Untitled (swirling snow and broken heart)
Sanaa -
May 9, 2017
Earlier PoemsPoetry

I picture your smile amidst the swirling snow,
one that made the view outside seem less cold
remember days when nothing was impossible,
not even sun glittering from behind grey skies.
Echo of memories replace what had been once,
now that you are gone.

 

 

Photo credits: hdwallpaperbackgrounds.net

Posted for Quadrille 32 @ dVerse Pub

and on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads

70 Responses

  1. De Jackson says:
    May 9, 2017 at 3:41 am

    “remember days when nothing was impossible”
    I think we all do. So sad, Sanaa.

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  2. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:02 am

    A sad poem… the echo of all those missed opportunities

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    • Sanaa says:
      May 9, 2017 at 4:06 am

      Perhaps those opportunities were meant to be missed 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Bjorn ❤️

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  3. Jane Dougherty says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:02 am

    Another sad poem. The idea of the echo, reminding us of something gone, is so powerful.

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  4. Linda Kruschke says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:11 am

    I don’t know which is worse: an echo of memories of a time long gone, or that day when the echo finally fades into silence and no memory at all. Very nice take on this prompt.

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    • Sanaa says:
      May 9, 2017 at 4:13 am

      Thank you so much, Linda 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️

      (I agree whole-heartedly with your view)

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  5. Kim M. Russell says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:15 am

    Such a sad Quadrille, Sanaa. I really like the lines:
    ‘I picture your smile amidst the swirling snow,
    one that made the view outside seem less cold’.

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  6. Xenia says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:24 am

    ‘I picture your smile amidst the swirling snow’ feels like a warm echo among the sadness – a beautiful write Sanaa xxx

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  7. Bev says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:25 am

    Roads not taken. Sad thought.

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  8. Jilly says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:29 am

    Breathtaking! The words flow like water and the imagery paints such a vivid picture.

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  9. Buddah Moskowitz says:
    May 9, 2017 at 4:34 am

    I known this kind of heartache. Very well done, thanks!

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  10. Walter J. Wojtanik says:
    May 9, 2017 at 5:40 am

    Beautifully sad, Sanaa! The photo you used adds so much. And yet your words did not need the enhancement! Well done!

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  11. Frank says:
    May 9, 2017 at 6:14 am

    Memories do echo when someone missed is no longer there.

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  12. Victoria says:
    May 9, 2017 at 6:21 am

    So familiar. Remember the days? Yes, I do, and I try not to forget them by keeping that belief alive.

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  13. Glenn Buttkus says:
    May 9, 2017 at 6:46 am

    Great quadrille–but for me it doesn’t resonate with sadness–rather the beloved is gone, perhaps passed on–and your shared memories constitute raw hope, accommodation, leaving speaker & reader with a warm spot under their heavy jacket; smile.

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  14. Grace says:
    May 9, 2017 at 7:17 am

    So sad that it did not end up well ~ Thanks for joining us Sanaa ~

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  15. Janice says:
    May 9, 2017 at 7:48 am

    The poem is perfect for the picture..or the picture perfect for the poem. I can so imagine echos of sad memories in the midst of swirling snow.

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  16. Barry D says:
    May 9, 2017 at 8:11 am

    Echoes of wistful yesterdays. Tugs at my heartstrings.

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  17. Gina says:
    May 9, 2017 at 8:38 am

    oh such sweet heartache and how my heart reverberates with your lovely words, my tears swelled with this – beautiful

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  18. Arcadia Maria says:
    May 9, 2017 at 8:52 am

    Sad, yet beautiful

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  19. Locomente says:
    May 9, 2017 at 7:15 pm

    These memories I tell you…
    Well written!

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  20. Thotpurge says:
    May 9, 2017 at 9:05 pm

    soft and gentle…like snow…

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  21. gillena says:
    May 9, 2017 at 10:22 pm

    Luv that shift after the “Echo…” Very cleverly written. Happy Tuesday Sanaa

    much love…

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  22. Walter Marks says:
    May 9, 2017 at 11:47 pm

    I know it’s crazy, but the thing I first thought of was the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. Him smiling in thin air without his body. Your picture paints the view of the past materializing out of thin air. Beautiful!

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  23. Marian says:
    May 10, 2017 at 12:12 am

    Ah… this makes me feel grateful to be heading into spring.

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  24. Magaly Guerrero says:
    May 10, 2017 at 12:39 am

    The melancholy you’ve weaved into this wee piece is as thick as the blood of heartbreak. So much pain contained in those dark clouds, in the absence of the sun…

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    • Sanaa says:
      May 10, 2017 at 12:58 am

      Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Magaly 🙂 so glad you liked it!❤️

      (and thank you for always being there for me ❤️)

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  25. angie says:
    May 10, 2017 at 5:12 am

    we can always keep a hold of their smiles. forever. beautiful

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  26. Lynn says:
    May 10, 2017 at 5:21 am

    This is so bittersweet, I think. Remembering a smile that warms the cold, and then you have the echo of memories when they’re no longer there. Lovely write!

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  27. Raivenne says:
    May 10, 2017 at 8:31 am

    Oh those echo of memories, some bitter, some sweet none ever as good as what once was. Poignant words, beautifully written, Sanaa.

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  28. Jim says:
    May 10, 2017 at 11:50 am

    A nice read, Sanaa. Things no longer here were to be recalled, seeming bigger than they were. Amplified by the echos ever present, like ringing in the ear.
    ..

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  29. Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:
    May 10, 2017 at 2:19 pm

    Tugs at the heart-strings.

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  30. Bryan Ens says:
    May 10, 2017 at 8:39 pm

    Sad, yet so beautiful!

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  31. Susie Clevenger says:
    May 11, 2017 at 4:56 am

    There are so many echoes in loss…beautiful poignant poem

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  32. Justin Lamb says:
    May 11, 2017 at 5:17 am

    Sad and beautifully written.

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  33. paul scribbles says:
    May 11, 2017 at 6:26 am

    dripping with melancholy…so beautifully penned.

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  34. Khaya Ronkainen says:
    May 11, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    Beautifully-written, even though sad.

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  35. Gayle Walters Rose says:
    May 13, 2017 at 10:56 am

    Hardly anything is worse than a broken heart, no matter how it comes to be. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. Well done, Sanaa.
    Gayle ~

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