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contest Nameless,Nightmare,Neglect Words

sponsor Constance La France

The years of youth lost...unrecoverable, from a life of debauchery. Where all the faces are now nameless. From the fresh scent of Spring, through the endless Summers, and the romantic Autumns, to the warm blankets of Winter All have come and gone, like the wind or a passing storm that drenched the days and nights, in layers of passionate interludes that have become hollow memories, like a shooting star that burned brightly then gone, fading to black, leaving nothing but an after-image as a reminder that bled the soul and came with the price of loneliness, where a hole in the heart grew larger and could never be filled, it's where nothing lived long, and the toll was silent pain, from the highs and lows when passion was bartered to heal the wounds that cut deepest, when the heart was young and innocent and became a traveler, seeking different realms, finding fool's gold, held in the hands of a court jester, who sat alone in a crowd, counting shadows, that are mere nameless faces, from yesterday's empty illusion of passion that turned cold and distant once expressed.

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Date: 11/26/2023 9:33:00 PM
"a hole in the heart grew larger and could never be filled" - a beautiful symbolic image. Congratulations!
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Date: 11/25/2023 12:11:00 PM
I read this twice, because the first time i read it i got lost between your lines and verses, so beautifully crafted with sincere emotions. The way you use nature to depict life experiences is so profound and creative, i especially love the lines “ like a shooting star that burned brightly then gone, fading to black” time… how it fleets… so many nameless faces lost through time. Congratulations on your win, well deserved it is. A fave too
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Date: 11/18/2023 2:53:00 AM
You have a gift, dear. I enjoy your writes and empathise with the author. A feeling of emptiness prevade.... nostalgic undertones nestle in the heart.
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Frederic Parker
Date: 11/18/2023 5:16:00 AM
Eileen you are always touched by deep emotional poetry, glad to hear from you, thank you for your kind response
Date: 11/17/2023 3:11:00 PM
you express yourself so well Frederic, enjoyed this poem
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Frederic Parker
Date: 11/18/2023 5:14:00 AM
thank you Mystic, it's been a while
Date: 11/16/2023 2:55:00 PM
An excellent take on this theme for the contest.. I could see your life story portrayed through your words, well a part of it.. you have a wonderful way with words..
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Frederic Parker
Date: 11/18/2023 5:14:00 AM
yes, Silent One...to a point, thank you for your kind response
Date: 11/16/2023 11:46:00 AM
- "nameless faces, from yesterday's empty illusion of passion" ... a painful toll to pay - A deep and sad poem, Frederic - Good luck in the contest :) - hugs
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Frederic Parker
Date: 11/18/2023 5:12:00 AM
thank you Anne for your kind reply

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