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Love is a word...

An eternity of words
that touch the heart
flow through my mind.

Sonnets to sing of your beauty,
words to flatter the soul.

Limericks and clerihews
to make you smile when
the days are long and
the burdens heavy.

Ghazals and Pantoums
to add mystery and
flavor life with spice.

Sapphic Odes
to extol the wonders
of the heart filled with
emotions that only
two can share.

Free verse
marked “Adult”
to stoke the fires
of passion and fulfill
the needs of desire

Words, like hands, to caress
and touch and comfort and
excite.

Love is a word ...

that
  falls 
      silent
        with
            Goodbye.



Author notes

Prompt: “Between a teardrop and a sigh”
Picture Credit: http://heartfelt-wishes.deviantart.com/art/the-heart-within-the-words-62583557
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  • JinSays gold member
    February 13

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    I cannot help but find myself lost inside this write. First, the Sapphic odes-yes. . .Sappho is still a dear poetess in my view. She said what she intended to say without fluff or concealment. She wrote so much, and yet what we have left of her writing is only fragments. Still beautiful. I feel you've penned this without any fluff neither. Isnt emotion why we read poetry in the first place?
    Ending is a killer, you've penned something brilliant here. . .did I already say that?
    LOL
    Thank you Ken,
    love,
    jin


  • bluewho
    February 11

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    This is beautiful. I didn't want it to end. I can't decided if I like "Ghazals and Pantoums
    to add mystery and
    flavor life with spice." or
    Free verse
    marked “Adult”
    to stoke the fires
    of passion and fulfill
    the needs of desire"
    the most. This is poem is definatly one of my favorites


  • Angelflower
    February 10

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    oh this was really good, though a bit sad I truly loved the flow and imagery here.. I think you did a wonderful job as you always do..lol.. best of luck in the contest hun.

    Angel


  • Meroza
    February 9

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    I like the style you've written this in, and the theme is brilliant. You've yet again penned a poem with a taste of your style, well done!

    Best of luck


  • toomysterious
    February 8

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    Another thing of beauty here. My favorite passage:
    Love is a word ...

    that
    falls
    silent
    with
    Goodbye.
    Including the form Love trailing away leaving only goodbye in its wake. I can never thing of these phrases that have such high impact. I'm just a little envious of your mind.


  • Sweet Impatience gold member
    February 8

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    this is a beautiful poem that you've written. even though its a bit sad, I still think its beautiful. I like how you ended it. I love how you used the different forms and such though out this entire piece. Brilliant.

    good luck
    kat


  • Jesann gold member
    February 7

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    Such a creative and clever write.
    Beautifully done.
    "Love is a word that falls silent with Goodbye"
    Perfect finale, well done.


  • Reptile Lady gold member
    February 6

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    Now this is a clever write
    What a way to go.. and those goodbyes say hello again..
    heart felt
    Best wishes to you in the contest
    Julie


  • Sandi Alford gold member
    February 6

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    I'm smiling here, your reference of poetry forms is like giving a name to each different emotion, or nicknames to your beloved, creative writing at it's best

    Best wishes!
    blessings, Sandi

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