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Love’s Mutation MAG

May 25, 2009
By Molly Clementz BRONZE, St. Charles, Illinois
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Release me swiftly from your red-rimmed eyes,
I can't bear contrived smiles anymore.
No more false greetings with your cheerful guise,
Relieve your cracking façade, I implore.
Sunshine-filled days and a happy semblance,
Amorous gazes during this sweet repose,
The pure lush seedling of this remembrance
Became rotten flesh of a with'ring rose.
Love is first a wild and wistful wing
Of which dreams fly beyond our volition.
Then love transforms to a tight tethering,
Thick frayed ropes of stifling suspicion.
In a perfect world, love has no restraint,
But nothing lives and matures without taint.

© Emily S.

The author's comments:
I’ve always fancied myself a bard from the Renaissance, misplaced in the 21st century, and find that sonnets are an excellent way to drive an eloquent point. This particular format is an English sonnet about how poorly relationships can turn out.
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NOIZTHIMS GOLD said...
on Apr. 6 2015 at 6:55 pm
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I like it but you need to read up on Renaissance sonnets. your meter is nuts.
RealRiter GOLD said...
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Wow. I am impressed. You should take my place for ratings. You definitely went above and beyond in this poem. Congrats!
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
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I LOVE THIS. The rhythym, the feeling in it is AMAZING. Keep writing, please! Thank you for sharing this!
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Nice work on the rhyme scheme I loved it!! And most of all I loved your poem cuz it's TRUE. You're so perfectly right. It's kind of sad but somehow that's how life goes. Nothing lasts forever. Keep up the great work it's awesome ^_^
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I just love it. Simply loving it.
Lizzy said...
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cute little poem :) heehee
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Yeah, it is a rather large text wall.
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Finally, a proper sonnet with the right rhyme scheme. It is very amazing, I grant you that. It could be improved visually if you divided the quatrains from each other and the couplet by skipping a line.Again, it is the best sonnet I have ever seen.
DarkAngelNinjaXP said...
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I love the Renaissance too, and this sonnet is just amazing.
Karamel PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 7 2010 at 8:54 pm
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I totally know how you feel about imagining yourself as a bard! And I would certainly listen to you; this sonnet is perfect; the way it flows and jerks back and forth in its healthy rhythm. Thanks so much for sharing it!
JewBoi BRONZE said...
on Sep. 15 2010 at 3:15 pm
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This sonnet is so beautiful! It tells a story in your mind as you read it. On a scale 1-10, i'd rate it at least a 100!
Lixxy_93 DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 1 2009 at 11:52 pm
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this amazing
FluffeeKittee SILVER said...
on Nov. 9 2009 at 5:34 pm
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Very deep, thank you for sharing it.
~Corrii~ said...
on Nov. 5 2009 at 12:11 pm
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Nice poem its cool