They passed along the ridged shore waves beheld and brandished o'er their sinking steps within the sand as they walked side by side, hand in hand I observed the couple pass me by they hadn't noticed my watchful eye enwrapped within their lovers' realm the romance took me, I was overwhelmed With Remembrance of my darkened queen I ached for the days that once had been my heart throbbed within my mourning form I felt betrayed this shorline morn Here was the place of her memory lost when she gave herself to the ocean tossed her beauty was never embraced again though the ocean was unworthy to ease her pain The treacherous sea stole my queen I know that now, I know what I have seen these lovers walk by my darling's tomb and I force myself into the ocean's womb to meet my love as her eternal groom
“Groom”
17 Thursday Jan 2013
Posted in POETRY
This was really good, do you mind if I write an article and link back to it, either today or next Thursday?
Sorry, just getting this now, I don’t mind at all, anytime. Thank you!
Your words never cease to amaze me.
Well thank you, and your words never cease to flatter me ;)
Good!
:)
the ocean’s womb (: I like that, great poem Sage (:
Thank you so much ;)
Oh this is sad……
Lovely…but sad…
Thank you :)
so sweeping! Poe-like in its old world sound, and so romantic. Yes, I think lost love is romantic…glutton for punishment? Ehh, maybe! Well done, Sage! You are that!
Thank you so much, I love Poe, so that’s a compliment I have to bow down to lol Thank you :)
Oooooooooooooh, ages ago a friend of mine (“Mike TV”) mentioned that some of your work had a bit of a Poe way about it. He had requested that you post one if possible but at the time you mentioned that you were looking to have some published and thus could not. Well to the point. This poem is a blanket of black, velvet words. The last stanza embodies Poe’s romantic view of death so beautifully. I have a 10 vol. set of his work. They are tiny, hard covered books with black covers and gold writing c1907…….le sigh, love Poe.
Yeah I remember when Mike said that. He heard some of my work at a poetry slam. That poetry was “written by” a character in a novel I wrote. Eventually I’d like to get that novel published, but for now it’s at the wayside. Putting stuff on line is considered first rights for publication, so best to avoid that, since publishers want first rights. Anyway, thank you for comparing my poetry to Poe, I take that as a HUGE compliment because I love Poe’s works, the rhythm and the gloom just does something to me. So thanks very much, I appreciate that!
Ok I’m going to post one poem that I believe Mike was talking about. It’s one of my favorites of those I’ve written and it’s not enough for the publication issue to be a problem. I’ll post it today (Jan 24, 2013 4pm EST) it’s called “My Friend” We’ll see if Mike notices it, I think he’s following me in his reader. He hasn’t been around for a while, but if he’s just glancing through he may recognize it ;) Hope you like it!