Bright star would I were steadfast as thou art And kind and sweet and beautiful and good Would I, like thee, suspended in the night Gaze down with bright compassion on the world
But I'm not steadfast Nor kind nor sweet nor good And beauty means these twisted choking words Self-contorted sentences and strangled poetry
Would I were steadfast Would I, like you Could breathe the airless night Would I, hung so high aloft the skies And so alone " would I, like you Burn radiant and bright
Bright star Would you were here I do not crave your light I crave your warmth and fingertips and flesh I crave your burning lips your shining eyes Your whispered words and dizzying embrace
Bright sun engulfing all the sky with light And all the stars and all my head and heart and flesh and soul
I am not a star I am the Moon My beauty mere reflection of your own These words cold barren craters in my heart These words are pale moonbeams casting out Hopeless through the cold and airless night These words are pale moonbeams Reflected light distorted ghostly memories Of your scorching fevered kiss
These skies are cold this night is dark The air around is deathly sparse
Bright star I love you And when this racking love grows hard I lift my eyes and remember this Forever will I love thee and you be bright
John Keats died at 25
200 years later
I thank God
for our superior medicine
and my inferior poetry.
This was inspired by the poem Bright Star and the life of English poet John Keats. Tuberculosis the medical care of the day and an unfortunate two month voyage to Rome all conspired to kill such a great young poet. I'm so grateful modern medicine is so much better. My poetry is no where near Keats so perhaps I'll escape the Grim Reaper's notice for a while longer yet
just edited this by adding pics lol
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yep I posted that back than its sad someone is trying to steal it and so very pathetic Im sorry this is happening to you sam but dont let them get you down people cant help but steal when they see greatness
@larrykissfan I feel so sorry for you, Your stupidity must really hold you back in so many aspects of you little insignificant life.
I said I have been published in several books and when I get the time I will do a video showing them so you tell me how the f**k can I fake that and no one can say Im lying or say the publishing houses do not exist
and after I will be expecting an apology from all of you not that Ill care either way it will just be humiliating for you and the others
Go on and block me. Prove even more you're a coward. "@jamesjones lies she even said the same on poetry I have published in books years before" Who was the she you were referring to Samantha?
@larrykissfan so what if I blocked him what does that prove other than I tired of all this bull s**t. you will be blocked as well Coward funny you do not know me enough to make that claim who are you are you someone important someone whos opinions matter I dont think so so keep your 2 scents to yourself
I NEVER said a woman was the Aurthur but indeed I am a woman who wrote this and that site will be contacted as the others were
Its not my fault you dont have a life but dont butt into mine
Did you not see the link Samantha? You clearly stole this poem from DeviantArt. Then when jamesjones confronted you you said the author was a woman when it was clearly a man. TAKE YOUR STOLEN WORK DOWN. Why do you hate poetry so much?
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