Lover, we are more than destiny
For fate needs not our companionship;
And we are more than two souls intertwined
For everything unites with us.
Lover, we are more than the elements of nature
For balance could not endure us;
Our emotions are stronger than passion
Neither heaven nor hell could destroy us.
Lover, we are more than Death
For even Death could not contain us;
And we are more than Life itself
Because even Life could not sustain us.
Author notes
a love poem inspired by Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights...
image from http://www.filmreference.com/images/sjff_03_img1257.jpg (a scene from the movie with the same title)
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A contest entry
- Literary Classics by CinematicInk.
325 points, ended July 7, 2007, 7 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - I Opened A Book and Fell In Love by CoundessaScarlotti.
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Comments
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It's incredible!
A prime example of the love of classic litarature that only those of us who could truly love someone between the pages of a book could share.
Bravo!
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"And we are more than Life itself
Because even Life could not sustain us."
Loved those two lines,
creative
And powerful.
Thank you for your entry!
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Lovely, lovely poem, and it captures the emotion,commitment, and the passionate love felt by the narrator so perfectly.
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I love the repetition, with the Lover at the beginning of each stanza. A nice piece! It captivates the novel well.
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"Lover, we are more than Death
For even Death could not contain us;
And we are more than Life itself
Because even Life could not sustain us." is my favorite part good luck
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Nicely done
This is a beatiful poem and I like how you refer to love being more than death.
Nice fluid flow that enhances the read and says so much of this love of which you have written.
Much enjoyed.
Rosemary -
This is really nicely done, particularly the last stanza and the quiet, final rhyme of ‘contain us’ and ‘sustain us’. I read Wuthering Heights for the first time only recently, and I think you’ve done a good job of expressing the vital elements of the story without doing a mere rehash. I also liked that it wasn’t absolutely specific, for example, apart from the title, there are no mentions of the central characters by name. I think that’s actually really effective – whilst readers of the novel can recognise the characters and the situations described immediately, people who haven’t read it can appreciate the elements of love and passion on a sort of global scale – that is to say experiences common to all humans and not limited to those characters in a particular novel. The only thing I would suggest is two minor grammatical changes in the first stanza: ‘fate needs’ rather than ‘fate need’, and ‘intertwined’ as opposed to ‘intertwine’. Lovely write – and good luck in the contest!
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Wow. I could feel the emotion put into this piece. Very lovely. Those words are so true, and mark the real meaning of love, rather than just the simple lust everyone feels from time to time. Very nice write. Thank you very much for your entry, and good luck in the contest!
-Jade
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