Open Poetry #12 |
Sonnet |
Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
If you love me, pray let me hear your joy For brief years or on me pour your tears Yea, I have seen such things as fate destroys And know how to extend these few good years For all life’s drawn out upon a slender thread And we must be aware how tenuous and fine Stay with me, find its strength and you’ll not dread We’ll last, I’ll help you feel, your love made mine Love me at least this day you are my dearest Stay by my side as we trod toward the sun Else see me withered tree felled in the forest Dying to a crumble with my light gone So cling to me, share all your joy and grief For this is love’s heart; it is my belief Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. ~ Chinese Proverb ~ |
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Elizabeth
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since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
A beautiful sonnet, Wilfred. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Oh Bill...this is so touchingly tender ...made me want to cry for some reason...beautifully done! |
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Balladeer
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since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
an excellent sonnet, Bill.... |
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Paula Finn Member Ascendant
since 2000-06-17
Posts 5546missouri |
Bill...this is so lovely...full of love so tender and sweet how could she resist giving you her best? |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
This sounds as if it should be sung...a most wonderful sonnet...thank you.... |
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Janet Marie Member Laureate
since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554 |
For all life’s drawn out upon a slender thread And we must be aware how tenuous and fine Stay with me, find its strength and you’ll not dread We’ll last, I’ll help you feel, your love made mine ======================= very cool poet sir... love the vocabulary and verbiage in this cadence kissed piece well done me sonnet sir If my slight Muse do please these curious days ... The pain be mine ... but thine shall be the praise. ~Shakespeare~ |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
This is very nice, Bill. Who among us does not want to be told if we are loved? To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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jeremydraul Senior Member
since 2000-08-01
Posts 1118State of Despair |
"So cling to me, share all your joy and grief For this is love’s heart; it is my belief" ============================================= That ending really concluded a well-thought out Sonnet. Im amazed at your work. Please post more of these touching pieces. -Jeremy Raulinaitis "I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. -William Faulkner (Noble Prize Speech.) |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
Elizabeth - Thank you Martie- Cry? - I don't think unfair - as many tears as some of your tender poetic thoughts have drawn - Thank you 'deer- Humble thanks Sir Paula- I hope Thank you Karilea- A song? - I'm more than flattered - Thank you Janet Marie- You replies are unsurpassed - I'm most grateful Thank you gater Marilyn- I agree - would it were always so - Thank you Jeremy- Thank you - I'll try |
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