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Liddington Hill Rispetto

There is one image forever in my mind Downland ridge, a back-cloth to my forming years Like a table, bare, where ancestors once dined An ikon potent that in my thought adheres It’s sensation - viscerally firm to bind And hold me now and for this life in its sphere But one day some time hence I will rise thereon And stay ‘til wind scatters dust, and I move on

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 2/12/2019 12:34:00 PM

I have read your short work and wanted to say congrats on your win ..Way to go.. Sara

Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 2/27/2019 4:45:00 AM

Thank you, Sara.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 2/5/2019 1:22:00 AM

Congratulations on your win Geoffrey! Memories are always a comfort, if they are good ones. : )

Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 2/5/2019 11:36:00 AM

Yes, memories are what I have most of. Thanks, Connie.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 2/4/2019 12:43:00 PM

Lines 1, 3, 4 and 7 all have only 10 syllables according to howmanysyllables.com. Otherwise your lovely poem would have ranked higher, Geoffrey. It was very difficult for me to judge this contest because contestants wrote so many incredibly beautiful poems. It's my hope that all of them will regard their entries as wonderful "stand-alone" poems. Congratulations on your win! Best wishes, Carolyn

Geoffrey Brewer
Date: 2/4/2019 3:36:00 PM

Carolyn, thank you for your tolerance of my errors (kicking myself for them). I have corrected them now - too late for the contest. Many thanks for placing me, and your kind comments.