A Bride Set Free

How romantic, the fall, so far above the pleading waves.
The heights, the depth, to look the deep in eye and weep.
Air space between the lovers’ arc and shallow graves.
The tangible singsong of wedding bells and tragic leap.

Imagine it, the harp-like spray, the call of gulls, the fangs
that scared it up - the fade of white, of pearls and lace.
The cleft, the crags, the foaming ebb and flow, the overhangs,
the rage and misery one cursèd night, of love’s erase.

Romantic and tragic body of sea, a bride set free.
for she’d not live eternity of blood, thus spills her own.
He has no heart, but tears. Before his fate - a honeybee.
The heaviness of weight, the sea frothing with moans.

The scene has wings that fly and dive and sweetly catch
the widower’s debris. Invisible, the flight of ghostly light.
From precipice, how many tears do claw and scratch…
Hell laughs, but jealous witch wished bride to be first bite.

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Date: 11/14/2023 2:56:00 PM
Congratulations, Dear Kim, on your fabulous win! What an eerie description with vivid imageries! Great writing!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/14/2023 2:59:00 PM
Thank you!
Date: 11/2/2023 4:43:00 PM
Many congratulations dear Kim on your first place win with this very creative, artistic, eerie poem. So poetically descriptive with vivid, sharp imagery. Great, great writing. Well done! Hugs and smiles to you :):)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/2/2023 7:23:00 PM
Thank you so much, Christina! So glad you liked it! Hugs and smiles back at you!
Date: 11/2/2023 3:58:00 PM
Wow, Kim. Such imagery as would befit a meatloaf album cover… I can see this in my minds eye, as clear as day…… or night. A most worthy win. Big congratulations. Terry
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/2/2023 7:22:00 PM
You made me smile with the meatloaf album cover. We grew up in same time period. Thank you!
Date: 11/2/2023 3:53:00 PM
Kim, a great chilling tale, I enjoyed it and wanted more, congratulations on your first place win!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/2/2023 7:21:00 PM
Thank you so much, Tania! :) Now I want to write a sequel!
Date: 11/2/2023 11:32:00 AM
Kim, congratulations on your ghostly write! I agree with Mike! This has all of the elements of a Gothic romance story! So well done. Wonderfully rhymed! Blessings to you!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 11/2/2023 3:24:00 PM
Thank you so much, Sam!
Date: 10/13/2023 4:43:00 AM
Wow, Kim, this feels so romantically Gothic and your incredible imagery is just intensely beautiful to read! I was mesmerized! Perfect for this season as well! Happy Friday the 13th!!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/13/2023 5:59:00 AM
Thank you for your nice comment! For me one Thursday the 13th got me…lol! Doused with a sprinkler after kids went in from the playground then in the cafeteria a kid threw his book bag and took me off my feet. He could have laughed…he was a good kid…he felt bad. That was a day!
Date: 10/12/2023 7:32:00 PM
Whoa. Riveting write, Kim. So redolent of the great romantic poets of yore -- Shelley, Keats, Coleridge. Bravo, Gershon
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/13/2023 5:59:00 AM
Thank you so very much, my friend!
Date: 10/10/2023 7:49:00 PM
Kim, your emotional, expressive poem of passion, love, and death is so moving. Janice
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/11/2023 5:45:00 AM
Thank you, Janice!
Date: 10/10/2023 7:09:00 PM
A brilliant poem my friend. Your words had me mesmerized. The rhythm and flow took my breath away. Definitely a fav.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/11/2023 5:45:00 AM
Thank you, Jerry!
Date: 10/10/2023 5:34:00 PM
This is so haunting, Kim...I can hear the sea in your poem, "claw and scratch" of tears. Amaziing, Kim. :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/10/2023 6:01:00 PM
Thanks, Paige!
Date: 10/10/2023 4:24:00 PM
A tragic and mysterious tale through your poetic voice, Kim. Beware of spirits and powers beyond our understanding. There is evil in this world, waiting for the chance to cause misery and pain. Thanks for sharing your poetry with us, my friend. Have a pleasant week! Bill
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 10/10/2023 6:02:00 PM
Thank you, Bill!
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