Beside the pond.... (wistful)

Hi, Tim!  
   What a nice greeting for my first review … love it!  
   Thank you ever-so gratefully, My Fine Friend, for the congenial welcome, for your read, and for the gratifying and inspiring words.  
   You're always a pleasure to share with!  
   What a wonderful greeting and welcome, My Fine Friend.  
   Thanks for re-introducing me to DU.    
   
Nice compliment, too … thanks, Tim! ⁓ Richard : )

hey there dearest Richard
this is a beautifully rich poem
full of delicate pangs for a lost love...

I especially enjoyed the imagery of her scented breath on the wind...

love Crimsin ❤

Well, "hey there" yourself, Sweet Crimsin 🌸  
   Thank you ever-so warmly and gratefully for selecting this little piece to read and review for me, and for your graciously encouraging  accolades.  
   
   How very happy if makes me you were able to enjoy that lovely passage, too, M'Lady, and your love I blend with my own glee! ⁓ Richard ; )

Very nice first offering...the mind and a beautiful view can create such thought

Hello, Tim!
  Thanks for dropping by to read and comment on my first poem shared here.
  Your words of expressed appreciation and enjoyment truly inspire me to share even more.

Many blessings to you, dear poet! ⁓ Richard : )

Simply Beautiful!

G'day, Fellow-Poet! 🍃
  Yours are happy, appreciative words … what more could an humble bard ask.

Thankful happiness to thee, too! ⁓ Richard 🎶

Shades of Frost, Wordsworth - great stuff. Welcome

Happy day, Josh! 👌
  What an honor to have my humble little poem mentioned in the same breath with such greatness … no higher compliment could be paid!

Thank you most gratefully, dear fellow-poet! ⁓ Richard : )

This is just beautiful. The picture of the weeping willow just adds to the wistfulness of love and longing.

Welcome to DU!

A most happy welcome to you, too, Bonzi,
(love that name)! 😃
   Your words of praise, expressed appreciation, and true meaning assure me you've read and related to my humble poetic effort to write for and please my fellow and lady-poets.

Thank you most joyfully, Bonzi … blessings! ⁓ Richard 🍃

Your spirit flowed all over these pages, and a tender spirit it is, nice job!

Hi, TIG! ✨
  What lovely things to say about me and my humble little verses … your words ~ an inspiring poem in themselves.

Thank you ever so gratefully for dropping by, my new friend! ⁓ Richard 😊

This was a tight piece Rascal J and the way that it's written puts me there by that pond with images of gone loves. Really tight dude.

G'day, my new friend! 😊
   How happy I am to see you, and what beautiful accolades you've gifted a humble bard's labors.
   What higher gratuity could there be than to receive the sincere appreciation and enjoyment of a fellow poet?

Thank you most gratefully … bright blessings to ya! ⁓ Richard 🍃

Very pretty piece with sensory a reader can feel. Look forward to more from you. Welcome to DU.

Good morning, Kathy 🌻
   How warmly your lovely words of praise flow through a bard's grateful senses.
   The specialness of your welcome makes me truly feel at home, and that you like my verses enough to want more, is like a cherry on top.

Thank you ever-so warmly, Kathy … happy hugs! ⁓ Richard 😊

*swoons*

Oh my, do you know romance and have a gift for exquisite detal and imagery!

What a wonderfully sweet thing to say, Dear Poetess,
  A flutter danced through my heart … sighhh!

I can imagine no more inspiring or gratifying words than these from You … warmest thanks! ⁓ Richard 🌸

For the first piece I've read on this sight I've got to say I'm impressed and a bar is definitely set for others with this work. Outstanding job.

Hey,
  That was quick! : )
  With a positive review like yours, I'm certainly inspired to post another of my efforts.
  Your reviews are going to be loved and sought after, I can tell.

