Comment from Alli Johnston

Excellent

I truly love reading and hearing of others as they reminisce on their early love affairs. I did not have good experiences with mine in any way so it is heartwarming to hear the stories

 Comment Written 16-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 16-Jan-2021

Hi Alli, thank you for your kind review, and the stars! As you can see, my early love left me, but she left behind a memory that has lasted a lifetime!
Cheers, irish

Comment from Mrs. KT

Excellent

Hello Irishauthorme!
What a lovely and moving poem of first love. I smiled at many of the keen emotive images you imparted to the reader. And I also smiled at your thanking Miss Merri for her "generous help;" her love poems are masterful and do mine shame.
Here's to young love and memories!

Thank you for sharing!
diane

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Thank y6ou Mrs.KT, for your kind review and all the stars! I get the feeling you just might have been there so you understand where this came from. Mold friend transformed my 'labor of love' into something I could post!
Cheers,
irish

Comment from nancyjam

Excellent

I enjoyed your touching remembrance of an early love that couldn't be.
Often those emotional, fierce loves remain in our memories if not in real time. Your poem expresses this beautifully with well rhymed and metered
quatrains. Thanks for sharing.
Nancy

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Hi Nancy, thank you for your kind words, and all the stars! Feel like you may have a few memories of your own...
Like to know who is in the bio picture with you? Both ladies look too young to be out alone.
irish

reply by nancyjam on 17-Jan-2021

Thank you for the complement.
That's my daughter on the right.

Comment from Goodadvicechan

Excellent

This is an excellent story (poem) full of romantic memories.

I starts with: "The first touch, then first kiss, and suddenly, we were one." Then it becomes; "Half my heart stayed with you,
the broken half remained."

The picture is nice. You deserve the credit for this poem

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

I did reply to your kind review but you popped up again.
irish

Comment from Susan Louise Gabriel

Exceptional

This was such a beautiful poem that I have to give it six stars and bookmark it! I also really love the artwork you chose! It is all so romantic and eloquent, but this is my favorite part - I can just feel the pain of separation in these words:
"Half my heart stayed with you,
the broken half remained.
I cried out through the darkness,
in sorrow and in pain."

Thank you so much for sharing!
Susan

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Hi Susan, replied to your kind review but you popped up again, didn't get my first?
irish

Comment from Seshadri_Sreenivasan

Excellent

Beautifully expressed feelings on lost love. The words flow smoothly. Heartaches - we all have to go through those. To have loved and lost is a story indeed we all would want to forget. We don't plan love. It happens. But life becomes a spoiler. Thanks for sharing!

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Replied tp your kind words but you popped up again, didn't get my first?
irish

Comment from jake cosmos aller

Exceptional

very powerful moving elegy to a lost love. I sensed the love, the deep cosmic connection as two lost soul mates found each other. Very moving indeed like the last stanzas the best

True, opposites we were,
the rebellious and the chaste...
you, protected, nourished;
from life's bowl, I'd had a taste.

Instant passion between us,
on the flames of life soon borne.
The first touch, then first kiss,
and suddenly, we were one.

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Hi Jake, replied to your generous review but you popped up again, didn't get my first?
irish

Comment from robyn corum

Excellent

IAM,

What a nice and very well-composed offering to a love that's been lost to time and chance (and possibly, some interference by meddlers?)

This was enjoyable - and certain lines really stood out to me - I especially enjoyed:
1.) We felt halved when kept apart.
--> NICE!

2.) Your last kiss, warm embrace,
have lasted, all these years.
--> great emoting

3.) a nit - can you check:
--> Whispering innuendos
in each others(') hearts,
--> that's a possessive

Thanks so much!

 Comment Written 15-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Thank you, Robyn, for your kind words, all those stars, and the help with my terrible(fixed that!) punctuation! Had some expert help from an old friend who transformed my 'labor of love' into something presentable. Oh, and yes, this is a story from my past...
irish

Comment from Rdfrdmom2

Excellent

Irishauthorme:

This set of quatrains, while not written by others, likely
could be said by others upon reading this poem. How
many of us think about the one we let get away for
reason or reasons we may no longer remember. Thanks
for sharing.

Rdfrdmom2

 Comment Written 14-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Thank you for your kind words, and all the stars! You are correcto mundo, this is a story from my past. Had some expert help from an old friend transforming this from a 'labor of love' into something I could postirish

Comment from Wendy G

Excellent

What a truly beautiful poem of love. Sad that you didn't share life together. Sometimes teenage love does indeed last a lifetime, and remain strong and powerful. That is true love. The image is a perfect choice to go with your work.

 Comment Written 14-Jan-2021

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reply by the author on 15-Jan-2021

Hi, Wendy! Thank you for your kind words, and the stars! I can tell you have been there, and you are right about the teen-age emotions that last a lifetime, this poem is from my past. Had expert help from an old friend, transforming this into a poem I could post.
Cheers, irish