I chanced to see the letters,
You wrote me a long long ago,
Each alphabet,
Stood before me with an image,
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Hi Bri, Thank you for your generous comments on the poem, liking it and adding it to your favorite list with its prospect to be showcased in future.
try this again...........I can just 'see' you now, Bharati, searching breathlessly for those 'syllables'! I enjoyed. bri ;)
Could some of this be symbolic; it COULD. I can just 'see' you now,
I now know which 'letters' you meant. I LOVE stanza 3. Lovely. I wonder if this is a poem about events in your own life. Perhaps?
By 'alphabets', do you mean letters of the English alphabet, OR do you refer to 'epistles'/a group of sentences forming a letter? ?
Here (U.S.) I would use 'smelled'. : ) Line 2: I'd delete 'a' OR leave it and add 'time' in front of 'ago'.
Ha Ha! 'smeltsmelt Definition of smelt (Entry 3 of 3) chiefly British past participle of SMELL ENTRY 1
Thank you so much Robert Murray Smith and me poet yeps poet for your comments on the poem.In this new format of Poem Hunter, I can not know whether any one has posted any comment on my poem.
Poem Hunter, please change the photo against my name, You are showing a different person's photo against my name in the reply comment.
I hope letters stay forever. I’m only 37 years old but I can’t even read a book on line.
A beautiful write on the lost love... love can not be erased easily out of one's heart though it is 'was once a love' ....you have so eloquently written this love poem....lovely 10+++++
Thank you Madam Indira Renganathan for your kind words of appreciation.
Letter written before is cracked but still it is in memory. Each alphabet written is stood near mind. Holding them is palm you recall memories. The time gap is reminded. This is an excellent poem very beautifully penned with care and expression...10
Yes, time makes so many changes in life.We can never stop the march of time.Thank you, Sir, for your kind comment.
Stunning Absolutely stunning. That final image was heartbreaking.. Every line held images that I think everyone who reads this will remember. 10+++ and onto my fav list
Sometimes we break a relationship in an angry mood but we forget it's easy break the glass but impossiible to join the pieces again. Tum nahaq tukre chun chun kar seene se lagae baithe ho, sheeshoN ka Masiha koi NahiN keyN aas lagaye baithe ho (Faiz Ahmad Faiz)
A well preserved love letter reminds the time gone by and we try to recollect those lost moments. Very well thought poem. The syllables are symbol of fading memory with time and lost moments.10++++
I like the whole poem but especially "Smelt the scent, That was hidden under each syllable."