
“…so close that your sea rises with my heat.” – C.Perez
Our love crescendos, turning us into liquid.
Oceans of your love crash and swell, then ebb
into calm retreat, painting the canvas bare…
*
Flowing across the layers of my electrocuted mind;
Covering all the shards of hurt from the past
with the joy of this glorious present moment in time;
Leaving only love’s fading footprints on the sand.
*
Our love grows in weeded beds of flowers sweet
with honey bees’ favorite blossoms, filled with nectar…
Without the taint of poisonous words that sting and dig
deep into the soul, leaving scars blight and spoil.
*
You. my love, are life’s precious fruit no longer forbidden
in the garden of beauty and perfection, delectable as
fresh peaches graced with rich sweet cream
*
Feeling you here in this moment, in this time of uncertainty,
Calms my storm of chaos that sit churning just off shore.
You are here now…
“so close your sea rises with my heat.” – C.Perez
Photo: Dwight L. Roth
We are doing Poetics at d’Verse this evening that deal with endings! She gave us six ending lines from poems of various poets. We had to choose one, and take the ending line of that poem, to continue the thought of the poem, in the same manner as the original poem. I chose ending line of the poem, C.Perez ~ Love in a Time of Climate Change to write my poem. Hopefully it is close to what she is asking us to do. We are to use the ending line as an epigraph (between the title and the body of the poem). Or at the end… I did both.
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So well done Dwight with lovely verses conjuring up endings unraveling to new beginings..
❤️
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Thank you Cindy! This was a challenge. I see I may have misread the prompt. I was not supposed to use the line in the poem itself… I may have to do a little editing.
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You’re so welcome! Good to know even you misread sometimes. I bet most won’t see the difference but the ones that know will notice. Love your attention to detail! ❤️❤️❤️
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I was able to change it without really changing!! :>) I misread all the time. Backspacing again!! LOL
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Oh that has me in stitches… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!
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Thank you! :>)
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Thank you!!!! 👏👏👏🤗
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Good job! ❤
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Thank you Jan!!
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So beautiful, especially the amount of depth you expanded on with the chosen quote. ❤ Very visceral and moving.
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Thank you so much Lucy! I really appreciate your kind words! It was an interesting challenge! You grasped it very well!
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Such a vivid expressions 👏🏻
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Thank you very much! I am glad you enjoyed it.
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You’re always welcome
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Your poetic piece explores the charming nature of love which is both soothing and lovely. Great poetic work.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words.
Dwight
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I love the poem without editing or analysing it, after all, it is LOVE you have written about!
Thank you.
Joanna
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Thank you so much! You are right … who can edit LOVE! :>)
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Beautiful, Dwight: the strength of your love comes through your words.
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Thank you Ingrid! I appreciate your kind words.
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Well done, this was a pleasure to read thank you.
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Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it!
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I like the way you approached the prompt, Dwight. A beautiful love poem, with some sensual imagery. The use of the epigraph and the ending is very clever.
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Thank you Sarah for your kind assessment. I found this to be a very interesting challenge! I thought the ending brought closure to the poem.
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A beautiful love poem, Dwight, it has a natural ebb and flow.
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Thank you so much Kim! I appreciate your kind words.!
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Beautifully written, Dwight!
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Thank you so much Eugenia~
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Most welcome, Dwight!
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So very beautiful. Such lovely verses that have a calming flow.
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After fifty years, this was a nice reflection on the way we were and where we are now!
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Love the tidal opening, the flowery garden middle, the return to the shore close, esp that last line (WOWZA!)
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Thank you Ron, for your kind words. I am glad you enjoyed the flow of it!
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You poured your heart into this one and it shows. A lifetime of love. Beautifully crafted.
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Thank you Dora. I did get into it as I was writing. I loved the format of the original poem and the emotion it expressed. It was the only one of the six that connected with me.
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I enjoyed it. God bless you both.
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Your floral and other natural imagery is beautiful, Dwight.
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Thank you Jane! I am glad you enjoyed it.
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I did xx
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Oh my ….. there is a deep love and passion in this.
“Covering all the shards of hurt from the past
with the joy of this glorious present moment in time;”
The use of the word shards tells so much…there is a past to this relationship that has been difficult.
And I love these lines:
“delectable as
fresh peaches graced with rich sweet cream”
This I can taste….his is love that is present in that moment.
A wonderful response to the prompt.
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Thank you so much Lillian, for your kind and appreciative assessment. You have captured all that I hoped to include in my poem!
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Beautiful poetry
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Thank you very much!
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It’s a pleasure
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Love that can grow through everything is what we and the world needs…
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You are right about that! It is so easily passed off with little effort missing the lasting quality that only comes with time.
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I absolutely love this especially; “Our love grows in weeded beds of flowers sweet with honey bees’ favorite blossoms, filled with nectar…Without the taint of poisonous words that sting.” 💝💝 Stunning write 🙂
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Thank you Sanaa! I am so glad it connected with you. It was a fun project to attempt! I really appreciate your kind words!
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“love poems” make my heart sing ….. singing now.
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Thank you so much! I am glad it put a song in your heart!
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an exquisite tribute to your true love thru all the trials and tribulations of a long term relationship … the sea analogy is perfect
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Thank you Kate. It has taken a lot of work and effort but we made it!
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all relationships take a lot of work Dwight, I think some have that media gloss that love conquers all .. but we have to be prepared to compromise too 🙂
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yes, you are right!
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This is just Soo good😌!! I loved how you expressed through beautiful words and how appropriately they conveyed the thoughts to us❣️
Loved it!! Keep going ✨☺️
All Best wishes from this newbie this side 🙂
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