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Author's Notes: This Shakespearean Sonnet, entitled: "Your Beautiful Heart Doth Beat," is a romantic sonnet reflecting a true, passionate, and exciting love between two people who by their mutual destiny and fate have found one another. I used the delight of the woman's "Beautiful Heart" and the "magic of its beat and its brilliant tempo" as theme points and a metaphor for further developing the passion and joy of the couple's love for one another. This gave me the foundation I needed to complete the picture of their God-inspired love and the notion that it was an actual gift from God Himself and a reflection of His divine love. In the end couplet of this sonnet, the man makes his special prayer to God beseeching that he may have the woman's love forever, and then ends by declaring his love and that he shall never leave her. (Gary Bateman - November 14, 2015) (Shakespearean Sonnet)

Categories: emotions, god, heaven, love, metaphor, passion, and romance.

Rhyme Sequence: abab|cdcd|efef|gg

Meter: Iambic Pentameter

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Your Beautiful Heart Doth Beat Your beautiful heart doth beat with rapture, And the sweet of your kiss doth now swoon me. We caress now and my soul you capture; My love no place other I wish to be! When we embrace my love in joy and fun, Our hot passions spark an alchemic fire. Our spirits soar high now becoming one, Affirming love only God can inspire! Your heart beats a brilliant tempo of love, That enchants our eternal souls replete. It’s God’s gift to us from Heaven above, And His divine love is true and complete! To God now I pray your love forever; I declare my love leaving you never! Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved, November 14, 2015 (Shakespearean Sonnet)

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Paul Schneiter

Date: 7/4/2016 8:56:00 AM

As the most powerful force in the world, it is certifiably rational to claim that God is its author. He established the precedent when He sent his Son to accomplish the Atonement. Your poem powerfully validates the truism that love is God's magnificent gift to His children--in romance and everything else. Great work, Gary.

Gary Bateman
Date: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 PM

A Belated Thanks to you Paul for your wonderful note and comments here on my sonnet from November 2015!! I'm very pleased that you liked this particular write and its very positive message. Some how I missed you comment right after you posted it. Thanks Again!! And Best Wishes, Gary

Robert Lindley

Date: 12/13/2015 10:12:00 PM

I am back again my friend to give you congratulations on this beautiful sonnet being chosen as POTD! A TRULY GREAT CHOICE IT IS....

Gary Bateman
Date: 12/14/2015 3:14:00 AM

Thanks Robert!! I really appreciate your comments here. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes!! Gary

Chioma Onyekaba

Date: 12/6/2015 1:24:00 PM

great piece

Gary Bateman
Date: 12/8/2015 2:49:00 PM

Hello Chioma, Thanks for your read and comment here on my recent sonnet!! Cheers, Gary

Len Gasun

Date: 11/19/2015 9:01:00 AM

Wow! This is a very beautiful, sweet and romantic piece my dear friend, Gary! An outstanding sonnet indeed! A shining 7+++ fro me too and a super fave as well (not to pay you back on faving mine, ok) but I really adore this piece. No wonder, it was chosen as POTD! My hearty congratulations! Hugs and cheers! Thank you so much for sharing and again for stopping by on my poem along with warm replies. Wishing you all the best too! Love lots, Leonora

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/19/2015 3:36:00 PM

Hello Dear One Leonora!! My God!! A 7+++ and a Super FAVE!! (I don't think anyone has ever given me a "Super FAVE" before. HA! HA! But I shall gladly take it!!) I'm very pleased you liked this particular Sonnet. And thanks for the POTD Congrats. Looks like I got lucky this time around!! I write on a number of different themes, but it seems I always come back to the "Love Themes" in particular. My Best and Grandest Wishes to you too!! XOXO!! Gary (P.S. Keep Writing!!)

Paul Callus

Date: 11/18/2015 4:05:00 PM

Beautiful and romantic, Gary! A pleasure to be reading this ably done Shakespearean Sonnet. Congrats on POTD !! Regards // paul

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/18/2015 4:44:00 PM

Hello Paul My Friend!! Thanks here for your really gracious words and for the Congrats. (I will drop by to check your latest works.) It seems we're all so busy nowadays. I'm working on both poetry and short stories combined now for my planned second book, which is over a year out before I plan to publish. (I have plans to work on a novel too, my first one, but this is a very long-term project!!) I guess I'm saying I'm certainly not bored. I hope all is going well for you too!! Cheers and Best Wishes, Gary

Dorian Petersen Potter

Date: 11/17/2015 12:05:00 PM

Congratulatulations on POTD, G!Excellent piece!Perfectly done!Just beautiful.I'm so very happy for you!Wishing you a very lovely week! In his light God bless you always! :) D.

