Sonnet 7 and The Reply

[CaptainMikeRS]

These are two poems I wrote in the past two days, the sonnet was part of sequence to Jenny, but now her parents want nothing to do with me and it's very hard with them to even be just friends now. And to make it worse that sonnet was written hours before that happened.

The Reply is a short piece of what I felt at this. All my other poems and songs can be viewed at the link under homepage in my profile.

Just note this sonnet is in Italian form so it uses ABBAABBA and any variation of CDECDE over the more commmon English form. The meter is slightly off at one point but I put this to music and used a few time signature and tempo changes.

Sonnet 7

(Written May 8, 2005

by Mike R. Smale

© 2005)

The maiden gently strums a lyre

while singing to the summer breeze.

Her music wafting through the abbey,

to ring alongside the chanting choir.

Oh, those notes my heart admires!

When from her room she plays to me

as we converse so clandestinely.

For I a peasant, her father a sire,

my presence with her, he prevents.

Yet we are joined in destiny-

and by the high moon we take flight,

escaping the king's acrid plight.

My maiden and I follow our hearts intent,

as affection is the author of eternity.

~~~

The Reply

(Written May 10, 2005

by Mike R. Smale

© 2005)

A torn piece of flesh will heal

each time that it is hurt.

But will become scarred and calloused

and non-alert.

And so it is with the heart.

[Starspirit158]

It's sick that I saw this was rated so low. I gave it a five. Whoever gave you that low rating clearly has no taste. And a coward too for not even leaving a comment.