Short Bittersweet Memories Poems

Gathering Leaves 
On an autumn day 
Bittersweet memories 
Of summer, 
Swept away. 


        W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2018.


         24/10/19...

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you seem to be closer now
closer to what still responds
to bittersweet memories 
now you have gone 
gone the ultimate way 
being so far beyond this world 
how can you now be so close...

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As I Walk in silence
reflections of the past
birth today's sorrows.

Bittersweet memories 
of loving you so completely 
tear my soul a thousand times.

Each day I die again
still loving you....

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Autumn is a flaming sky 
of burgundy beauty
filled with orange leaves gently dancing
as they fall upon your heart
evoking bittersweet memories
composed with the dying embers of summer
and ending in the faultless taste of
savoury imperfection....

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As I find myself all alone
with my bittersweet memories,
I feel my eyes are wet and dim
with my silvery tears.

How fast the wheel of time has turned,
so swiftly I have lost my youth!
I’m in the twilight of my life,
to dust I’ll soon return....

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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...

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A gentle rain begins to fall
Magic lines caress the wall
A special way to cover all
Hoping for the dawn to fall

Holding onto the bittersweet memories of yore
A wasted mind to believe in things of before
Yearning to find a fearless soul to hold on to
Waiting on the angels of sleep to find me true...

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The former MVP pawned his very last ring
    like the others, it had begun to sting
  Bittersweet memories of his storied swing
    that for a decade had made him King

  He'd hit home runs in every park
    high-arcing 'rainbows' his pet trademark
  Now resting quietly in a subway dark
    he rattles his cup, his rags pock-marked...

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I am today, what yesterday wrought
what the day brings in, what my soul has bought
the spirit that leaves as the day grows strong
what's left in shadows from yesterday's song

I am right now, what tomorrow brings
without the luster, without the dreams
headstrong tolerance, disposition wasted 
from bittersweet memories that I once tasted...

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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....

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Bittersweet memories reside in the meadows
Piercing eyes 
Magnetic..
A window
A gateway to an ethereal plane
Tenderness wrapped in a soft touch
Affection flows through like a river 
Warmth are the hands that are held
Loving arms open wide 
Passionate flames burning 
Fast and furious
Rays of light dancing blissfully

A gift
Not wrapped
Contains no box
The gift of you and I
With no boundaries
Unlimited..
Our souls intertwined forever
...

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