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I Bid You Goodbye

Sweet magnolia, petals of creamy white an ornament hung on evergreen trees Your beauty filled my eyes with such delight sultry scent drifted upon Summer's breeze Why do you quickly rush to blush in brown when I've added fresh water to your vase? Should I have left you as a jeweled crown on the tree that offered you a birth place? I beg you, please forgive my selfish thought Your dismal sorrow gives such cause to cry. You're dying too soon and it breaks my heart Farewell, lovely bloom, I bid you 'goodbye.' No shears shall I take to another bloom I cannot bear thoughts of causing their doom

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Bill Baker

Date: 10/30/2021 8:40:00 AM

Beautiful sonnet, accurately composed. I especially liked the last couplet, it shows mindfulness and the appropiate action that often follows. Thanks for sharing your insights.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/16/2020 9:09:00 PM

A gorgeous sonnet. Wonderful imagery. Congratulations Jenna.

John Hamilton

Date: 10/2/2020 10:55:00 AM

Nice write Jenna congrats on a nice placement!

Jenna Logan
Date: 10/2/2020 12:44:00 PM

Thanks so much for considering my poem in your placements.

John Hamilton

Date: 7/3/2020 9:05:00 AM

No human was harmed in the making of this sonnet...you crack me up, a beautiful sonnet Jenna, I enjoyed this one a lot!

Jenna Logan
Date: 7/5/2020 2:21:00 PM

Thank you very much, John. I think it's great that you've read my replies to the comments of others. That's a very thoughtful thing to do.

Winged Warrior

Date: 6/30/2020 4:18:00 AM

A well-rendered sonnet Jenna...best wishes...^WW^ :o)

Jenna Logan
Date: 7/2/2020 4:14:00 PM

Thanks so very much, Winged Warrior.

Edward Ibeh

Date: 6/29/2020 9:11:00 PM

Wonderful sonnet with fabulous imagery, Jenna:-) I enjoyed it. Welcome to Poetrysoup and keep the ink flowing!

Jenna Logan
Date: 7/2/2020 4:14:00 PM

Thanks for the welcome and the comment, Edward.

Jan Allison

Date: 6/29/2020 2:08:00 PM

I adore magnolias Jenna, the one I had in a pot disappeared when we had the garden landscaped ... I imagine it is blooming in someone else's garden not mine, love the liberal use of alliteration in your beautiful sonnet:-) hugs jan xx

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 5:27:00 PM

Their scent is so aromatic, Jan! I must thank you for your review of these lines. Sorry your tree was taken.

Gordon Mcconnell

Date: 6/29/2020 1:36:00 PM

Lovely penning Jenna with nice imagery and insightful thought. Hope you're having a blessed day,Gordon

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 5:25:00 PM

Thank you for your thoughts, Gordon.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 6/29/2020 1:25:00 PM

Perhaps in your room they evaded their tomb a wee bit longer? As you may have noticed, honeybees actually pluck the stalks from the stamen to access magnolia nectar, so you actually saved one from going bald! Aloha! Rico

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 1:27:00 PM

I tried my best to prevent it's premature death, but I'll have to admire them in the garden from a window. Such beauty should not have a shelf life. Thanks, Rico!

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/29/2020 12:26:00 PM

From the comments it was a flower, sigh of relief lol. Beautiful flowers indeed and they will be back next year. Well written sonnet Jenna. Tom

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 1:25:00 PM

lol I'm glad you're relieved that I'm not guilty of murder. Thank you for your friendship, Tom.

James Inman

Date: 6/29/2020 11:29:00 AM

A very nice write Jenna, smooth flow, sweetly emotional. Overall a lovely modern sonnet. I love floral poetry which can have great depth of meaning when used metaphorically as John has suggested.

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 1:24:00 PM

and very nice comments, James. Thank you very much for reading my poetry.

John Gondolf

Date: 6/29/2020 10:44:00 AM

The sonnet is my favorite form, Jenna, and you have written this beautifully. Perhaps you are merely talking about the bloom or perhaps you are talking about a lover, though I would hate to think you caused your lover to die. I enjoy reading your work my friend, keep 'em coming. Hugs, John

Jenna Logan
Date: 6/29/2020 11:27:00 AM

No human was harmed for the basis of this sonnet. I promise it's simply about a magnolia bloom. Lol. Thank you for reading me, John.