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    AC Benus
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Poetry posted in this category are works of fiction. Names, places, characters, events, and incidents are created by the authors' imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblances to actual persons (living or dead), organizations, companies, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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rima fragmenta, Fragments of a Rift: Fifty Sonnets for Kevin - 5. every aspect sparkles

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Sonnet No. 9

 

We have to rouse because your sister’s dog

Waits patiently for us in the front room,

But to delay our parting epilogue,

I’ll walk her with you and our chat resume.

Every aspect I see sparkles; your mind,

Through kindness and intellect, reaches out,

And with your interest in me intertwined,

Reflects back as a smile most devout.

Chore complete, and back into the half-light,

Our goodbye of hands on waists, and locked gazes

Will hardly find release in what I write,

For everything you do amazes.

Like when you say you want to see me once more,

I can part from you still richer than before.

 

 

Sonnet No. 10

 

If I pause and wonder at it, I see

Perhaps you have no notion just how bad

Your sudden cutting off contact hurt me,

Muddling the joy of your memory with sad.

How hard is it to construct a past tense? –

An ‘it’s over,’ with certain surety –

But with no goodbyes, you left me in suspense,

Doubting even recall’s security.

No questions rise on how you made me feel,

Knowing for certain your thought will not fade,

When to words I have recourse that can deal

A blow to doubt and all the sorrow it’s made.

A lover’s complaint, but why did you go –

Did I deserve to be treated just so?

 

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32 minutes ago, Georgie DHainaut said:

I don't know what to say or write...I only know I'm running out of superlatives strong enough to cover the beauty of it. Each twin sets of sonnets amazes and enchants me more than the previous two, that were already astonishing and magical in their own right. 

Thank you, Georgie. Your compliment -- that these are touching you -- means the world to me. I appreciate your sharing of thoughts and support

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2 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

So swift the climb and precipitous the plunge: these two sonnets tell so much in the space of 28 lines. Number 9 leaves me with the sweet taste of mutual delight lingering. Number 10 tastes of dark bewilderment. I can picture you in these sonnets; not only do you convey feeling and story, your cinematic gift shows us, too. 

You are too kind to me, my friend. I thank you very humbly

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