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My Heart is a Secret Garden Contest

   Hosted by Silent One ~ 5/17/26

My Heart is a Secret Garden

It unfolded in a dream...

when in a wistful voice he whispered my name
and I heard enchanting echoes near nape and ear.
In silvered stardust reveries, he slowly came to me.
With a tender touch of affection, I felt no fear
and asked him to sit with me beneath a willow tree.

We planted a secret garden deep inside my heart
and built a wall around it to keep everything out
except glimmers of starlight in my beloved's eyes
and doves singing love songs that left no doubt
that dew on roses are the tears a halcyon heart cries.

Garbed in aubergine, the shade of passion flowers,
his breath is the lingering fragrance of lavender scent.
His kisses treaclier than the taste of ambrosial nectar.
His dulcet voice beseeching, as if asking for my consent.
In my heart's secret garden dwells my seductive specter.

From saffron shadows he often emerges unannounced.
In fading sunlight, I yield to him when love transcends
inside these garden walls without question or measure
for the fruitful flowering of our love weaves and wends
its way along a trellised path that promises pure pleasure.

No thorns exist within the gates of this glorious garden.
There are never wilted or withered petals for time to claim.
Flowers are budding and blooming in my heart, endlessly
with the paramour who holds the key; a face without a name,
the one invited inside my garden's gate to set my heart free.

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Sara Kendrick June 11, 2026 at 9:16 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. Wonderful that there were no thorns there, but they can be so painful and sometimes killers. Sara K.

Silent One May 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM You do have the most wonderful way with words and what I like best is how you create imagery from the most simplest of words - a true sign of a poetess... If only this intense, romantic, dreamlike love was reality and not only present when we sleep.. we all deserve a beloved like this.. You captured the essence of the prompt perfectly, highlighting how the love is protected from the outside world. You do sensuality without being explicit very well... Congrats on first place. Blessings.

Duke Beaufort May 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM Lin, an interesting exploration of what you like in terms of attractive forces! When I think of how we evolved and the various feelings and acts we can partake that provides comfort to each other, I think I would rather read what you wrote here since it says it all. You have a wonderful sensitive and preceptive ability that we often don't get to see. You add a lot to this space!!! Hopefully, no one gets to trample this garden! Sending smiles!!

Paula Goldsmith May 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM WOW!!! "My Heart is a Secret Garden" is a lovely write/story. I loved reading this one. Also love this great/pretty picture...  "Good Luck" I also did this wonderful contest."  Have a lovely day/week writing away, Paula........... Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM Thank you so much, Paula. I always write and then search for a picture that I think fits my verses. This one seemed perfectly matched to the aura I wanted to present.

Tania Kitchin May 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM Lin, so beautifully penned. Love the last stanza. Love that is not unrequited has no thorns. A fantasy perhaps or your soul mate that you have not met. Best for the contest. -hugs. Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM If there's a soul mate for me, Tania, he can live in his own garden. LOL Thank you for seeing the beauty in my lines, sweet friend.

Ink Empress May 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM Dear Linnersz, I smiled seeing you use the word “ beloved” silent one likes using that word, hmm i dunno how to find the right words to praise this glorious garden! What a soul warming one this is! Im ofcourse glad there are no thorns in yours, mine is a glass garden, blooming with black petals, thistles and thorns, and weeping willows, weathered and forgotten! I absolutely love the alliterations and wordplay! This is stunning! Pleasure reading you. Sending you light always. Best wishes! Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM lol Ink of course. Others don’t know that’s the way we are with each other. Love ya! Ink Empress May 17, 2026 at 12:57 PM Im so jealous you met silent one before me :) but you do write as good as him! He is such a talented poet! He taught me alot too: I will use that line for a poem ... lets see! i have EI contest to do :D and ofcourse you kno we are joking ;) Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM omg, you give as good as you get! Yes, I met Silent One in 2015, so I know a titch or two about what he likes. "Don't beat me I'm a vulnerable soul!" That's a line that's begging for a poem, Ink. Your garden soil is fertile. Ink Empress May 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM You are not one to butter, but you know what the sponsor likes! You always gave me what i like too! You are not just a soulful poetess but one that is in touch with the readers pulse! Dont beat me im a vulnerable soul! So fragile hahhaha my garden grieves hah! Ur secrets are buried in the barren soil of my garden! BOL! Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM Oh, my dear Ink! Are you suggesting I am buttering up the sponsor by using a word he often uses? hmmm... If I didn't know your intent in typing that, I might have to use my pen as a sword and take a whack or two at you!!! lol, sweet friend. Pish tosh that I would feel the need to do such a thing! OK enough teasing... thank you ever so humbly for entering my heart's secret garden and finding the glories I imagined there. I'm sure my secrets are safe with you. I accept your luminary and your best wishes.

Kim Rodrigues May 17, 2026 at 11:56 AM I especially love verse 3! A lovely write! Lin Lane May 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM I’m in agreement with you on verse 3, Kim. He sounds like the perfect lover, if there is such a man. Thanks for reading me and leaving your thoughts. ;-)