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For Silent One's Broken Promises Poetry Contest

Promises of a Honey Bee

He nourished my soul with his promises, and like a rosebud, I thirsted for the rain of beautiful vows that fell from luscious lips I loved to kiss. His very presence lit up my world, and for a while, I thrived in his garden. Suddenly the sunshine sustaining me became endless days of dreary gray. I’m wilting here now, knowing that nothing he’d told me was true. A bee, he sweetly sees new blooms as I die, petals plucked. He loves me; he loves me not.
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Goldsmith Avatar
July 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful "Promises of a Honey Bee" Etheree write. A wonderful ending. Have a blessed day with your win............
Guptar Avatar
July 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Congratulations dear poetess on your top win in this contest with a lovely etheree wrapped in beatiful imagery to convey the pangs of broken vows. Like many of your poems it seems to draw inspiration from living experience.... Wish you a peaceful day carving your gems.
Croft Avatar
July 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
congrats on your win!
Sinha-Roy Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Nice Etheree, Andrea, on a beautifully crafted theme. Congratulations.
Dietrich Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Thanks, Subimal
Sultan Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Congratulations on 1st place! The imagery of the rosebud, the garden, and the wilting is so powerful. And the formatting makes you feel the loss. Absolutely beautiful work.
Dietrich Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Thanks so much, Nazia
Jones Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Back to say congratulations on your top win!
Dietrich Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Thank you. That kind of surprised me !
One Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A very good etheree and a double one. You used a clever analogy to highlight broken promises.. We will always thirst for rain when suffocated by the sun.... Congratulations on your first place in the contest..
Dietrich Avatar
July 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I thank you. So appreciated after getting several NAs recently!
Jones Avatar
July 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Andrea this is brilliant and a fave! Love everything about this!
Smith  Avatar
June 29, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Beautifully put. I like how you have used the bee analogy.
Dietrich Avatar
June 29, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Thanks. I like writing etheree
George Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Promises broken leave us sad and make us shattered. Well detailed the sad consequences of a love that went haywire.
Dietrich Avatar
June 29, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Thanks, Valsa
Hind Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
very sad, this is a difficult form, well done...again very sad though, I thought the end said it all
Dietrich Avatar
June 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I like this form because it's easier for me than some other forms. Thank you, Paige
Rodrigues Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Aww…this one ends sadly…Fave
Dietrich Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Thanks, Kim
Crandall Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Only the loveliest flower in the garden could concoct these words! This poem reminded me of a 1955 song called Hummingbird by Les Paul and Mary Ford.
Dietrich Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Thanks. I gotta see about this hummingbird song. Year of my birthday!
Rolland Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
wonderful and luminous poem, enjoyed a lot, thanks poet Andrea
Dietrich Avatar
June 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Thank you
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