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For: My Heart is a Secret Garden

Sponsor: Silent One

May 26, 2026

My Heart is a Secret Garden

If my heart is a secret garden
it’s weedy and overgrown,
the few flowers that try to bloom 
are pitiful spots of color
trying to find the sun. 

Flowers once were technicolor,
long ago when love was young,
and sang in joyful notes 
as we journeyed forward 
on a path we made our own. 

You were fickle; I was true
and so the path we walked diverged,
still the secret garden in my heart 
waits for you to come back in
and sow the seed again.

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Sara Kendrick June 11, 2026 at 10:19 AM I wanted to give you a belated congratulations on your poem being on the winners' list in this contest. Way to go. Somehow, I missed seeing this contest had been judged. Sara K. Chetta Achara June 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM Thank you.

Silent One May 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM Ahhh the one that got away, yet it was his fault and not yours.. such is love, a balance of holding and letting go.. congratulations on your placement in the contest..

sara Etgen-Baker May 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM loved this introductory line: Flowers once were technicolor, so true...well done, faving. Chetta Achara May 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM Thank you.

Paula Goldsmith May 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM "My Heart is a Secret Garden" is a lovely write with a great picture. Love can be grand at any age. "Good Luck" I also did this wonderful contest."  Have lovely week writing away....... Chetta Achara May 17, 2026 at 3:42 PM Thank you.