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My Foolish Heart

My foolish heart – what could I do when into my young life you blew like zephyr breeze one day in May? A rose was I - held in your sway, caressed by love so sweet and new. Amazed was I! The gust of you enraptured me, and I thought too that gone were all my clouds of gray. My foolish heart! Your love that seemed so strong and true was soon to make my world askew. Although you’d said you’d always stay, my breeze – once gentle – blew away. A cutting wind, you then pierced through my foolish heart. April 4, 2022 for L Milton Hankins' My Foolish Heart Poetry Contest

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Bill Baker

Date: 4/8/2022 12:12:00 PM

The naked truth of your poetry always astounds me. The girlish naivety, the hope of eternal love, and the dashed dreams by a promise broken. Romantic tragedy. So often true. Congratulations on the contest win. Well-deserved my poetess friend. Hugs, Bill

Meghan Hutchings

Date: 4/7/2022 7:25:00 PM

Congratulations, Andrea!! You are a brilliant poet, so it is always a pleasure to read your work! This poem is beautifully intense. I'm in love with the phrase, "The gust of you enraptured me"! Another well-deserved win!! God bless and much love...Meghan!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 4/7/2022 11:06:00 PM

thanks, that is so sweet of you to say.

Sam Kauffman

Date: 4/7/2022 11:44:00 AM

Wonder use of the wind as a metaphor for passion and sadness Andrea! Congratulations on your win!

Phyllis Babcock

Date: 4/6/2022 9:26:00 AM

Love this poem and I think we all have had that wind blow thru our hearts. Have a great week. love phyl

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 4/5/2022 10:44:00 AM

This is terrific. Congrats on your win. I especially like this part "Although you’d said you’d always stay, my breeze – once gentle – blew away."

Sara Kendrick

Date: 4/5/2022 4:26:00 AM

Congrats on this winning work. I think that it is very well written, but of course, I don't know the form very well just slightly familiar with it. I like the contents and the message behind it. Thanks for your visit to my page. Sara