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Tainted Tears

Tainted Tears

What lurks inside a single tear?
Look closely and you shall find
Polluted waters of yesteryear
Daunting dreams that remind

Look closely and you shall find
Sacrificial streams of love lost
Daunting dreams that remind
Sinking ships within a frigid frost

Sacrificial streams of love lost
Incipient illusions of life so real
Sinking ships within a frigid frost
Camouflaging calamities conceal

Incipient illusions of life so real
Polluted waters of yesteryear
Camouflaging calamities conceal
What lurks inside a single tear?



March.22.2018
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Bette Bavington Date: 9/20/2018 11:50:00 PM This is a good pantoum. Congratulations on your win. Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 4/8/2018 10:00:00 PM Awesome pantoum. Wonderfully penned, WW. Congrats on your win. Login to Reply

Susan Gentry Date: 3/27/2018 8:59:00 PM Congratulations on your win! Login to Reply

Susan Ashley Date: 3/27/2018 7:17:00 PM Returning with congratulations Winged Warrior for your excellent win with your sadly beautiful poem.. Warmest wishes, my friend. ~Susan Login to Reply

Carrie Richards Date: 3/27/2018 5:59:00 PM Many of us took the saddest route to writing our Pantoums ! This is wonderful! Well done ! Login to Reply

Eve Roper Date: 3/27/2018 12:33:00 PM Congratulations on your amazing win , ^WW^, enjoyed reading! Have a nice Easter Hugs Eve ~`* Login to Reply

Beautiful Scars Date: 3/27/2018 9:54:00 AM what lurks inside a single tear...a question i often ask myself. deep stuff WW, amazing pantoum. thank you and congratulations :)-luloo Login to Reply

Susan Ashley Date: 3/23/2018 1:40:00 PM Winged Warrior, you so artfully pose such an intriguing question; 'What lurks inside a single tear?' Your sadly beautiful pantoum is deeply expressive of loss. Elegant and poignant! Warmest wishes, my friend. ~Susan Login to Reply

Akkina Downing Date: 3/23/2018 6:59:00 AM I agree with Vijay, a lot hides behind a single tear. Sad but beautifully written my dear ^WW^.... sending you a big hug and a white smile :) Login to Reply

Arturo Michael Date: 3/23/2018 5:29:00 AM We need some water purifiers for those tears...'cause eventually, there's gonna be a backup... Lovely video...I can see your time...All the best WW Login to Reply

Maria Williams Date: 3/23/2018 3:06:00 AM I have never attempted a Pantoum Wingy, but this is a very fitting form for your passionate write. Its certainly different, never thought of analyzing a single tear, but a friend of mine used to say, trap the first tear, it is the purest of all. Good luck on this winning write my friend....Maria Login to Reply

Rhoda Tripp Date: 3/22/2018 8:43:00 PM Oh man, Winged. This is now one of my favorite Pantoums. Very awesome write. Sorry I haven't been around much. I'll have to remedy that very soon. Login to Reply

Vijay Pandit Date: 3/22/2018 3:40:00 PM A lot hides behind a single tear.. as you have well illustrated in this lovely poem.. best for a win, WW. Login to Reply

Heidi Sands Date: 3/22/2018 2:13:00 PM An excellent Pantoum for the contest WW!! Your writing is amazing :) Login to Reply

Silent One Date: 3/22/2018 2:08:00 PM Ooooohhh I wrote about an isolated tear today... This is a sad poem about loss my friend... Pantoum is my fave form, but not written on in such a long time.... Login to Reply