Constance La France Poet Haibun

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Melancholy

 
You shall not chase my gloom away!
There's such a charm in melancholy.
(Samuel Rogers, 1814)

I think, I was born under the shadow of melancholy.  I was a woebegone girl
since birth. My mother said she never saw anyone with such an aching heart.
To me there was anguish and agony everywhere in my world.  At the side of
the road, a dead bird would bring me to tears and with a heavy heart I would
hold a funeral.  My parents refused to let me bury squirrels but I prayed quite
mournfully for their souls.  When my sister died in childhood, I was overcome
with grief and down-hearted.  I became desolate and miserable.  In my eyes
there is a sadness still that could shatter glass, it is so sorrowful. As I grew up,
I was a moody girl, taken to reflection and reverie, deep in my innermost 
thoughts and morose.


broken bleeding heart
                         there is such heartache to see-
                  beautiful sadness

Then, I found poetry writing and my sulkiness found an outlet.  Now I have
learned to use my melancholy and weariness and tiredness and even my
forever bitterness to create deep and dark poems.  And with each beloved
death I have been crushed yet have used the wretched pain to write my tears
away. I will tell you the truth, I write my very best poems when I am down 
and blue.  I was once told that a poet must suffer to be good and I believe
that to be true.  Sometimes, and don't laugh I force myself to be sad in order
to compose a pensive, broken poem.


deep in thought musing
                       that is where I find my pen-
                 sweet melancholy

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September 25, 2016



Poetry/Quote/Haibun/Senryu/Melancholy
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For the contest, Melancholy
sponsor, Nayda Ivette Negron

First Place

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Sandra Haight September 28, 2016 at 3:23 PM Sad and beautiful as always, Constance. Congratulations on your First Place win. 7 Hugs, Sandra

Joanna Daniel September 28, 2016 at 3:16 AM Oh, This is so beautifully sad, Constance, well deserving of the top place:) Congratulations:)

Kim Rodrigues September 27, 2016 at 9:06 PM Very nice, Broken Wings! Congratulations on your heartfelt write!

Eve Roper September 27, 2016 at 6:23 PM Back to congratulate you on your 1st place win , WooHooo..... Hugs

Tom Arnone September 27, 2016 at 11:51 AM The first Haibun is perfect -- the second is nice but superfluous. Congrats! :-)

Nayda Ivette Negron Flores September 27, 2016 at 9:46 AM Congratulations Constance on the placement of the contest

Beautiful Scars September 27, 2016 at 9:43 AM To Sweet Broken Wings- firstly I LOVE haibuns...and secondly I knew you would place high in this contest, its right up your ally...Congrats on your well deserved top placement :)-luloo

Kilalo Mwashighadi September 27, 2016 at 4:09 AM Sweet broken wings. What a write!

Beautiful Scars September 25, 2016 at 7:02 PM Sweet Broken Wings- this is what I'm thinking when I hear the word melancholy...you have such deep sadness and anguish beneath that beauty yet you express it in such a passionate reflective loving manner- loved this deeply...good luck in the contest, Nayda will love it :)-luloo

Eve Roper September 25, 2016 at 5:44 PM Excellent write, Constance, to know such sorrow at so young. Memories just don't seem to erase in time they linger always. I wonder sometimes if it is best to rekindle those memories to keep the person alive or do we do it to make our self suffer.. Perfect Haibun :) Perfect Haiku's good luck in the contest:) hugs Eve