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 6:31:00 PM

Hello Again here Dear One "D" -- Thanks for your comments and congratulations!! I'm quite humbled by the selection of my sonnet here for the POTD honor. This one did turn out quite well, and I'm very pleased with the result. Continued Best Wishes from Ingrid and me!! Best Always . . . G!!

Casarah Nance

Date: 11/16/2015 9:58:00 PM

Wonderfully done-Our hot passions spark an alchemic fire...burning hot and unending, this is a fantastic shakespearean sonnet and a great choice for poem of the day, congrats

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 6:21:00 PM

Hello Cas!! Thanks for your wonderful comments here!! Yup, the "alchemic fire," "alchemic magic," "alchemic desire," and so on are some key descriptors I always enjoy using in certain sonnets, couplets or other writes when I'm trying to capture or express some form or another of passion and love. I'm glad you liked this Sonnet. And yes, for sure, Shakespeare is always one of my tradition favorites!! Cheers and Best!! Gary

David Meade

Date: 11/16/2015 5:51:00 PM

Greenleaf -- nicely done! Your love doeth floweth!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 6:06:00 PM

Hello David My Old Friend!! It's been a while, but I hath not forgotten thee. (I think that all of us get quite busy when we're writing and moving from project to project!!) Yes, methinks I hath a bit of luck here with this love sonnet. So far, so good!! I must drop by to check out your latest poems!! Best Wishes Always, Gary ("Greenleaf")

Jan Allison

Date: 11/16/2015 4:21:00 PM

so beautifully romantic Gary congrats on POTD:-) hugs Jan xx

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:52:00 PM

Surprise! Surprise! Jan -- I just found out about this POTD honor this evening. Thanks so much too for your earlier comment and this one too!! Best Wishes Always, Gary

Michael Tor

Date: 11/16/2015 3:08:00 PM

Congratulations Gary on a wonderful Love write and for making POTD. Very well written and full of amore...

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:48:00 PM

Hello Michael!! Thanks so much for your read here of my sonnet and POTD congratulations. I'm very pleased that you liked this write so full of "amore." Cheers and Best, Gary

Liam Mcdaid

Date: 11/16/2015 3:05:00 PM

congratulations gary a well deserved poem of the day excellent piece pal

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:42:00 PM

Hello Liam Mate!! The ye' old "Leprechaun Choir" is now singing paeans of praise to me on this one. Methinks it time to celebrate a bit -- and then wash it all down with some very strong and good "Irish." Cheers and Best, Gary

Neva Romaine

Date: 11/16/2015 2:21:00 PM

Hey Gary, a warm and hearty congratulations on your poem being chosen for POTD! A simply beautiful love Sonnet and a well deserved honor! Be Blessed, Neva

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:23:00 PM

Thanks Neva!! I really appreciate and treasure here your comments. I'm very glad you liked this sonnet. (This particular form is always fun to put together!!) Blessings to you as well . . . Cheers and Best, Gary

Marilyn Williams

Date: 11/16/2015 1:00:00 PM

It is loved most beautiful. Congrats on POTD.

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:15:00 PM

Thank you Marilyn so much!! I'm very happy that you liked my Shakespearean Sonnet here!! Continued best wishes from me. Cheers and Best, Gary

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/16/2015 12:48:00 PM

- A pleasure to read today also, and an even greater pleasure that this became p.o.t.d. !!!! - I believe I have it in my fav. already - Congratulations and hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:09:00 PM

Thanks Dear Anne-Lise for your latest comment here and for your earlier one too!! And thanks for the FAV!! I'm truly humbled here by everyone's comments on my sonnet. Cheers and Best Wishes, Gary

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 11/16/2015 10:26:00 AM

Congrats, Gary! Your sonnet is breathtakingly romantic...hugs, Rhonda

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 5:10:00 PM

Hello Dear Rhonda!! Great to hear from you and many thanks for your wonderful comments. (I just found out about POTD for this poem this evening!!) Glad too, as I mentioned to you earlier, that you're back with us. I look forward to more of your wonderful poems!! Best Always, Gary

Rizwana Bhurani

Date: 11/16/2015 7:43:00 AM

Power pack emotional.....an extraordinary one

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:46:00 PM

Thank you very much Rizwana!! I really appreciate your comment and praise here. (I must get by to check out your poems as well.) I'm pleased to meet you!! Cheers and Best, Gary

