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And Death I Think Is No Parenthesis

oh, how i wish i could write
like the wonderfully weird e.e. cummings
but the right words somehow escape me
left only with personal shortcomings 

it’s clear, i’m no Shakespeare,
Keats, Poe, or Byron
though heed my many utterances 
as the call of the prating siren 

so let the verses flow
not only with gestured speech
but with sentiment shown
to all that my words may reach 

a simple tale of a forgotten adoration
and missing someone so dear-- 
sadness and longing just to find
a tangible reason to remain here

let the memories come flooding back
like a pint-up raging stream 
trying to make sense of my agony
and all that we see or seem 

is it wrong to find 
comfort in pain
awake forever in a sweet unrest 
can a sorrowful heart ever truly gain

let the words be written 
and never again fear
that thy heart could forget, thy spirit deceive 
all those who find beauty in drear 

although the torment and anguish
may never fully cease 
a lover’s ear will hear the lowest sound,
one day, the heart will find its inner peace

and in the end, amid the truth
when your soul feels used up and small
never forget the moments when 
love is the whole and more than all


*I wrote this poem on April 16, 2021, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ challenge. This was day 16 and the prompt was: Read 3 poems by the same poet then write a poem in a similar style. I read three random poems by e.e. cummings and while I didn’t mimic his unique style, I did write an offbeat ode to him and a few others the best way I knew how. 

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Date: 7/14/2023 6:35:00 PM
Hi Courtney, slowly, tho self deprecating at first, (certainly not accurate!) and I might add, every poet brings a unique moment to literature no other poet, famous or not can extend from my view...your last three quatrains, especially the final verse, captures magical, timeless beauty, reflective of the author, for my thoughts to float away on the skill of your pen, Courtney
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Date: 6/7/2023 8:53:00 AM
Thanks for your reply Courtney, I am in the South West of Scotlad about 6 miles west of Glasgow near the airport in Renfrewshire. Trust life is good with you, kindest regards, Gordon
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Date: 6/7/2023 8:15:00 AM
This is a lovely pen Courtney, with such nice rhyme and imagery too. Hope you're doing well, its beautiful sunshine over here in Scotland. Blessings, Gordon
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Courtney Hubbert
Date: 6/7/2023 8:27:00 AM
Thank you so much for the lovely words. Scotland is a place I have always wanted to visit. Which part are in you?

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