Whispering sighs through the white birch trembling
Like the sweet sounds of my whispering word
Against soft crevices of your flesh, mumbling
Expressions of ardent love went unheard.
Summer love slipped before beyond my grasp
Left stale memories in my aching heart,
Two hearts lovingly entwined, two hands clasped
Before cool autumn ripped us apart.
I strolled beneath the canopying birch
Recalled pleasures underneath their singing,
When I walked beside the village church
I heard sounds like the chapel bells ringing,
Bittersweet musing on this occasion
Another poignant summer persuasion.
written May 15, 2021
reposted December 10, 2021
Whispering sighs through the white birch trembling
Like the sweet sounds of my whispering word
Against soft crevices of your flesh, mumbling
Expressions of ardent love went unheard.
Summer love slipped before beyond my grasp
Left stale memories in my aching heart,
Two hearts lovingly entwined, two hands clasped
Before cool autumn ripped us apart.
I strolled beneath the canopying birch
Recalled pleasures underneath their singing,
When I walked beside the village church
I heard sounds like the chapel bells ringing,
Bittersweet musing on this occasion
Another poignant summer persuasion.
SECOND PLACE WINNER
written May 15, 2021
for "Summer Love Sonnet" contest
sponsored by John Hamilton
14 lines of 10 syllables each checked by PS counter
I will always miss my friends
I am leaving, leaving them behind
And it feels like I will never see them again.
As time goes on, they start thinking of futures together.
Futures that I cannot be a part of.
Because I am leaving, and I don’t have a choice.
I don’t want to leave them.
These friends
Are my best.
I will always miss my friends.
My wonderful friends
Friends who bring out the best
and the worst in me.
Kind, compassionate, loving friends.
Friends who help me fix my mistakes.
Friends who are always there,
Right when I need them.
These friends
Were my best.
I will always miss my friends,
But I know they will be there.
Right where I left them,
So I can come back and visit.
I will not forget them,
and they will not forget me.
I’ll make new friends too.
I’ll have many good friends
But I know that these friends
Will be my best.
Of Bittersweet Memories
We met, we touched, we loved;
in the moment we were one.
As time faded, we melted:
each flowing into each other.
Today, silent sounds
penetrate the distance;
the bridge of time spanning
love’s troubled waters—
And now I sit all alone
in the crowd of my thoughts,
sipping realities
from a filled cup
of bittersweet memories:
I miss you terribly.
Remembering all the days of yore,
brings me back to the way I felt before-
I knew not that I would swim and drown,
or all the anguished sadness I had in store.
But through the heartache and the mental pain,
I realized that good knowledge I have gained,
for bittersweet memories have remained.
When my good senses had come around,
I knew a new perspective I had found-
I’d be crying in my sleep nevermore,
when my lover died in accidental vain,
bittersweet memories have remained.
Bittersweet
September 6, 2017
Those memories of her, now bittersweet
Recalling tender moments that we shared
Young lovers' dreams which time can not defeat
Is proof down deep inside how much I cared
My pining heart still yearns for yesterday
To taste those honey kisses once again
Her dark brown eyes that always seemed to say
The love she had for me would never end
But that is where my recollection fades
As fate stepped in and steered her love away
The passing years created such a haze
What caused our love to die has now decayed
I wonder if she ever thinks of me
With fondness, like my treasured memories
an original poem by Daniel Turner
Nostalgia
Endearing, wistful
Recalling, longing, reflecting,
Remembering a cherished time
Beloved
Grief
Sorrowful, tragic
Mourning, desiring, paining
Torpid from heart’s despair
Loss
for Dr. Ram's Cinquain Poetry Contest, 12/13/14
Walks around the lake are bittersweet memories
that leave tears in my eyes
tears in my eyes
I remember the way your hand felt in mine
how the world seemed fine
yeah
the world was mine
I remember staring into your eyes
knowing that you would always be there
My mind is full of these bittersweet memories
leaving tears in my eyes
tears in my eyes
I remember when I could make you smile
yeah
when I could make it all worthwhile
I remember when I was all you needed
yeah
when no one else would do
We used to waste nights away
talking about anything and everything
sometimes even nothing at all
I’m choking up with every thought of you
as these bittersweet memories are leaving tears in my eyes
tears in my eyes
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