What Is Love Premiere Contest Winner


A tender smile, a fleeting glance,
   Eyes that meet to touch the soul,
A beating heart, a breathless breath,
   A deepened sense of something whole.

A need to please and give of self,
   To share all things of mind and heart
With openness and sweet surrender,
   And of the whole become a part.

A touch of closeness and of warmth,
   The radiance of inner glow,
Bathe in light- an endless aura,
   A current charged with- endless flow.

To feel another's joy and pain,
   Two beating hearts, as one, to care.
And of the thoughts, that words can't speak,
   Two open souls, in silence, share.

To speak of love through word and song
   Is at its best, mere child’s play,
In contrast to the silent prose
   That heart and soul, through love, convey.


Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Premiere Contest: A Rhyming Poem on Love, New Or Old 
Sponsor: by Lu Loo
Judged: 03/12/2019

~1st Place~
Contest: The Best Love Poem EVER
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Judged: 08/26/2016

~1st Place~
Contest: Love Poems (Make Me Fall In Love With Your Poem)
Sponsor: Alexis Y.
Judged: 12/15/2015

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Date: 3/13/2019 3:55:00 PM
Sandra, Congratulations on your win! Especially liked your fourth stanza. David:)
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:18:00 AM
Thank you, David, for your visit and supportive comments. Much appreciated! Sandra ;)
Date: 3/13/2019 2:17:00 AM
Wow! Congrats! Love at work...vividly. God bless you.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:18:00 AM
Thank you for your visit and uplifting comments, Beata! Hugs, Sandra
Date: 3/13/2019 12:43:00 AM
Congratulations, Sandra on your great win.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:17:00 AM
Thank you so much, Subimal! Hugs, Sandra
Date: 3/12/2019 9:40:00 PM
Congrats on your top win, Sandra! You said it beautifully.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:17:00 AM
Thank you very much, Agnes. I appreciate your lovely comment and congrats! Hugs, Sandra
Date: 3/12/2019 11:07:00 AM
Sandra, this is a truly lovely poem! Big CONGRATULATIONS on your top-o-the-podium win with this beauty!! All my very best to you and yours, my friend! :) Bartholomew
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:16:00 AM
Thanks so much, Bartholomew, for your uplifting comments and congrats. Much appreciated! Sandra ;)
Date: 3/12/2019 10:58:00 AM
Congrats on your gold medal win, Sandra.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 3/15/2019 11:15:00 AM
Thank you so much, Line. Hugs, Sandra
Date: 8/29/2016 2:02:00 AM
Good stuff, great write. Kai
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Date: 8/27/2016 11:28:00 PM
Sandra, its such a delightful poem. Very well expresses. Congratulations on your win.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 8/28/2016 7:35:00 AM
Thank you very much, Afzal. I appreciate your visit and supportive comment and congrats. Sandra
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Afzal Nusker
Date: 8/27/2016 11:29:00 PM
Sorry, I meant expressed.
Date: 8/27/2016 10:55:00 PM
A world of poet...no wonder the rational shun it for it keeps romance alive and everlasting! :D Well done Sandra!Sunita :)
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Sandra Haight
Date: 8/28/2016 7:34:00 AM
Thank you very much, Sunita, for your fine appreciation of my love poem and your supportive comments. Hugs, Sandra
Date: 8/27/2016 4:39:00 PM
OMG Sandra! This IS the Best Love poem ever! Spoken like someone who knows how to love unselfishly, unconditionally, compassionately, and passionately. This is a fave for me my friend! Congratulations on your first place win. I am thrilled to be in your company. 7+ hugs, Connie ; )
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Sandra Haight
Date: 8/28/2016 7:33:00 AM
Dear Connie, I am so honored with the Fave and 7, and with your lovely and supportive comments! Thank you so much! Hugs, Sandra
Date: 8/27/2016 4:07:00 PM
I never saw this tenderly lovely and beautifully worded poem last December, I would have remembered its moving depth. Superb. AND congrats! You and your pen rock, Sandra, and move me ... CayCay
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Sandra Haight
Date: 8/28/2016 7:30:00 AM
Thank you so much, CayCay, for your kind and supportive comments. I am honored that you enjoyed it! Hugs, Sandra
Date: 8/27/2016 4:02:00 PM
Congrats on your win, Sandra. I love how you describe what is so universal about love.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 8/28/2016 7:28:00 AM
Thank you very much, Agnes, for your uplifting comment and congrats. Hugs, Sandra
Date: 12/17/2015 12:42:00 PM
SANDRA, wonderful win. **SKAT**
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Date: 12/15/2015 3:24:00 PM
Sandra, Thanks for participating in my contest. Congrats on your 1st place win! :-) Alexis
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Sandra Haight
Date: 12/16/2015 5:00:00 PM
Hi Alexis, thank you for offering such a fine contest. I appreciate my placement so very much! Thanks again. Hugs, Sandra
Date: 10/30/2015 6:05:00 PM
Sandra, Congrats on your romantic win. LUV **SKAT**
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Sandra Haight
Date: 12/16/2015 5:01:00 PM
Thank you so much, Skat. Hugs, Sandra
Date: 10/26/2015 10:28:00 PM
Romance in the air! Congrats Sandra!
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Date: 10/26/2015 9:30:00 PM
Sandra, Congratulations on your sweet Romantic win. I had a lovely time reading every poem. Stop by my latest blog "Because of you" if you'd like or have time. LOVE LINDA
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Date: 12/4/2014 8:00:00 AM
Excellent pen Sandra! A 7 for me! :) Love and hugs! xxxx D.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 12/5/2014 8:53:00 PM
Hi Dorian, thank you so much for your kind comment and support! Have a great weekend. Love and hugs back! Sandra
Date: 12/3/2014 9:15:00 AM
how this flows enchants the wonder of love, Sandra... lovely!.. huggs
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Sandra Haight
Date: 12/3/2014 10:11:00 AM
Hi Nette, thank you so much for your positive comment. I really appreciate it. Just saw your contest results for Whispers of a Muse! After working so hard on my poem, Snow Dance, I forgot to go to the site and enter it into your contest!! Anyway, it was fun working on it. Thanks again. Sandra"
Date: 12/3/2014 8:45:00 AM
Thanks for letting me know that my poem had been selected to be poem of the day and for all the visits to read my work..This work is an Ahhhhh!! Very emotive and expressive passionate work..I am going to fav it..Sara
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Date: 12/2/2014 12:45:00 AM
Beautiful work of art, Thanks for the read.
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Date: 12/2/2014 12:04:00 AM
Wow, I believe you have been touched by an angel. Your pen is just writing masterpieces at the moment. 7+fav of coarse for this. Beautiful Sandra.
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Sandra Haight
Date: 12/2/2014 6:57:00 PM
Hi Brenda, thank you so much for your positive comment on this poem and for your support. I really appreciate it. Hugs, Sandra
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