Today I Am Mindful

Beautiful reflections of yesterday.. regret is powerful, but more awaits. It was a pleasure to read this.

Hi Valerie. Beautifully penned verses.... Congrats for having your poem featured in the poetrysoup home page! ;-)

wonderful and mindful,all go thro this phase.fantastic.

Absolutely love the imagery, "crushing the sweet fragrance of their blooms..." Wow. What a vivid picture you paint in a few words. Very well done. Love it.

Valerie, Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soup's home page :). **SKAT**

Bittersweet. Nice writing, Valerie. Congrats on the selection. daver

I love the title of your poem. This is a great short poem, Valerie!

I am touched by emotions that I can relate to in my ever increasing age. We cannot roll back the years, but at least we have memories to cling on to. Love this delightful poem, Valerie. ~ All the best // paul

Lovely evocative poem Valerie. Beautifully expressed.

Hi Valerie,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Welcome to Poetry Soup, Valerie. Beautiful poem. I am glad you discovered this nice community of writers and hope you enjoy the site. Read the work of other poet's and comment if you find something you like; many poets will return the favor. Over time you will get to "know" some of us. Enjoy!

- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup,Valerie :) - I choose your first very well written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Hi Valerie, Welcome to PS I believe you will have a wonderful experience here as we enjoy all your poetic art and heart, You are now part of a great family that i believe will be a great blessing As for your first poem i like the style you dropped in with, You are a wonderful poet.. Hope to follow up all your work ..Your new PS friend RRC

Valerie,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@