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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 - 24. a practice to perform

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Sonnet No. 47

 

Draftsmen will say you must have drawn five miles

Before claiming much mastery of the line,

But what then of poets, we metrophiles,

Drawing on clouds and rainbows for design?

How many words must we write to persuade

An order and control onto our heart,

Expounding the soul not to act afraid

All while we bleed ink and tears for our art.

Answers are not here, or at least for each

The number of lines the mind must draft

– Or the treaded miles of patience they teach –

Varies by a single degree of craft:

For expression is not about any form;

Without love, it’s but a practice to perform.

 

 

Sonnet No. 48

 

Love is a gift we give ourselves, it’s said,

But what other munificence offers

Self-charity to live beyond the dead

With nothing but words stuffed in its coffers.

You may not find here those earthly riches

Only to be sought on the temporal plane,

And think my love merely moans and bitches,

Loudly mourning your absence and disdain.

But to a higher purpose we’re both led

When mind to mind there’s no question within

That what’s ordained in benefice is fed

All the treasures of the world that’s ever been.

Doubt me if you must, if it feels better,

But accept this our deaths can unfetter.

 

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Parker Owens

Number 47 may hypothesize the quantity of words written or lines drawn, yet they cannot be truly numbered. The beloved and love can  defy a full description. As you write, those answers may not be there, yet the unity of minds may create more beauty than has ever been seen in a mountain of books. Number 48 strikes a retrospective tone, and made me stop and look back at my journey and its higher purpose. Together, these stimulate thought and reflection. 

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38 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

Number 47 may hypothesize the quantity of words written or lines drawn, yet they cannot be truly numbered. The beloved and love can  defy a full description. As you write, those answers may not be there, yet the unity of minds may create more beauty than has ever been seen in a mountain of books. Number 48 strikes a retrospective tone, and made me stop and look back at my journey and its higher purpose. Together, these stimulate thought and reflection. 

Thank you, Parker. You may be right concerning No. 48's tone. The poem after it continues with this line of thought, and then, we arrive at the final Sonnet of the series. And rima fragmenta is done.

Thanks again for your love and support ❤️

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3 hours ago, Georgie DHainaut said:

I reveled in the "job description" given to a poet! 

And no. 48...I can't express it in words, but having lost my partner 4 years ago, I can feel the meaning of it.

Thank you for this beautiful poetry.

Love

Georgie D'Hainaut

Thank you, Georgie, from the bottom of my heart. ❤️

And hugs for your loss . . . :hug:

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