Friday, May 10, 2013

Hope Comments

Rating: 4.9

Sitting on the bed they once shared
The old man opened an old shoe box
He kept on the wardrobe floor.
Inside were the memories of a
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David Wood
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Michael Cochrane 28 May 2023

Heartfelt and beautiful poem of loss.

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Michael Cochrane 28 May 2023

Heartfelt and a beautiful poem on loss

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soren Barrett 16 April 2022

A beautiful sentiment was left at the end just like the last thing in the box.

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Valsa George 14 May 2013

The concluding line has given an extra sparkle to this memoirs of sad thoughts! ! A moving write! !

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Chandra Thiagarajan 14 May 2013

Oh! So lovely, David! A very touching poem to see one living in memories and hope! GREAT!

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Wonderful and heartfelt. This poem is great, thank you Mr Wood

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Cosmic Dreamer 12 May 2013

We are all born as blank DVD's just waiting to record a lifetime of memories... Your poem made me smile... Thank you...

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Dave Walker 12 May 2013

Really beautiful, a wonderful poem. We all will have the box one day.

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Valerie Dohren 12 May 2013

Memories of a lost loved one - always very sad. A poignant write.

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Hazel Durham 11 May 2013

Good memories are the seeds of our heart that always blooms with the sense of having love within our reach! Beautiful write!

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Joan Smith 11 May 2013

This poem captures the thoughts of someone who has lost some very precious to him. Lovely

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Neela Nath Das 10 May 2013

Hope is the ray which inspires us to fight all the oddities of life. Marvelous!

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Paul Brookes 10 May 2013

Ah yes all that was left in Pandora Box was hope and in the end its all we have our home and maybe our dreams. What a lovely sad poem about loss but so optimistic. Thanks for sharing BB : O)

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 10 May 2013

though the poem has dark patches of past, the memories of past is a joy of present, powerful imagery 'shoe box' 'empty box' and finally the concluding line the protagonist of the poem Mr David wonderful writ to ease the pain of lost nice =1

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Wahab Abdul 10 May 2013

a glow at the bottom of the box is the hope...a striking line..i love it, like it.....very nice...

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Lyn Paul 10 May 2013

A beautiful write, telling a life story full of emotion. How important these memories are. Thank You David

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Captain Cur 10 May 2013

Very touching and sentimental write. Softly layered and you ended on a positive note.

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