Last Night's Secret

A sudden darkness veiled the world below.
Luna was defused by a shadowed sky,
giving cause for Earth to be wrought with woe.
Something strange caused the night to go awry
as a shroud covered moonlight's golden glow.

My pulse quickened at the phenomenon.
I inhaled the floral scent of roses.
Snowflakes drifted over garden and lawn.
Like a fairytale that one composes,
it was a magical scene to dwell on.

Stars were dancing around the somber moon.
The brightest ones provided enough light
to see them twirling to a rhytmic tune.
What a spectacle I witnessed tonight;
stars waltzing and snow in the month of June!

With drooping eyelids, I soon fell asleep,
awakened when dawn's fingers touched my face.
At the window I sat, ready to weep.
Of snow and roses, there was not a trace.
The tale of last night I'll secretly keep.



December 1, 2020
Quintain - Sicilian Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Emile Pinet
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 1/3/2021 4:41:00 PM
very well done, Jenna. BIG congrats to you, Jenna. I just love the imagery.
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Date: 12/9/2020 2:31:00 PM
Beautifully penned Jenna, such vivid imagery and flow, many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx
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Jenna Logan
Date: 1/1/2021 4:41:00 AM
Thank you an awful lot, Jan.
Date: 12/9/2020 8:32:00 AM
Congratulations Jenna! Your amazing descriptive poem has placed "Third" in my contest. You should take pride, for it was a most delightful read and a difficult form to master. Very well done my friend, Emile.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/9/2020 1:00:00 PM
Thank you for the honor, Emile.
Date: 12/3/2020 7:09:00 AM
Hi Jenna. You have such a gift of imagery and rhyme in your poems. This is just beautiful. Best wishes in the contest! Linda
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/4/2020 7:22:00 AM
Your comment is so encouraging. Thank you, Linda.
Date: 12/3/2020 4:39:00 AM
Very beautifully done Jenna! I thoroughly enjoyed your write.
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/4/2020 7:21:00 AM
Thank you so much, Mark.
Date: 12/2/2020 1:24:00 AM
Despite the sadness at the end, I read your poem with great care and noticed that your phrases and structure culminating into the end were magnificent. It is the way I would wish to write, but not always managed it. Great poem. ~~
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/4/2020 7:21:00 AM
Such a compliment coming from you is wonderfully fulfilling. Thank you, Victor.
Date: 12/2/2020 12:23:00 AM
An amazing dream Jenna, how often we wake up and try and get back into the dream, sadly it never works out that way. Good luck Tom
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Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2020 12:59:00 AM
Good morning, Tom. Yes...I'm awake. lol So true about never picking up a dream where we left it by waking. More's the pity.
Date: 12/1/2020 3:33:00 PM
A brush with inspiration I've experienced here... your pen caresses my heart like a river flowing over smooth stones, leaving beauty wherever it touches. You have expressed so much wonder with your words. I love this and am faving it. God bless you sweet lady
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Date: 12/2/2020 12:58:00 AM
Thank you for such a thoughtful review, Gina. I appreciate your kindness as well as the fave.
Date: 12/1/2020 4:46:00 AM
Sounds like one of those strange dreams that meanders here and there. I have those a lot. Nicely written, Jenna, good luck in the contest. Hugs.
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Date: 12/1/2020 5:22:00 AM
Good morning, John, and thanks for sharing the thought that I'm not the only one who has weird dreams. This one was real...umm, a realistic dream.
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