Saturday, February 7, 2009

Goodbye Comments

Rating: 4.6

I could find no poetry in your soul;
I couldn’t teach your heart to sing;
You wouldn’t let my spirit fly;
And so I stand here on the moonlit beach
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Diana van den Berg
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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 January 2020

I cite your last two lines: As I make my homeward way. The healing process has begun..........this is at least the start of healing. A very sad poem, tragic inside and amazingly the healing process has begun! NOW I read this lovely, but tragic poem.Past time is left behind. Very well captured, Diana.Goodbye to the past, the present time is starting........WOW! Most beautifully worded, though with a sad tinge. Thank you for sharing, dear Poetess..

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A B Faniki 04 September 2019

Brilliantly done I love the images u created in this poem. Thanks for sharing.

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Bharati Nayak 12 February 2019

I could find no poetry in your soul; I couldn’t teach your heart to sing; You wouldn’t let my spirit fly; And so I stand here on the moonlit beach With icy water at my feet And whistling wind around my ears. - - - - -Poetry and song are inseparable elements of a loving heart - - we can not find them in a loveless heart- -Better let go and move on - - - - - - - A poignant poem, thanks for sharing.

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Diana van den Berg 13 February 2019

Thank you, Bharati

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C F 12 February 2019

Could not stop reading this poem again and again.. it is so crystal like in lucidity, anguish, regret on separation, and yet no regret once having firmed up the mind to let go.

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Diana van den Berg 12 February 2019

Thank you, Chito.

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Tom Allport 28 April 2017

a poem of letting go and moving on to creations not yet begun? ............wonderfully written.

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Diana van den Berg 12 February 2019

Thank you, Tom.

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Laurie Van Der Hart 12 September 2016

Gives me shivers to read this - the beauty of the descriptin, the depth of your emotion. I wrote a poem about a terrible hurt and the begiining of healing, but haven't had the courage to post it.

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Diana Van Den Berg 12 September 2016

Thank you for such a sensitive and beautiful reaction to my poem. You really should consider posting that poem, but only when you are truly ready to do so.

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Haiku Haiku 08 February 2009

Now this I enjoyed.10

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Diana Van Den Berg 12 September 2016

Thank you, Haiku Haiku, for enjoying it and for a full marks rating!

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Wow! What a magnificent scene you have painted. I feel as if I am on the beach with you as I too can feel the icy water and hear the whistling wind. You have commenced the metamorphosis of your soul so creatively Diana. Absolutely excellent! Karin Anderson

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Diana Van Den Berg 12 September 2016

Wow to you, too, Karin, for such a stunning reply! I am so glad you felt it all!

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