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The Ceremonies Of Tenderness by =AlecBell:iconAlecBell:



1
I harbour you
in my darkest thought,
I am your shield against
the mole blind day.

This night of our creating
will hold the marching hours at bay.

2
All our passionate moments
are scattered. The dead can
do nothing but stare
at us, blind lovers
whose love is dying,
while the present seeps away.

3
We celebrate no more
those ceremonies of tenderness
that bound us close before.

The heart does not forget.
We pass autumnal evenings
misty with regret.

4
Divided by
the histories of space,
the geographies of time,
yours is the face
that haunts me
in passages of rhyme
©2007-2009 =AlecBell
:iconalecbell:

Author's Comments

Old poems are sometimes almost as good as old jokes. I have to admit that the last rhyme is a little obvious

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:iconmarzguy:
Obvious?

Maybe, but a comfortable finish to a lovely piece.

I think my faves gallery will soon be loaded with your work.

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I wrote a little boat
Into existence
It floated down the stream
At my insistence.
:iconfrazzled-mage:
This is why I am glad I when I am told to check out an author, and they are correct. This work is the taste of sadness and longing. My favorite stanza is the third. It stands on its own a poem within your poem.

We pass autumnal evenings
misty with regret.

First, autumnal is a word I would use in every poem if I could shoehorn it in there. Second I do think regret is like a mist that slowly soaks to the core. This is good stuff. Thank you.

jfk

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:iconalecbell:
Thank you. The word "regret" has a slow-burning reticence. It 's a defeated rather than a passionate emotion.

You might have noticed that I have used Autumnal as a title

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There's always a better poem just out of reach.

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The roots of the future run deep [link]
:iconblueskye27:
When love is dying...what a true, sad piece.
:iconalecbell:
Thank you, Cindy.

What is real is not always true. What is true is not always real

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There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]
:iconblueskye27:
Yet another poem in the making...
:iconalecbell:
Oh, no!!!!!!

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There's always a better poem just out of reach.

Words create situations [link]

The roots of the future run deep [link]

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