Ralph Sergi

Date: 11/16/2015 7:41:00 AM

Hi Gary: A beautiful sonnet of love. Congratulations on the poem of the day!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:43:00 PM

Thanks Ralph!! Thanks for your wonderful comments here. Looks like I got lucky with this one. There are so many great poems out there each day by our various colleagues in the Soup. I'm very pleased you liked my sonnet here. Cheers and Best Always, Gary

Eve Roper

Date: 11/16/2015 7:39:00 AM

This is beautiful love and romantic poem, Gary, a 7 and congratulations on poem of the day!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:37:00 PM

Thanks Eve!! I just tuned in here late this evening (here in Germany) to find that my recent sonnet here had made POTD!! What a surprise!! I'm humbled by everyone's praise and comments. Thanks too for the "7," and for your wonderful note!! Cheers and Best, Gary

Lin Lane

Date: 11/16/2015 4:23:00 AM

Hark! What poet doth have sweet words to say, the bard who hath written poem of the day....Congratulations, Gary!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:33:00 PM

Methinks Lady Lin you hath written here a most exquisite rhymed couplet for sure to honoreth this event!! I thanketh thee whole for thy words and congratulations!! Cheers and Best, Gary

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/15/2015 5:00:00 PM

Oh, and would love to see you do a triolet. It would be really nice, I'm sure!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:09:00 PM

Yes -- for sure Andrea!! I have a big list of forms not yet tried and the "Triolet" is right at the top. For me, I always have to find a theme that seems to match the type of format I'm considering. I'll see what I come up with. Maybe I'll have one I can present soon. Continued best wishes . . . Gary!!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/15/2015 4:59:00 PM

Methinks you are a very passionate man, Gary! Nicely done!!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/17/2015 4:08:00 PM

Methinks you're roight too Mi Lady!! I'm very pleased you liked this sonnet Andrea. (I know you've written more than your share of them over time!!) Cheers and Best, Gary

Robert Lindley

Date: 11/14/2015 10:45:00 PM

A brilliantly romantic and deep sonnet my friend. Smooth and expression of deep desires and true love! A7 Sonnets are a fav with me as a form and adding this one to my fav list!

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/15/2015 12:07:00 AM

Hello Robert!! My Friend . . . thanks for the "7" and "FAV." They are, indeed, most appreciated. I'm glad you liked this traditional sonnet. (Unlike some others I've done in the past, this one took me a while to get it just like I wanted it.) I know you're also very talented at sonnets, as I've read a number of them that you have done in the past. I do my best to get over your way whenever I can. The concurrent work I'm doing on my second-planned book is coming along well, but keeping me very busy. Thanks again for your wonderful comments!! My and Ingrid's best wishes to you and your family!! Cheers and Best, Gary

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/15/2015 12:02:00 AM

Vera Duggan

Date: 11/14/2015 5:57:00 PM

Oh Gary what a beautiful sonnet, I do hope you read this to Ingrid, I absolutely love this, Peter writes me two poems every morning and has done for the past ten years and I love them so I am sure Ingrid would love this, please give her my love and I hope you are both well, take care........Vera

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/14/2015 6:16:00 PM

Hello Vera, No worries at all!! Ingrid reads everything I write whether its poetry or short stories. She really likes this particular sonnet too, as I do. This one was slightly challenging to put together because of the Iambic Pentameter requirements and the variation of words I had to use. But my work and patience with it paid off, resulting in this really nice sonnet. I do enjoy both your and Peter's poetry too very much. By the way, I'm planning to write a novel in the future, based on a recent Novelette write I've done for my second-planned book. I will still keep writing poetry too -- of course!! Ingrid read your note here too, and told me to pass on both of our best wishes to you and Peter. Cheers and Best Always, Gary

Jan Allison

Date: 11/14/2015 1:28:00 PM

such a beautiful romantic sonnet Gary:-) hugs jan xx 7

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/14/2015 2:06:00 PM

Thanks Jan!! Appreciate your comments as always. Thanks for the top rating too. I always personally enjoy sonnets. Best Weekend Wishes, Gary

Scott Thirtyseven

Date: 11/14/2015 11:13:00 AM

A very beautiful poem, Gary. That reads like an echo through time.

Gary Bateman
Date: 11/14/2015 2:09:00 PM

Thanks Scott!! I'm quite pleased that you enjoyed this sonnet. (I like your words: "That reads like an echo through time.") You know that "An Echo through Time," might make a great theme for a poem . . . !! Cheers and Best, Gary