Thanks for the expressed enjoyment, appreciation, your read, and praise, My New Friend! ⁓ Richard : )

I must echo ThePalestRider !;)

   Thank you⁓🌸

Wonderful flowing free verse ... great imagery ... awesome flow ...

Thank you, Lil'D, ever-so warmly and gratefully for your lovely compliments and praise.  
You've made my day. 🌼  
 
Big hugs! ⁓ Richard : )

I actually rather enjoyed the sadness in this. I know that’s probably not the right word, but maybe more the melancholy here that communicates so much.

Thank you for sharing.

-M

Hi, Missy 🌸
Your lovely depth of feelings and understanding of this rather poignant poem assure me there is a certain beauty in sadness, after-all … and, I love the gentle way you've conveyed it to me.
How wonderful to connect so nicely.

You are most welcome, Missy, and I thank you, as-well, for sharing your thoughts and feelings with such warmth … big hug! ⁓ Richard 🤗

Ah, Melia,
  Thank you ever-so warmly and humbly for your kind words of appreciation and keen understanding of this rather poignant Free Verse composition.
  Your review, a poem of delight in itself, gifted a smile.

With a thank you hug! ⁓ Richard 😊

The feeling of such ardent descriptive devotion, really makes for a true aching resonance, Richard ......Your poetic prowess and the way only your pen has, of reaching in and touching that most secret place, is a true talent that has a breathtakingly poignant affect on the reader... I completely adore reading this romantic longing; touched by a whisper of melancholy... To me, it's memorable and something that I'll definitely reread several times...

Really stunning work, my lovely bard 🙏🏻
🌹 - 💙
-S

Thank you ever-so warmly and gratefully, Susan Dear 🍂   
  Your graciously stellar review, left for this rather pensively reflective piece, lends a sense of genuineness to its very essence, speaking to each and every nuance as though you'd inhaled and absorbed, rather than read it. I thought (hoped) this might transpire when inviting you here.   
   From my perspective, life has conspired with loneliness and sadness far too often, or, perhaps, just often enough to tilt my worn olde pen at exactly the angle that allows it to blend tears into its ink and stroke its gentle yearnings upon the page, revealing more of the man than I'd always readily admit … still, it's as though You perceive Me, regardless.

From the tenderly emotive touch bestowed from your words, it is easily felt we connected in some deeply meaningful way(s), and what more can a wishful bard hope than this? Well … perhaps, another time 'n place. 🍁    
With warmness equal your own, to You, Dear Poetess, I gift this embrace of sheer gratitude! ⁓ Richard 🍃

Splendid.
The flow of thoughts
The choice of words: diction
Then
The evocation of images: Imagery
Finally
The Crown of the end.
Nice work.

Hi, Sam 🍷
   What a nice way for a reader to let a bard know the qualities most recognized and appreciated in his work. You've expressed your thoughts and sentiments like a true poet should … with class and intelligent consideration.

With reviews like yours, I'll be inspired to shine m'olde pen and share a few more humble efforts … thank you most gratefully, dear fellow-poet! ⁓ Richard 🍃

I decided I needed to step back and see what I missed and wow this is just gorgeous.  The combination of happy images, love, and devotion followed by the loss and longing is so palpable. The imagery is so vivid; you can see, taste, touch, and smell your incredible words. At least in my mind. :)The picture is beautiful and this is a definite for the reading list. Just lovely! 🍂🍃🎐🌰

Gosh, Kristina Dear💫  
    Beeeautiful!!! I haven't been quite so deeply touched by a lovely poetess' warming words in a good long while.  
     And, I'll never know how I missed your soft, sweet voice, professing such praise, enjoyment, and appreciation of my humble little effort to write and share for that one special person who will find the very aspects of my hopeful wishes to bond us, reader to writer, in the exact ways you've sooo eloquently and sincerely expressed … a rare occasion, indeed. Muahhh*  
 
You've left my heart dancing to the most amorously wondrous song 🎶  
My warmest hug to You, Lady Kristina ⁓ Richard 🍃