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Missing Family Today I planted seedlings with my hand In springtime's youth and wish to watch them bloom, As verdant leaves now grow across the land, In hopes the lovely blooms dispel the gloom Of my sad melancholy heart that dwells Within this lonely soul bereft of glee, With a yearning in which sincerely swells, Alone with tears of Fear's disparity. Sweet loves of my life now in distance glow, Whose loving faces I embraced each day, Just as these seedlings that I hope will grow, They live so close in thought, yet far away. In missing them I pray again to see Their sweet faces ensconced in memory. 5-24-20 ~Third Place~ BRIAN'S CHOICE 11,any form, any theme Poetry Contest Sponsor Brian Strand

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Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 4/21/2021 8:44:00 PM

This is beautiful Connie. It really touches my heart deeply. Thank you for stopping by and visiting my poem earlier today, and leaving such an encouraging message. I was so blessed. This is such a lovely sonnet, very touching.

John Watt

Date: 10/22/2020 11:47:00 PM

Connie, I believe this is the last sonnet of yours I have not read. What a delightful journey it has been. Your talent for this form is exceeded only by the depths of your heart. The bittersweet vibrancy of this is so genuine, I can just feel how much you love and miss your beloved family. This is one of the most beautiful flower photos I've seen at Soup. Beauty all around. You are amazing, and your pen connects me with so many deep emotions. Thank you, poetry sister. Hugs ~ John

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 10/23/2020 1:17:00 PM

Thank you very much John. I wrote this sonnet after a year of missing my daughter and granddaughter who moved to the Big Island. I am happy to say Michelle, who is my youngest daughter, moved back home with me bringing back my beloved granddaughter to us. My husband got to realize his wish of her return for a month before he passed away in July. I am so thankful to have them with me now. Blessings xxoo

Sam Kauffman

Date: 6/12/2020 11:35:00 PM

Back to say congratulations again, Connie. So wonderful to see this tender poem on the Best New Poem list. Like you with Abigail, I have loved this sonnet from the first time I read it. So wonderful to be able to share this honor with you. Blessings and hugs!

Anisha Dutta

Date: 6/6/2020 1:34:00 PM

Dear Connie, I am touched. I also have the same feelings staying faraway from my daughters . Congrats to win on your most deserved poem. On attack of Amphan, my Internet connection went off for ten days. I was completely detached from Poetry soup. Love.

John Hamilton

Date: 6/3/2020 8:46:00 PM

Such a touching write Connie glad it got a podium win. I zoom with family in Argentina and elsewhere and it's almost like being with them, I know it's not the same, but it's a pretty good substitute.

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 6/3/2020 9:36:00 PM

I do get to see my grandkids on FaceTime maybe once a week. It is better than just the telephone. Thank you John. Blessings xxoo

Sara Kendrick

Date: 6/1/2020 7:23:00 PM

Congrats on your winning work. Way to go. I hope that you have more or closer family than having to share pictures, etc. through the use of internet. Sara

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 6/2/2020 12:03:00 PM

Thank you Sara. I do miss them very much. They visit us when they can. Blessings xxoo

Frances Schiavina

Date: 6/1/2020 9:13:00 AM

Congratulations Connie on your well written poem, sparkling with memories of beautiful children faces, carrying your seeds of love by wind of life to bloom and beautify far away gardens

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 6/2/2020 12:01:00 PM

Thank you very much for your lovely poetic comment Frances. It is much appreciated. Blessings xxoo

Sam Kauffman

Date: 5/31/2020 10:02:00 PM

Such a tender melancholy expression of separation from those you love using seeds as images of, Connie. Love the metaphor of tending the seeds as you would tend your family. Congratulations on your winning placement. This is lovely.

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/31/2020 10:17:00 PM

Thank you for understanding the meaning of my poem perfectly Sam. Blessings xxoo

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 5/31/2020 8:59:00 PM

I am touched by your poem, Connie, so much love and beauty in your poignant lines. Every mother can relate. My boys are still relatively young, but I know there will come a day that they'll fly away. Although my oldest who is almost 13, tells me he's going to live with me until I die, lol. Hugs to you, Rhonda :)

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/31/2020 10:15:00 PM

If I lived on the mainland I could drive to see them, but I need to take a ship or plane and both are impossible during this pandemic. I am sadist at not being able to see my youngest granddaughter and she is the last grandchild I will have. I get to see her on Face time and today I captured her first smile at me. She is 3 months old. Thank you Rhonda. I appreciate your understanding and kind words. Blessings xxoo

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 5/31/2020 8:57:00 PM

Eve Roper

Date: 5/30/2020 12:15:00 PM

Lovely petals of many colors small and tall, a piece of serenity brings to our soul when gloom and depression sits. We desperately need those loving hugs and kisses from our own, we bore in our womb. Luke 11:27 27As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." Lovely write, Connie. Hugs Eve

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:32:00 PM

Thank you Eve. It is difficult to see all my fledglings fly so far away. Blessings xxoo

Panagiota Romios

Date: 5/30/2020 8:04:00 AM

Your love of life ~ interwoven with love of nature. Quite impressive poem. Panagiota xoxo

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:32:00 PM

Thank you my dear friend. Blessings xxoo

Debjani Mitra

Date: 5/29/2020 8:18:00 PM

Lovely you have weaved nature so beautifully with the best human emotion .. eloquent creation..I am sure this time has been an amazing experience of a different type for all of us

