'Opheliac~

My eternal spring of Ophelia ~

   madness bedecked of wildflowers 

 vacant within virginal white tears

       sunk to the depths of despair

ocean's vast siren call

    consuming beyond reality

barefoot'd romanticizing 

   melancholy waves of emotions

sank in a lover's betrayal

   stately and classical dignity

 feigned delusions of confusion

delirium of mania's absurdity

      secretly married ruse of insanity

 doused in bewildered over flow                                     

      preserving a life within entity~

   Fleurs éternelles de la France

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Lorsque vous parlez français, il donne tout le poème je ne sais quois! Hamlet went mad with his love for her. Quite the Valentine's Day thought, n'est pas? In your eternal Spring, will you go to a nunnery as Ophelia was instructed to do? No way! You will sing your songs (write your poems) handing us the flowers they create in our minds. I so enjoyed the fact you used a Shakespearean character as the inspiration here. Wonderfully unique....and so YOU! Lydi**

[Frieda P]

Dancing to you review sweet Lydikey, I was so hoping the translation was correct, you can never trust it to those online sites, and if by YOU, you mean crazy...*wicked laughing* here. Grazie mille! ;-)

[Lydia Shutter]

No, you are not crazy, sweet friend of mine...you are just a unique blend of poetry and Joisey! I believe it is an acquired taste! LOL

[Frieda P]

Ha, you're such a sweetheart, I still think that was a nice way of saying off yer rocker! hahaha

[Lydia Shutter]

If it is, I recognize it simply because I am off mine! LOL

[Frieda P]

HA, I'm in excellent company then! ;-)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Ah the bard was a king and a pauper in all of us, great read.

[Frieda P]

Indeed, thanks so much Thomas.

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Love the way how your poem flows together so beautifully Frieda!

Kaze~ :-)

[Frieda P]

Thanks muchly Kazie :-)

[♔ CrownedDevil ☾]

All good Frieda! :-D

[Tai Ryens]

Your chosen diction seems to suggest that this is a misery never felt before, and the depth in which pain can resonate is almost so tremendously absurd that you wouldn't believe it, had you not been feeling it yourself. The aftermath leads you to frame the memory in a place of your mind, forever able to revisit, and thus the misery. Well done.

[Frieda P]

I feel all my poetry whether it's my story or not, thanks Tai....muchly appreciate your thoughts.

[icelandicblue]

Ophelia of the virginal and vacant white, such a tragic story of betrayal and madness. You capture the vortex of her disengagement from the world beautifully within the tornado of your words.

[Frieda P]

Woo tornadoes, grazie mille Anne!

[Leigh]

I love the opening line, that's fantastic in itself. Reading this has made me realise (again) just how integral Shakespeare is to our language and how it has moulded it. Begad's we are riddled with the stuff. You have made a great tribute to Ophelia with this luxury edition of poetry and it cuts right in to that world back then.

Forbidden love is a time bomb waiting to go off and what man could resist a Pre-Raphaelite woman bedecked?

[Frieda P]

Funny, I"m not a big Shakespeare fan, I had to have a good friend of mine who adores his stuff to check it over, glad you enjoyed this one Leigh.

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the music and the artwork. The description create good vision and my favorite topic is myth and story. I wanted to read more. Ophelia is one of my favorite characters.
"barefoot'd romanticizing
melancholy waves of emotions
sank in a lover's betrayal"
The above lines were my favorite. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Frieda P]

Thanks Coyote, barefoot'd romanticizing was my favorite too.

[s y e]

// vacant within virginal white tears
sunk to the depths of despair
ocean's vast siren call //

This is another pen that no-one but you could write so beautifully and with so much meaning. The imagery and wording adds so much and it makes it so much more powerful.

Loved it.

[Frieda P]

Awh you're too good to me peanut, muchly appreciate your sweet review, thanks noodlebumble. x

[Ayvid N]

A very special creation, Frieda, brimming with beauty and romance...I can smell the wild flowers...Thanks a lot for sharing!

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Divya, so glad you could my friend!

[redzone]

the eternal spring of Ophelia runs pretty deep Frieda, are you sure you want to drink of Shakespeare's waters??? I understand she drove him somewhat crazy... er.. or perhaps you are trying to tell us you were a redhead in a previous life??? so Frieda, are you trying to drive us crazy with your wonderful poetry.. yes, I think you are... oh my, I am batshyte loonytoons... ;o) red(goingoffthedeepend)zone

ps.. ok Ms Frieda, aka Ms Opheliac the sky is blue, the words are purple and I loved your poem. by the way, loonytoons is a pretty neat place...

[Frieda P]

Is that how the story goes, I'm sure he must have deserved it ;-) Been living in batshyteloonytoonsville since forever, funny I never ran into you curt, grazie mille, yes I actually do have red in my hair, half of my family are redheads, but don't tell anyone! ........

[redzone]

Is that because he was a man or because he fell in love with ophelia??? Or, maybe both.. ;-p Ophelia, er.. Frieda, you have been in loontoonsville longer than me.. don't you remember welcoming me when I first got there??? I remember.. you gave all of us red roses and big hugs and a huge smile... wait.. really??? some red hair in the family... oh my red headed Italianos... one of my favorite things is when humans fuse, meld together and create unique little ones.. (I am whispering this and won't let anyone else know your secret... )

[Frieda P]

Definitely not, I'm not the red roses type woman, if you had said wildflowers that's a different story, must have been some other zany loon that sounded like moi ;-) Yep infused red, but that's a whole other poem..........

[redzone]

I should have been clearer... have you ever see wid red roses?? no, not the man made, designer roses that come in a pack of 12, but the bush growing under a tree at the edge of a meadow that is laden with small red roses... the ones that butterflies seek out and fall in love with... the kind that even Opheliacs would willingly brave the thorns just to smell the sweet aroma??? These are the roses I meant, and I apologize for allowing confusion.. and these were the roses give to all who entered loonytoonsville, if not by you then by some other Frieda/Opheliac... maybe I migtht see you there someday and will be glad to show you the spot where you can enjoy these roses for yourself... ;o)

[Frieda P]

Ha well butterflies always know best of course, you made them so enticing, how could a lady refuse ;-)

[redzone]

m'lady, I would be honored...

[Giggling Star]

A compelling write Frieda!

[Frieda P]

Grazie mille stargazer!