Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

A Lover's Query

A Lover's Query

I cannot love thee any more , nor less
hast thou not thrilled to my nightly embrace
cried about sins I faithfully confess
in shock at my previous sinner's race?

Nay, fair lady think me not a high fool
a master of deceit that sells my charm
tormentor in words so very cruel
ruffian that scurries about to harm!

My lady, looks at me the cock that crows
that preens in the morning to please the Sun
strutting, pleasing your eyes as our love grows
do you speak soft and I come on a run?

Do we not share this secret lover's bond?
Secret nights of which you are very fond?


Robert J. Lindley  08-25-2014

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Poet Destroyer A August 29, 2014 at 10:19 AM HI ROBERT, Thank You For replying to my comment :) LINDA

Poet Destroyer A August 26, 2014 at 8:22 PM Robert, I can't pull of the sonnet for. Not even in a lover's query. It's as if you truly experienced it... Linda Robert Lindley August 26, 2014 at 11:42 PM I did. So very long ago.. Sweet dreams wrapped in a delicious mist. A glow wrapped into every stolen little kiss. A passion that exploded each and every way! Until life stepped in to end that O' so romantic play!

Eileen Manassian August 26, 2014 at 7:18 AM Oh...I love this, Robert. It is so beautiful...I love the old feel to it. Who would be shocked at sins? We are all sinners....One and all! There is grace for us all. Loved this piece. I've thought of you and wondered why you haven't posted something new.... Robert Lindley August 26, 2014 at 8:30 AM Thanks my good friend!!! We old dogs be slow sometimes but it is because wisdom tells us haste makes waste and a slow walk beats a premature gallop..lol A bit of humor I gift my friend with this fine morn .....

Charles Reese August 25, 2014 at 11:53 PM Very nicely done. The imagery is outstanding. The rhyme and meter are almost perfect. Line 12 is 2 syllables longer then the rest but otherwise a very well constructed sonnet. Robert Lindley August 26, 2014 at 7:10 AM Thanks you Charles. It has been fixed so easily...