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There Was a Time

There was a time when meadows&forests&streams greeted me each day and I would find myself bathed in dappled light but those childhood places are now just a dream for the years have changed the landscape and those places are no more yet, in other places the sun still comes&goes and birds still sing joyous songs&flowers still sway to fill my heart with bliss . . . ______________________ July 17, 2020 Poetry/Verse/There Was a Time Copyright Protected, ID 20-1268-981-03 All Rights Reserved, 2020, Constance La France Written for Strand New (11) contest sponsor, Brian Strand First Place

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 7/23/2020 4:21:00 PM

There is such joy in nature! Your poem expresses this beautifully Constance. Congratulations on your first place win with this lovely gem. Blessings xxoo

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:42:00 PM

Connie, thanks for the compliment and the congratulations _Constance

Gary Radice

Date: 7/23/2020 1:51:00 AM

A lovely write Constance. Congratulations on your win.

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:43:00 PM

Gary, thanks for the compliment and the congratulations _Constance

Harry Horsman

Date: 7/22/2020 8:02:00 AM

Love this Constance, and why because it takes me back, and takes me to the very places you have written about. Love your dappled light...

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:44:00 PM

Harry,thanks for visiting, sadly I found out the hard way that we can never go back to those dappled places, better to keep the memory and find new dappled places _Constance

Anisha Dutta

Date: 7/21/2020 8:55:00 PM

BIG CONGRATS to win TOP. So true. Landscape changes wiping memories of childhood.Love.

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:45:00 PM

Anisha, thanks for your comment and the congrats _Constance

Edward Ibeh

Date: 7/19/2020 7:36:00 PM

Awesome verse, Constance:-) Heartiest congratulations on your win in Brian's contest! Well done!

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:45:00 PM

Edward, thanks for the compliment and the congratulations _Constance

JCB Brul

Date: 7/19/2020 6:08:00 PM

Such a lovely inspirational poem! So soothing! Congratulations on your TOP WIN!

Constance La France
Date: 7/30/2020 2:46:00 PM

JCB, thanks for the compliment and for the congratulations _Constance

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 7/19/2020 1:49:00 PM

- The time that was are precious memories, my friend ... and in the future you will create new memories - Hope everything is well with you, Constance :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Constance La France
Date: 7/19/2020 3:39:00 PM

Anne-Lise, thanks for visiting my poem and for commenting, appreciate, I am doing well thank you and hope you are too _Constance

Jack Horne

Date: 7/19/2020 10:22:00 AM

beautiful write, my friend. i hope you & Snuggles are doing well x

Constance La France
Date: 7/19/2020 3:40:00 PM

Jack, thanks for the beautiful, me and the fat, fluffy, adorable, spoiled rotten Snuggles are doing great, nice to hear from you _Constance

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/18/2020 2:24:00 PM

There was a time and that time is now...Nicely expressed

Constance La France
Date: 7/19/2020 3:41:00 PM

Arturo, you are right and I am trying very, very hard to live in the moment and let go of the past but it keeps creeping into my life, I have found word search puzzles help distract, sounds silly but it works _Constance

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 7/17/2020 1:34:00 PM

You to look harder for them, but they are there. This is lovely. Good luck in the contest. xomo

Constance La France
Date: 7/17/2020 2:53:00 PM

Pigeon, yes, beautiful places are to be found and really one can never go back to what once was, it just does not work, thanks so much for visiting my poem today, appreciate _Constance