Forgotten Field of Forever

I stood in the field of the lost,
Called from my slumber,
I found myself in this forever field,
They walked in silence and serenity,
The wounded, the wearied and the troubled.

Snatched by the hands of time and clime,
They were taken out of sight by the night,
They had walked the last mile of their sojourn,
The midnight train had chauffeured them to the beyond,
To a sanctuary of solace and solitude.

I wondered why they had come to this field,
Did they come to seek the unwritten?
Did they come to find answers to their troubled existence?
Have they come to fellowship?
The field looked fallow and faceless.

A wind blew and I was taken away,
It was a vivid vision,
One of the deepest I had seen,
One that left me amazed and awed,
Life has segments where nothing sounds when it falls.


April 17, 2024.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 5/1/2024 12:02:00 PM
Wonderful take on the contest.. Congratulations on your placement in the contest..
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Date: 5/1/2024 1:50:00 PM
Thank you, Silent One. It's an honour.
Date: 4/25/2024 12:27:00 PM
Belated Congrats on POTD Thompson! Love the Title, love the poem! Debx
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Date: 4/27/2024 3:43:00 AM
Thank you, Deb X. It's an honour.
Date: 4/22/2024 6:37:00 AM
Thompson, a worthy POTD! Your captured imagery and thought is stunning. Congrats! …catching up after busy week!
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Date: 4/22/2024 1:47:00 PM
Thank you, Kim. It's an honour.
Date: 4/21/2024 12:46:00 PM
Congrats on this as POTD. I read a couple of times, a feeling of vacancy came to me both times. It was what I wanted to feel through the arch of your words.
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Date: 4/22/2024 1:46:00 PM
Thank you, Roger. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 6:55:00 PM
A ' forgotten field. ' That image curls around my heart. So sad. Your thoughts hold many emotions. Congratulations Thompson, on Poem of the Day. My best to you. ~ Brandy
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Date: 4/20/2024 1:36:00 AM
Thank you, Brandy. It's an honour.
Date: 4/19/2024 12:50:00 PM
Interesting take on the theme Thompson. Enjoy your POTD day
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:20:00 PM
Thank you, Tom. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 9:54:00 AM
Congratulations on your well-deserved POTD, Thompson! Enjoy your special day of recognition!
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:20:00 PM
Thank you, Sotto Poet. It's an honour.
Date: 4/19/2024 9:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD win. Have a blessed day writing away...............
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:19:00 PM
Thank you, Paula. It's an honour.
Date: 4/19/2024 8:23:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD, Thompson! Enjoy your special day of recognition! A poet in Texas, Bill
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:19:00 PM
Thank you, Bill. It's an honour.
Date: 4/19/2024 6:25:00 AM
Congratulations on POTD. Poem left me with a feeling of a field of spiritual desolation. It travels aloft like the wind.
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:18:00 PM
Thank you, Hilda. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 5:04:00 AM
A journey on the' midnight train to the beyond', Very nicely penned, Congrats on POTD
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:17:00 PM
Thank you, Joseph. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 3:39:00 AM
Thompson, well penned, congratulations on POTD.
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:17:00 PM
Thank you, Tania. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 3:18:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTD. Well done.
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:16:00 PM
Thank you, Jeanette. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 3:04:00 AM
- Congratulations on your great p.o.t.d., Thompson :) - hugs
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:15:00 PM
Thank you, Anne-Lise. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 2:54:00 AM
Congrats Thompson, Dear Thompson, I loved how the questions you posed about their purpose in that field echoed in my mind, provoking introspection. Your words left me both amazed and humbled, showing life's enigmatic nature and the silent struggles we all endure. Congrats again! - Blessings, Daniel
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Date: 4/19/2024 1:14:00 PM
Thank you, Daniel. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 12:37:00 AM
A well composed verse Thompson, congratulations to you on the honour of POTD. Tom
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Date: 4/19/2024 10:50:00 AM
Thank you, Tom. I'm honoured.
Date: 4/19/2024 12:36:00 AM
Congratulations on winning potd!
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Date: 4/19/2024 10:48:00 AM
Thank you, Karen. I'm honoured.
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