A Book Unread

A Book Unread
By LeBron Keener

A pale yellow light, a page in an open book,
Awaiting its reader, alone on the bed,
Halfway read upon the fresh satin coverlet,
Newly found romance in the pages ahead

A romantic tale, cavalier and lady faire,
Safe in his caress, alone nevermore,
The book was laid down partially read,
Forgotten by the reader of yore

Ne’er read was the end, the book’s final words,
Of chivalry, prosperity and love,
The wind softly blows and turns pages unread,
Like invisible white satin gloves

Upon another time, its reader will return,
The rest of the story, to read whilst in bed,
But the page that they left got lost in the wind,
And the romance will never be read
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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October 7, 2014 at 11:22 AM
Lebron, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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October 2, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Lebron, , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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September 30, 2014 at 12:00 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, LeBron- I choose your first very well written poem - I like it a lot - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven -(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you for posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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