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Contest : My Heart Is A Secret Garden

Sponsored by : Silent One

Date : May 19, 2026

My Heart Is A Secret Garden


In the splendorous sky of my halcyon heart, 
shimmering with the glow of argentine art,
like the sequins of the moon you sparkled,
I absorbed your seraphic sheen hewn.

In scorched sky above the wasteland of my life,
cumulus clouds hovered as rainless clumps.
In their smoldering shadow 
a desert spawned in my heart.
At its fading fringe in the oasis of yearning 
you became the mesmeric meadow in my heart
where I traced a turquoise trail of dulcet dreams,
discerned the lattice of my love engrave
the enticing emblem of the blooming rose,
with its patina eternally frozen on your face. 

When my golden pasture gleamed 
with the eventide’s heavenly hues,
you embellished the rose buds of rapture,
I saw unfurl in your entranced eyes   
with the lilting luster of covert craving.

As twilight painted the panorama of passion,
my suffused sky dissolved with sapphire serenity,
spread sensuality spectrum on your visage,
flowering as a stardust smeared scarlet rose 
in the secret garden of my heart.
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Kendrick Avatar
June 11, 2026 at 10:14 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. Some good alliteration is used. Sara K.
Sinha-Roy Avatar
June 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Thank you, Sara. I know you appreciate my poems, for which I am grateful.
Legros Kelley Avatar
May 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM
So very lovely! Congratulations on your 1st place win in the contest Subimal!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 23, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Thank you, Bj, for your read and comment.
Sands Avatar
May 22, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Beautiful poem. Congratulations for your win :)
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 23, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Thank you, Heidi.
One Avatar
May 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
So many wonderful lines in your poem, which shows the secret garden on your heart.. I really enjoyed lines like, "When my golden pasture gleamed with the eventide’s heavenly hues, you embellished the rose buds of rapture." and "As twilight painted the panorama of passion, my suffused sky dissolved with sapphire serenity," A touching poem.. Congratulations on your first place in the contest..
Sinha-Roy Avatar
May 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Thank you so much for the placement and for your encouraging comments.
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