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Elizabeth Santos
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since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2001-04-04 08:47 PM

You lit the Night

What you have given to the black of night
Is sparkling crystal gleaming from your eyes
Reflecting from a single candle’s light
To blaze my midnight world with starry skies

What you have given to the early morn
An aura that illuminates your face
In shadows deep a melody is born
As summer birds fall into your embrace

What you have done to bring new life to me
In darkest night or bright of midday sun
Is give me love that’s deeper than the sea
And prove to me I am your only one

My heart is faltering at what to do
To show the measure of my love for you

Elizabeth Santos

Joyce Johnson

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since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-04-04 09:07 PM

Your sonnet is lovely as your work always is. Joyce

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2001-04-04 09:24 PM

This was so lovely and sonnets are my favorite. You do them so well.

~*~ I write, therefore I am ~*~

Lone Wolf
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since 2000-03-16

Posts 5842
Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2001-04-04 09:37 PM

Beautiful, Liz. You sure do have a knack for sonnets!

All writing comes
by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Severn
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since 1999-07-17

Posts 7704

4 posted 2001-04-04 10:07 PM

Lizzy - divine writing...you do KNOW what a wonderful poet you are right???

love ya

K

All obscurity starts with a danger:
Your dangers are many. I
Cannot look much but your form suffers
Some strange injury
Sylvia Plath

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

5 posted 2001-04-04 10:47 PM

Every time I think I can write, Liz, I read something of yours and realize how far I still have to go...this is flawless

Mike
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since 1999-06-19

Posts 2462

6 posted 2001-04-04 10:53 PM

How does one respond to perfection?
beautifully written.

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

7 posted 2001-04-05 08:11 AM

What you have given to the black of night
Is sparkling crystal gleaming from your eyes
Reflecting from a single candle’s light
To blaze my midnight world with starry skies
====================
exceptional cadence and wonderful imagery with analogies of the seasons to define the emotions.
beautiful Liz.

It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
~jackson browne~

Sudhir Iyer
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since 2000-04-26

Posts 6943
Mumbai, India : now in Belgium

8 posted 2001-04-05 08:23 AM

Liz,
This is beautiful...

Love your work...

Regards,
Sudhir

Panne447
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since 2001-04-03

Posts 196
S.A. TX

9 posted 2001-04-05 09:04 AM

Elizabeth, Excellent Shakepearean sonnet. I am so glad I came in to see this. There is so little formal poetic forms being written today that this was a joy to see. Panne

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2001-04-05 09:08 AM

Thank you for this, Lady Santos.

Rosebud1229
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since 2000-04-05

Posts 1813
North Carolina

11 posted 2001-04-05 09:34 AM

speechless, but must say this is love , wow!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

12 posted 2001-04-05 10:57 AM

Liz--You have a gift...I'm so glad you share it with us here.

suthern

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since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

13 posted 2001-04-06 01:04 PM

My heart is faltering at what to do
To show the measure of my love for you

What an excellent quandary! *S* This is beautiful, Elizabeth... I like it very much!

Wilfred Yeats
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since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

14 posted 2001-04-06 01:36 PM

Byron -JMHO- could do no better - (walking in beauty) - absolutely loved this !

Denise

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15 posted 2001-04-06 09:41 PM

Perfection indeed! This is so lovely, Elizabeth!

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

16 posted 2001-04-07 06:57 AM

Your comments have meant so much. THank you all for reading and for your kind remarks
Liz

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