On purpose, I kept an old-fashioned kind of feel for this poem. It is about a man's yearning for his lover, after she has departed from this realm. Perhaps it is also a homage to love.
But How Could Anyone Take The Place,
Of Such Great Beauty,
And Endless Grace?
I Still Remember,
Her Beauteous Face,
That Tender Body,
And Warm Embrace
Eternal But Blind,
I Always Find,
No Greater Gift,
Than Love Divine.
Beautiful tribute to love mixed with a twinge of sadness. Love that last verse...poetically genius.
I liked how this elegy is built around Courtly Love motifs, touching, made me think of a Waterhouse painting !
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No. I have never even heard any, of Courtney Love's music. I created this entirely. From the foundat.. read moreNo. I have never even heard any, of Courtney Love's music. I created this entirely. From the foundation, to the roof.!
Are you Sir Lancelot perhaps? Very King Arthur-ish. I love fairy/folk tales and legends, which this had the feel of for me. You were successful it making it sound of yesteryear.
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Thanks for the praise, Invisible Ink; but I'm no Sir Lancelot lol.
I really love the imagery in this poem. You made an excellent choice in giving your poem a more vintage sounding voice. Your last verse is quite beautiful to me, and I think that it makes an outstanding end to an outstanding poem.
Write on.
-Solitude
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It was also written in solitude, Solitude; a time when I find it easier to think and write clearly.
Beautiful and haunting. I really liked this. I can feel the loss and the longing. Flows really well. Very descriptive.
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Thankyou. Love lost, and that haunting similarity with losing someone through death; was one of my i.. read moreThankyou. Love lost, and that haunting similarity with losing someone through death; was one of my inspirations for writing this. And, it's a theme which recurred in some of Edgar Allan Poe's better known stories and poems. He has certainly influenced me, stylistically.
Exactly so, Clint. Thanks. I am certainly familiar with Lenore, and the integral sadness of lost lov.. read moreExactly so, Clint. Thanks. I am certainly familiar with Lenore, and the integral sadness of lost love which it conveys.
oh wow, you have a beautiful way with words. the rythm was seamless and very easy to read. and i usually dont like rhyming poems, but this was absolutely perfect.
'Eternal But Blind,
I Always Find,
No Greater Gift,
Than Love Divine.'
that part i foudn to be the most well-written. it was a perfect closing and just fit with the poem :)
anyway, great work julian!
My first name is Julian. I'm a white male, straight, English and 51 years old. My email address is [email protected]. Writing is just an interest to me. My favourite writers include H. P.. more..