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For Second Chance For Non Placement Poetry Contest sponsored by Constance La France, originally entered in Any Subject Poetry Contest judged 1/20/2025

 

 

Peter, Remembered

In silence, I now sit inside your room
as doleful fingers strike piano keys,
and beauty soars like roses, red, in bloom.
The weight of life, your heart and mind, it flees.
A sad, foreboding melody does loom. 
I muse as I remember times like these - 
just thirty-seven years on earth, not long.
Tonight, I hear your sad piano song.
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Fowler Avatar
January 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Bittersweet write Dave. Nice for for presentation. :)
Crandall Avatar
January 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Thanks elle
M  Avatar
January 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Oh David such a beautifully sad poem which is relatable to many. My dad died at 36... l never got to know him. I am sorry you lost Peter so young! Cuddles...Debx
Crandall Avatar
January 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My goodness, 36, way too young, and sad. Take care, Deb.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
That’s so sad David, a very nice tribute to your roommate who passed too soon… Beryl
Crandall Avatar
January 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Thanks Beryl!
Dietrich Avatar
January 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Wow. Just the type of poetry this form suits best. So lovely. So sad.
Crandall Avatar
January 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thanks, this was one of my roommates in 1978 when I was 18. He was a nice guy, played classical piano, which I don't know much about. He played a piece called "Picture from an Exhibition" over and over, which I thought of as beautiful and brooding. I liked it. He died suddenly, with unknown cause, about 12 years later, which was sad.
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