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Forever Yours ( Cento )

My darling, I have much to say
What is cannot be said
O HOW may I ever express that secret word?
Thoughts are bold, but words are shy
Speech is born out of longing
Why do I write today?
Love happened at last


I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.


This is the strength that your arms know
Companion, comforter and guide and friend
One, we are one, O heart of my heart
For I have dedicated myself to you
And here we dwell together, side by side


You lie in all my many Thoughts, like Light
Nothing else concerns me.
Days and nights pass and ages bloom and fade like flowers


Oh, how great is Love!
I am mad with love


Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word


O my mind
who put this brain inside of me?


The oftener seen, the more I lust


Suddenly I laugh and at the same time cry


the night is close
Alone, as one that liveth in a dream
To solitude and to the night
Goodbye, my friend, goodbye


I woke to empty silence
I knew that I was alone


My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains
I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes


Thou art my love
Because you love me
Now you are here again—stay with me


without your support I'm a shipwreck!
Troubles may gather and go
Thou art my life; if thou but turn away
I am no more but you live on


I've made a vow, I'll keep it true
With you I shall ever be


The splendour of achievement


Promise This—When You be Dying
If we must die, O let us nobly die
I want to die while you love me
Therefore death to us
No different Our Years would be
Eternal rapture in eternal night.


All beauty seems regathered and reborn


I cannot write you one more line of verse…

 

 

 

 

 

Author notes

Word Prompt : A Cento - My Poem Has 50 lines.
You can only use ONE line of any chosen poem
You may choose different poems of the same author
No less than 50 lines, no more than 100
I ask you to give credit (and link) to every poem you have used a line from
I also have not changed any words though some in it needed to be I have left it according to how the poet did it.
Here are the links :
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/92053-Thomas-MacDonagh-Love-Is-Cruel--Love-Is-Sweet-
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24870-Kabir-Illusion-and-Reality
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/30372-Kabir-Poem-4
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/26077-Rabia-al-Basri-Reality
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/33293-Rabindranath-Tagore-Unending-Love
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/30734-Nizar-Qabbani-On-Entering-The-Sea
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/103367-William-Carlos-Williams-Apology
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/7461-Pablo-Neruda-Sonnet-XVII--I-do-not-love-you-as-if-you-were-brine-rose--topaz
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/33276-Judith-Wright-Woman-To-Man
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/32875-Henry-Alford-You-And-I
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/35025-Alfred-Noyes-Unity
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/469-Samuel-Taylor-Coleridge-The-Presence-Of-Love
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/39374-Pablo-Neruda-Sonnet-XLII--I-Hunt-For-A-Sign-Of-You
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/37251-Mirabai-Life-In-The-World
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/46262-Pablo-Neruda-Tie-Your-Heart-At-Night-To-Mine--Love-
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/5687-Mary-Elizabeth-Coleridge-We-Never-Said-Farewell
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/18439-Khalil-Gibran-A-Lover-s-Call---XXVII
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24912-Mirabai-I-am-mad-with-Love
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/26075-Rabia-al-Basri-My-Greatest-Need-is-You
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24903-Mirabai-O-my-mind
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/13360-Charles-Bukowski-The-Crunch
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/52946-Barnabe-Googe-Out-Of-Sight--Out-Of-Mind
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/24479-Louise-Labe-I-Live--I-Die--I-Burn--I-Drown
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/5611-Thomas-Carew-Murdering-Beauty
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/123-Rupert-Brooke-The-Fish
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/49166-Clark-Ashton-Smith-Desolation
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/88-Charlotte-Bronte-Frances
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/35563-Sergei-Aleksandrovich-Esenin--Goodbye--my-friend--goodbye-
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/31139-Alice-Guerin-Crist-Himself
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/5835-Stephen-Maria-Crane-I-heard-thee-laugh
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/30821-Endre-Ady-Because-You-Love-Me
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/792-John-Keats-Ode-To-A-Nightingale
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/35602-Charles-Hanson-Towne-At-Nightfall
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/31930-Faiz-Ahmed-Faiz-Before-You-Came
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/25172-Harry-Breaker-Morant-A-Song
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/30933-Boris-Pasternak-Wind
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/52788-Carolina-Oliphant-The-Maiden-s-Vow
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/34498-Paul-Laurence-Dunbar-Forever
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/47752-Jose-Marti-I-Have-a-White-Rose-to-Tend--Verse-XXXIX-
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/23549-Emily-Dickinson-Promise-This-When-You-be-Dying
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/4458-Claude-McKay-If-We-Must-Die
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/43444-Georgia-Douglas-Johnson-I-Want-To-Die-While-You-Love-Me
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/28787-Lucretius-Of-The-Nature-Of-Things--Book-III---Part-04---Folly-Of-The-Fear-Of-Death
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/23133-Emily-Dickinson-Forever---it-composed-of-Nows
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/31454-George-Sterling-Flame
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/63832-George-Sterling-Worship
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/31504-Konstantin-Simonov--I-cannot-write-a-single-line-of-verse----

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Comments

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  • Mari Goes gold member
    March 19, 2008
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    Read and checked the links.
    You didn't put them in order and made me look to every single line
    There is one link I couldn't find the correspondent line in here
    http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/39374-Pablo-Neruda-Sonnet-XLII--I-Hunt-For-A-Sign-Of-You

    read line by line but didn't find, maybe I just oversaw it, would you help me with this one?


