Between The Lines Of Hearts

And Aura. A Petrarchan Sonnet

I hide, you seek; it is how it should be.

Search under darkness, void of passions lost,

within the lines of hearts, ice blue with frost;

I am what many naked eyes can’t see.

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Between your words, invisible to me,

I sought your thought, as light that won’t exhaust

the pain of keeping secrets made, has cost

our frozen trust ... exposed love’s memory.

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Igniting hot emotion ... flames of grief 

will never change your burning cold desire ~

concealed regret as harsh, disguised relief.

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My needs revealed were stripped by disbelief;

thus, written long ago, beguiled by fire.

So, now I see just what you are ~ hope’s thief.

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William Michael Reeves and Aura

2022

Author's Note

I wrote this with Aura a couple few months ago. I didn’t want to interrupt the series of ‘lessons’, so waited till now to post it. I felt the Petrarchan Sonnet lends itself well to a back and forth between two poets. I answered. And thanks to Richard🖌 for helping us with it.

Reviews

[Lisasview]

Good morning Michael,
Richard is so helpful..isn't he...
I really enjoyed the back and forth...and I am quite sure it wasn't an easy task.
The rhymes really worked well...another thing that is not always easy..
And, we do know that Sonnets, although wonderful, are not that easy to do well...and from what I know this was done very well...
Congrats, Lisa

[William Michael Reeves]

I thought I had replied to this. Sorry. That might be why Sonnets are so wonderful. They aren't easy. Thanks for appreciated our effort. Thanks Lisa ... where it will soon be Spring in Spain.

[Robert Trakofler]

the hard part of writing structured poems in general is the setup to the next pitch but when you are writing with another it makes it twice as tricky and I felt very little stricture in your collective structure so well done to both of you:)

[William Michael Reeves]

I definitely know the stricture of structure, sir Robert The Rabbit. Something about poetic parameters gets me all excited. Throw in a little surprise from your co-author, and I'm a happy camper. After some head scratching I realized Aura was throwing me strikes so I did my best to hit it out of the park. Petrarchan Sonnet is nicely set up for a back and forth between poets. Constructing in a collective breaks constrictive constructs and builds poetic bonds conducive to songs together conducted. (What?) Thanks Robert

[Chris Shaw]

Your lines blend together so well, so a congratulations is in order for this emotive write. Composing structured poetry takes patience and I can appreciate that because much of my earlier work was in rhyme and meter and I still go there when my muse directs me. I paid attention to the rhyme here, where it appeared. the flow of your lines and the stanza format. Your final line really rounded this piece off. Well done Bill and Aura and Richard too for the part he played.

Chris

[William Michael Reeves]

Thanks Chris. If you paid attention to the rhyme you might have noticed how Aura set me up. This was the first collaboration with rhyme I've done. When I got frost and lost, I searched my choices and there were 5 words that rhyme and only the two I felt I could use. Good exercise for the brain. Aura has a mysterious style that I felt compliments the way I write too. Took me the whole poem to figure out who was hiding, but you can't hide from billigami! Thanks

[Chris Shaw]

Clever of her to set you up with such a limited choice of rhyme words Bill and long may you continue to blend in your poetry togetherness.with Aura.
Collabs can be difficult.

[Patricia]

Without a doubt I agree with Neville, seamless and emotive, great ending

[William Michael Reeves]

When I was trying to figure out how to close I knew I had to answer the question unasked in the beginning, who is hiding? Glad you liked. Thanks Patricia

[Aura]

Thank you so much Patricia for reading and taking the time to leave a sweet review! This piece definitely touches on finer emotions we feel, such as pain, trust loss, and sadness.

[Neville]

what a seamless marriage of words so wonderfully shared with us all .. many thanks William & Aura and of course, to the great bard himself R :)

[Aura]

Thank you Neville for reading and taking time to review this shared effort between Bill and I along with Richard's editing!

[William Michael Reeves]

Thank you Neville. The wedding of words is wonderful! We put some cake in the freezer, but it got ice blue with frost. Yet, never really did freeze our trust as the coils of collaboration warmed our pens. Thanks.

[Neville]

heart-warming indeed & with respect, respect .. N :)