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~1st Place~
Contest: Pick A Title - Vol 5
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh
Theme: 2, Sepulchered Memories
Judged: 06/25/2019

~1st Place~
Contest: Lines of Ten that Remind You What It Was Like Back Then
Sponsor: Silent One
Judged: 10/05/2018

Note: New York State claimed my parents' home via eminent domain in 1960.
The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge was completed in 1963.

Entered, May 16, 2025 - For The Contest, "Your Choice H"

Sponsor, Brian Strand

I ride by it most every day- the ghost that once stood real upon that lovely hill, with winding creek, a sprawling velvet lawn and pillared, wrap-around, fine spindled-porch with wide front doors that led inside my home. My home, where memories still fill my heart of special times with family, all there. The older loved ones, now long gone, also, my childhood home, annexed, hacked down to be the west ramp for the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. d opened in November 1963.

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Edward Ibeh

Date: 6/25/2019 2:50:00 PM

Congratulations on your top win with this fantastic write, Sandra!:-)

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/11/2018 7:18:00 PM

Beautifully penned, Sandra. Congrats on your well deserved top win.

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:46:00 PM

Thank you very much, Line! Hugs, Sandra

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 10/9/2018 1:18:00 AM

I remember this moving piece Sandra. Congratulations on your deserving first placement! : )

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:46:00 PM

Thank you, Connie! I think I've written at least four poems about this sad event! Hugs, Sandra

Silent One

Date: 10/5/2018 5:57:00 AM

What a sad story, I can relate to this poem.. Congratulations on first place in the contest...

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:45:00 PM

Thank you for the great contest and my nice placement, SO! Yes, it was sad and still is when I ride by. Sandra

Mohammad Yamin

Date: 10/1/2018 5:23:00 PM

Excellent write -very descrptive and charming. Sandra You are great. Love -Mohammad

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/15/2018 6:44:00 PM

Thank you very much, Mohammad, for your visit and very supportive comment. Sandra

Charlie Smith

Date: 9/29/2018 10:58:00 AM

Bummer, The times do change, regardless of memories, best wishes Sandra...

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:20:00 PM

Once again, thank you so much, Charlie. Sandra

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 9/27/2018 2:48:00 PM

sad and nostalgic. You did so well with this challenge!

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:19:00 PM

Thank you very much, Andrea. Hugs, Sandra

Winged Warrior

Date: 9/27/2018 12:33:00 PM

A lovely & sad memory Sandra...lets make some good new ones my friend...love & memories...^WW^

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:19:00 PM

Thank you, WW, for your nice comment. Much appreciated. Sandra

Joanna Daniel

Date: 9/27/2018 9:50:00 AM

A sad 'development', I should say, Sandra, well penned:)

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:18:00 PM

Thank you very much, Jo. Hugs, Sandra

Agnes Krampe

Date: 9/27/2018 6:51:00 AM

That must have been hard to see, Sandra. You made the sad memory into a lovely poem.

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:17:00 PM

Yes, Agnes, it is still sad for me because I pass it so often. Thank you for your lovely comment. Hugs, Sandra

Tom Cunningham

Date: 9/26/2018 10:21:00 PM

A lovely verse Sandra but I sense a hint of sadness in your words. You cant help but think back every time you pass it. The memories. Tom.

Sandra Haight
Date: 10/1/2018 2:16:00 PM

Thank you, Tom, for your supportive comments. Yes, it is difficult living so near where my childhood home no longer stands. It was one of only two demolished in that area. Sandra