Poetry Time: Never To Return
@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
Rupert, Idaho
February 4, 2026 1:12pm CST
Hello again everyone. How are you doing?
Thought I would share another poem that I wrote. This one was written many years ago, like the others I have shared lately. I think this is one of my favorites of my work. Would love to know what you think of it!
Never to Return:
Burnt to ashes,
Full of silent lies
When tomorrow comes,
We only say goodbye
Yesterday is distant memories
Chock full of what could have been
When the new day dawns,
We’ll never go back there again
Why commiserate in sorrow,
When you could touch the sun
Burning across the seven seas
When the future never comes
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
6 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 I know what you mean. My creativity has dried up.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
6 Feb
@LindaOHio it makes me sad...my life was writing and art and now I can't do any... :(
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@celticeagle (189792)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Feb
I'm glad you shared this. It really got me to thinking about how fleeting the days are but we have memories.
@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
5 Feb
Glad you liked it....and that it did that
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
6 Feb
@celticeagle I am glad. I have many more, may as well share them here since nobody has bought my book and it's been published for over 10 years now. I'll earn more here than ever did not selling the books hah...
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@Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
6 Feb
Is this talking about “yesterday”?
And what does “Chalk full” mean?
I just remember the chalk used on blackboards when I was at school, which was eons ago. 
I thought it was quite a skill to write on these, in a straight line and at an awkward angle. 
I thought it was quite a skill to write on these, in a straight line and at an awkward angle. @Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 Ok, I did mean yesterday as in the past. So I think I got it.
And chock full makes sense to me, although we brits would probably say “chock-a-block”.
Sorry if it seemed like I was picking at it, but when I was doing English Literature back in my school days (a long time ago), my teacher would give us poems to read and then ask us to dissect them to try to understand what the poet was thinking when they wrote it.
Good stuff! 
And chock full makes sense to me, although we brits would probably say “chock-a-block”.
Sorry if it seemed like I was picking at it, but when I was doing English Literature back in my school days (a long time ago), my teacher would give us poems to read and then ask us to dissect them to try to understand what the poet was thinking when they wrote it.
Good stuff! @MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
6 Feb
The poem is talking about the past...not sure what you mean by yesterday?
I always thought it was chalk full, I guess it is actually chock full - but that means like to the maximum capacity, full, crammed,etc
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
8 Feb
@Orson_Kart Just never had someone try to do that really...but that is cool to have someone try to figure out more about it. I don't really remember why I wrote it, or what I was thinking as it was ages ago when I did.
Now I am not sure what that means - although you are saying it's what you'd say in its place lol.
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18025)
• Torrington, Connecticut
5 Feb
Your getting better and better keep it coming or should I say, flowing lol
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18025)
• Torrington, Connecticut
10 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 I dabbled in Poetry when I was in college
@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
5 Feb
Well I had gotten better like 20 years ago lol....I haven't written poetry in ages. Wish I still could.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
5 Feb
Thank you, I could write so easily back in the day. Now I just blank.
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
5 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 some call that writer’s block. You’ll write when the mood strikes.