  • Elisabeth silver member
    March 8, 2008

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    I have heard of poets, not satisfied with the torture of writing their own poems, do this occasionally. Goodness! This turned out really well. The imagery created was quite exceptional. Very sensual and very elegant.
    Lis.


    • Kari gold member
      March 8, 2008
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      Thanks, I am so glad that you liked it

  • Mari Goes gold member
    March 8, 2008

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    Read it three times now, and each time I liked it more!
    When a cento s well done, it reads like a poem composed with your own lines, inspired by your own thoughts, and that is what happened here. You made it coherent, gave a wonderful flow to it showed a 'story' of love. Excellent choice of authors as well. A hard work that has a result a wonderful read!
    Thank you for taking your time to create this cento and for adding it here

    • Kari gold member
      March 8, 2008

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      Thank you I don't know how to explain it but it was almost like I was being guided when I was doing the poem...line by line verse by verse. This challenge has been indeed the biggest poetry challenge I've ever done before in my life I think but it has awakened new beginnings inside of me, and has really helped to encourage and inspire things that I didn't know I had
      This is my first cento I've ever done..and later I'm thinking of doing a 100 liner a part two of this piece as you may call it.
      Thank you again for your kind words. I am so glad you like it. Not only is it about love but some parts also are very deep that if you look beyond you'll see meanings that some might have missed.


  • wakingdevil
    March 7, 2008

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    I loved how you wove nearly all of the lines together in this, it is evident you did a lot of searching for it lol The structure in this was unique and melded together well with the lines.Also, you chose so many varied writers unlike me...which would have only added to the difficulty.Good luck in the contest

    • Kari gold member
      March 8, 2008
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      Thank you so much for your comment. I enjoyed what all I learned about the poets while I was doing this. It was a fun challenge.
      You did very good as well. I highly appreciate your comment


  • warrior-eagle
    March 7, 2008
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    OMG!
    That's all I'll say.

  • Yemassee gold member
    March 7, 2008

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    I know how hard these things are...I tried and failed on two, lol. And that is why I liked yours so much. You kept the theme of love for 50 lines, but in a logical, believable way...by that I mean, they felt like your words, not those chosen from others.

    I'm pretty sure Mariza will be pleased. I'm glad you entered.

    • Kari gold member
      March 8, 2008
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      Thank you so much It's funny because in the end that is how exactly I wanted it to sound like it was coming from me and not them!


  • catz Moderators member
    March 7, 2008

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    This is fabulous, a lot of work and well worth the end result. You've put together a very vividly worded love poem... even if the words are someone else's

    A superb piece and I wish you best of luck in the contest

    love and
    Granna


  • JustSimplyLissa gold member
    March 7, 2008

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    I am astonished at the work you've put into this piece. Amazing! Incredible to say the least! Wonderfullly woven together words from many poets. Astounding!
    Good luck in the contest!


  • Nephlim
    March 7, 2008

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    Lots of links o.o sounds like a complicated process, but it looks and sounds like you did a good job at piecing together a poem that was wonderful and full of love, with a little heart break in the middle.
    GREAT job
    diggin it majorly


  • x-Black-Butterfly-x gold member
    March 7, 2008

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    oh wow sis this is suh an amazing write ow on earth did you manage to do this i know I never coudl you are my inspiration


  • creationsfromheart
    March 7, 2008

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    This is a good write , however I did notice a few places you may want to read over and fix,

    " Companion, comforter and guide and friend "

    should be," Companion, comforter, guide and friend"

    Promise This—When You be Dying
    promise this-when you are in stead of be.

    there is also a capital O in ours. I am half a sleep now but those are the few that stand out to me.

    the poem it's self is wonderful and your words flow well , it is a great write.


    • Kari gold member
      March 7, 2008
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      Yes, I noticed some as well but I don't think I am allowed to correct them because of it being a cento and it being from the poet or else I would.
      Thanks though
      PS
      " Promise This—When You be Dying " Famous words of Emily!


  • Tattboyspet
    March 7, 2008

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    good grief! this must've taken you AGES to do!!!!!
    and, it definitely shows!
    you have written a wonderfully smooth 'Old English' poem here that smacks with angry tears and at the same time oozes sensual adoration - well done!


    • Kari gold member
      March 7, 2008
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      Lets just say my hand is red now literally Thanks. I am glad you liked it

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