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:37:00 PM

Being a grandmother was such a joy, but now that all live far away I miss them very much. Poetry is a blessing that keeps me busy. Thank you Debjani. Hugs and blessings xxoo

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/29/2020 12:21:00 PM

- So many who feel lonely today ... miss their loved ones ... - Hope your seeds will grow and become beautiful flowers for the summer :) - Sad but beautiful poem, Connie :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:44:00 PM

Thank you very much Anne-Lise. I hope you are feeling well? Oh my children live far away and I miss them very much. They all have busy lives and I’m really grateful for poetry that keeps me busy now that I don’t see my grandchildren anymore. Blessings xxoo

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 5/29/2020 9:35:00 AM

Oh how sweet, sincere and tender - my son said yesterday Mom, i've missed you but we are younger and less vulnerable so if we visit we will sit on the veranda - I've missed you too sweetheart I replied but we are now in the heart of Winter and if we don't get corona, we will get pneumonia! So we are waiting for Spring, but we video call often, the apple of my eye! Lovely poem Connie, vey graceful and loving. Blessings and hugs, Jennifer.

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:41:00 PM

I miss the double seasons I used to have when flying down under Jennifer. I am sure you miss your son as I do mine and my three daughters. I loved having my children and grandchildren around me but now they are all gone. I’m very grateful for poetry that keeps me busy. Thank you very much. Blessings xxoo

Joanna Daniel

Date: 5/29/2020 9:04:00 AM

Truly touching and a poignant sonnet, Connie:) in answer to your question on whether I have attempted the dizain form, I have written one more for sure, I forget it's title now:)

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/30/2020 12:42:00 PM

Thank you very much Jo. This is a very beautiful form. I like the shorter forms which are easier on my eyes to read. Have a wonderful weekend. Blessings xxoo

Mike Gentile

Date: 5/27/2020 8:29:00 AM

Such a timely and beautiful portrait of the current times and feelings shared by so many! A very touching and loving Sonnet Connie !! Hang in there xxoo

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/28/2020 12:53:00 PM

My grandson from my son and granddaughter from my daughter live in California. I haven’t even seen my new granddaughter yet and she is three months old now. Because of the restrictions of this pandemic I don’t know when I will be able to see her for the first time. That saddens me greatly. Blessings xxoo

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/28/2020 12:51:00 PM

Thank you Mike. I wish my grandchildren lived on my island so I could see them more often. I really really miss all of them. Cont.

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 5/26/2020 9:03:00 PM

Hello Connie … so many are missing family members but realize the safety issue. Thankfully many restrictions are being lifted. This is a wonderful heart wrenching sonnet Connie - thank you - Lindsay

John Gondolf

Date: 5/26/2020 2:37:00 PM

This is such a beautiful sonnet, Connie, I love the line "they live so close in thought, yet far away" this is beautiful yet sad at the same time. Stay safe my friend. Hugs, John

Judy Ball

Date: 5/26/2020 12:00:00 PM

A beautiful piece describing the fear, lonliness and hope we all feel when separated from those we love. Excellent. God Bless and stay well, JB

Silent One

Date: 5/25/2020 5:15:00 PM

A melancholic sonnet.. that touches the heart... It flows and rhymes very well also..

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/25/2020 5:18:00 PM

Thank you Silent. Happy Memorial Day. Blessings xxoo

Paul Callus

Date: 5/25/2020 5:03:00 PM

I love this sonnet, even though I know how much you are feeling the absence of beloved ones, Connie. Do keep yourself occupied with gardening and poetry...both are distractions that help to ease longing. ~ Best regards // paul

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/25/2020 5:14:00 PM

Thank you Paul, I will. My daughter called me today and she needed to get away from it all and is driving around the big Island by herself to help herself cope with being at home so long. Sometimes we just need to take a me day. Blessings xxoo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 5/25/2020 2:20:00 PM

I planted some sunflowers to brighten my lalani as I would not dream of visiting anyone whilst airlines permit other passengers to share my seat! I could never live with myself if I infected my family with COVID-19, so am happy with Email until the risk has passed! Aloha! Rico

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/25/2020 5:11:00 PM

Nature really does inspire Rico. Happy Memorial Day! Thank you Rico. Aloha xxoo

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/25/2020 1:32:00 PM

A beautiful living memory, perfectly written and traced. By trace, I mean I read your poem out loud and traced the imagery with my fingertips. Connie, today I'm giving myself the pleasure of reading your poem first. Only because I remember the warm feeling your words imprint within. I was very moved by the way you shared this with us, the longing in your words somehow feel at eased. God bless you and those we holds in our heart. Luv LINDA

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/25/2020 1:59:00 PM

I hope you have a lovely Memorial Day Linda. Thank you for such a wonderful comment. It is very nice to hear from you again. I am an optimist and I don’t usually let things get me down for long, but I think the new moon stirred my emotions to write this. Blessings to you and yours. xxoo

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/25/2020 1:14:00 PM

This is SO apropos for today and so lovely, Connie. Happy Memorial Day.

Connie Marcum Wong
Date: 5/25/2020 1:51:00 PM

Have a great Memorial Day Andrea! Thank you my friend. Blessings xxoo