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Like the Feathers of an Arrow (affectionately known as LFA).

...don't open...don't throw away... is not disappearing completely (not yet),
but postings here will be limited.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

3 Falling: A Poem for Two (a poem in two voices)

as though trying to write a sonnet wasn't hard enough, i couldn't help but rip it apart into pieces for two.  so here is my sonnet meant for two voices.  i suppose you are wondering why i'd attempt a form i'm not so keen on...i guess i like a challenge...this one was offered up by Poetic Asides.


so back to the sonnet...i admit, for some odd reason in the back of my head i relate sonnets to love...so i stuck with that theme.  below it is presented in two fashions (the second is probably easier to read.  one in 'His & Hers' columns; anything appearing on the same line gets read simultaneously.  two in one combined entity; colors are used to decipher who is speaking and when (plus it looks more like a sonnet).  

(Added Note:  after much time has passed, I have had a chance to review my sonnet attempt only to uncover for it to be classified as such it needs some major work.  09/2012)


key to second presentation:  bothhimher


try reading just 'His' lines and just 'Her' lines....  i hope you enjoy this twist on a sonnet....



I must confess, you stole my heart at first sight I must confess, you stole my heart at first sight
your beauty drew me
a picture of true bliss
I couldn't look away
and my heart couldn't dismiss
the desire building
even had I tried to fight even had I tried to fight
In that moment I was lost in an abyss In that moment I was lost in an abyss
the world disappearing
all I wished was this
to feel you in my arms
never felt so right never felt so right
That day I stammered to catch my breath to speak That day I stammered to catch my breath to speak
words you would remember
words that filled my heart
your smile disarmed me
your eyes distracted me
so that words stumbled and I felt foolish and meek so that words stumbled and I felt foolish and meek
but with just one laugh
I knew I knew this was the start
of something wondrous
our love was meant to be our love was meant to be




I must confess, you stole my heart at first sight
Your beauty drew me...a picture of true bliss
I couldn't look away...And my heart couldn't dismiss
The desire building...even had I tried to fight
In that moment I was lost in an abyss
The world disappearing...all I wished was this
To feel you in my arms...never felt so right 


That day I stammered to catch my breath to speak
words you would remember...words that filled my heart
your smile disarmed me...your eyes distracted me
so that words stumbled and I felt foolish and meek
but with just one laugh...I knew...this was the start
of something wondrous...our love was meant to be

3 comments:

  1. I like this. I really, really like this. Thanks!

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  2. best regards ob love.

    hold on tight when it comes to you.
    well done.

    A++

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  3. Very interesting and imaginative.. and you have captured the subtle nuances of male / female feelings quite well and then in the end you have collated it perfectly... thanks for sharing an interesting and beautiful verse...

    ॐ नमः शिवाय
    Om Namah Shivaya
    http://shadowdancingwithmind.blogspot.com/2011/01/whispers-emptiness-and-soul.html

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