Seasoning (Spenserian Sonnet..with slight variation)

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Open Poetry #18

Seasoning (Spenserian Sonnet..with slight variation)

Morcastlin
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since 2002-01-14

Posts 244
The Jersey Shore, USA

0 posted 2002-02-13 12:39 PM

You are a delicate little flower
Slowly you blossom, your petals unfold
You cannot withstand the weather's power
The first winter's breath will leave you so cold

Your petals would whither yellow to gold
Alone and vulnerable...left to die
Beauty and splendor no more to behold
A victim of season, deaf to your cry

That is how nature will kiss you goodbye
Her ice-laden lips will leave you to freeze
Beneath a forbidding and snowfilled sky
Where only your stem survives the next breeze

Yet, I have heard as you've silently cried
So come with me now, I'll take you inside

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2002-02-13 12:43 PM

Brava, Bonnie!

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

2 posted 2002-02-13 12:44 PM

Morcastlin,
Good for you, enjoyed the read.

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2002-02-13 01:21 PM

(smiles) BRAVO!!! Ooohhhh...this is sooooo compassionately gorgeous, sweet friend, your loving heart always blossoms to us with the enchantment of poetic beauty! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is breathtaking! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Bonnie, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

Startime
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since 2000-10-03

Posts 5918
Canada

4 posted 2002-02-13 01:22 PM

*sigh* this is stunningly beautiful...I love it...**big hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Local Parasite

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since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

5 posted 2004-04-29 03:10 PM

I'm very glad I read this... I do like the twist you've put on the Spenserian sonnet format, the anapestic meter variation made it flow very gracefully.

Terrific work, I love when people bring innovation into tradition with such lovely results.

Brian

"God becomes as we are that we may be as he is." ~William Blake

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