges. Amen! Blessings, Daniel
Rodrigues Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Back with congrats!
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Thank you for taking time to come back for me, Kim, that's special - like you. CayCay
Mcintosh Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Congratulations and God bless you, love, Gina
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I love feeling your light on one of my pages. Thank you, Gina. Sending love and light to increase your already bright shine ... CayCay
Anaya Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Passionate, and sweet m'lady. Congratulations on POTD! May blessings
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Passionate and sweet are two qualities I 'feel' in you. Thank you bunches ... CayCay
Legros Kelley Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Congratulations on your sweet and romantic POTD Cay-Cay. Tender memories of teenage love!
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Aint romance grand? Thank you, Bj ... CayCay
Roper Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Beautiful verse capturing young love, and congrats on POTD, my friend.
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Eve, thank you for reading it. It touches me that my words touched you as beautiful, feels good ... CayCay
Winter Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Dearest CayCay, a beautiful and passionate piece of writing! Oh how beautiful! Congratulations on POTD! I've missed you too. I've sent so many soupmails. Best, Anne
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Hey. Sweetheart. I embrace the enthusiasm in your response to my poem with emotion. Wrote on one of your poems that I looked but found no soupmail from you. I was bummed. Maybe it's because it wasn't working the other day. I hope you have it in you to type/talk to me again, would love that. CayCay
Nicole Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Dearest CayCay, moments from yesterday, those teenage memories often linger. This is beautiful, tender and romantic, all at the same time. Congratulations my sweet friend, on Poem of the Day. Hugs, Brandy
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
To receive 'beautiful, tender and romantic' as descriptive words for my poem from Soup's Queen of beautiful, tender and romantic is a beautiful and tender feeling. (I'm simply not a natural recipient for your 'romantic' though I'm an appreciator and advocate.) Sincere thanks, Brandy ... CayCay
Buehler Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Delighted congratulations on POTD, CayCay. A beautiful poem! :)
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Hey, Evelyn. Thank you so much for the word 'beautiful', for sharing it with me with an exclamation point. It is most wonderful ... CayCay
Gifford Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Hello CayCay, congratulations on your beautiful poem being featured as POTD. Memories of the days of youth, bitter and sweet are priceless. Beautifully written.
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I appreciate your comments, Zyrool. Your words and sharing touched me. CayCay
Gorelick Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Wonderfully penned. Though time elapses and youth fades, the wonderment you describe seems both quaint and profound. Much lost and little gained. Grief's always the price we pay for love. Congratulations on the POTD!
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I appreciate all shared, but the empath in me won't leave it at that; I am to 'hug' light into some of your thoughts via this box & pray you hug back. (No judgement involved.) Though they are very human & in concurrence with many/maybe most, ultimately, I didn't land there & pray the same for all. My heart's been broken more than once & being pain's/grief's prisoner - jailed in the ache & loss of it, trapped in a seemingly endless time struggling to endure w/o knowing how. Eventually, I knew gain over loss & joy as the flip side of pain. My write isn't bio but "WHEN EYES CLOSE", in my Best Poems if you wish, is & where I drew emotions for this write. To me the feel is 'bittersweet'/still deep but now as an internal treasure. He has been with me for decades w/o being there except the first four months. Hope you're hugging back ... CayCay
Goldsmith Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Congratulations on your POTD win. I enjoyed reading your lovely "WONDERMENT" write. Great memories are the best kind to have. Time goes on... Have a blessed day with your wonderful win...............
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
You Sweetheart, you - thank you for your light and comments ... CayCay
Wolf Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 8:53 AM
'bare recall' is an interesting phrase... Congrats on potd, CayCay. ~ Gershon
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Your comment is amazing because when I deliberately wrote 'bare', I wondered if anyone would get it and thought to myself, 'Gershon will', then I find you here saying so w/o saying else (which is not a criticism but an emphasis to my 'amazing.) Love that. (getting to know you, to know all about you - remember that song?) I thank you and I thank Father that you are you and a bit of my life ... CayCay
Bayles Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Power of memories well-portrayed.
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Your comment means a great deal to me, thank you ... CayCay
La France Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 5:34 AM
CayCay, beautifully penned and congratulations on receiving the POTD honor ~
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thank you so much, Constance. Lately, I have enjoyed seeing you here, there and a bit of everywhere. I hope that means you are experiencing upbeat energetic body/head harmony (how's that? Just now made it up but I'd actually love to achieve such as written) CayCay
Etgen-Baker Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 4:59 AM
a bittersweet romance poem of teenage love...beautifully penned. Congrats on your POTD designation.
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Thank you, Sara. CayCay
Kitchin Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 4:12 AM
CaycCay, such a beautiful and romantic poem. Congratulations on POTD.
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hey, Tania. I sincerely thank you for your comments and all else ... CayCay
Jones Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
A lovely romantic write CayCay! Congratulations on your potd honor!
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Thank you, cutie pie smiler (I hope you don't mind that; it flashes in my head every time I see your face. (God gave you such a bright smile) CayCay
Allison Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
so beautiful and romantic Caycay - my fave line is "When our lips quiver gripped with virgin steam by an aloof stream, time flared our romantic, teenage passion through forest-spiced air" .- simply beautiful! many congrats on POTD:-) hugs Jan xx
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
When I see you've visited, I immediately want to sit down, have a beverage and chit chat with you, you're so warm and naughty (limerick reference) which matches my mouth -- the combination of we two could be a hoot of a time. (hey, could be a poem, tea with certain poets ... must ponder.) Your favorite line is one of my fav lines to have penned ever. This one is bio, so all lines are a treasure, bittersweet and tenderly so. Much love ... CayCay
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May 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Congratulations CayCay on having received the honour of Poem of the Day. One never forgets their special moments in time, they last throughout their whole lifetime… Beryl
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Ah, Beryl, you know the totality of the joy/pain/bittersweet/tenderness of such moments, you've been blessed. Thank you for your comments ... CayCay
Seeker Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Memory recalls a scent that once was ~ Dew drops of love are revived in the pause _ congratulations on POTD, CayCay
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Your comment is a poem, just beautiful, and I thank you for it ... CayCay
Cunningham Avatar
May 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Back with congratulations to you CayCay on today's POTD honour. Enjoy your day. Tom
Godwin Avatar
May 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Thank you for coming back to gift me with your congrats. I appreciate that sweet gesture very much ... CayCay
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