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Pains & Pleasures (1 reply)

RG983
2 years ago
RG983 2 years ago

For the poetry submission:

 

Pain & Pleasures

Life- A crest and trough of intuitive emotions,

Imperfect which art to measure our deeds;

For ripples art interim, in those countless drops of Adam’s ale,

Ah! Their gentle flow- A prelude to the endless tale.

The sun- tis’ encompassing those stars at bloom,

Igniting souls to perceive their way;

Daredevil sailors, who travel through dark nights,

Renders those stars, voyaging back to their land.

The life, tis’ ending & worries art minuscule,

Mere dreams- A way to bear all pleasure;

But when we desire, to sentence the unknown,

An obnoxious mutiny- to ensnare holy soul.

O love- Ye be the designator of some emotion,

For some, ye art an ineffectual casket;

& then those impulsive, who art fervent to savor,

Whast true love is- An elixir of desire.

O cosmic attires- Tailored to prettify the world,

With edifice- such lofty, stirring revered Caelum;

Tis’ sinful, humans’ art erect before the Lord,

Now art realizing, with genuflect in regret.

Viridity- Tis’ a symphony to the eternal passage,

Whist or feverishness, unpredicted in the kismet;

Éclat or vain- Endure ye pursuit,

For whast leal, tis’ amid pains & pleasures.

-R.G.

Susan Katz
2 years ago
Susan Katz 2 years ago

Thank you so much for submitting your very lyrical and philosophical poem for consideration as Featured Poem of the Month.  I find your poem to be well written and speaking in a voice that is both classical in tone and yet, somehow contemporary, as well.  I do think your poem, at times, is a little difficult to understand - but then, poetry must be felt and visualized, as well as understood, and we certainly feel the emotion in your poem.  I will be announcing the chosen poem by the end of the first week of November.  Thank you again, Your friend in Poetry, Susan

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