Cassandra's Quatrains For a Young Man

Whenever I see a young man
Proudly made of steel
I wonder at the young woman
Sure to make him kneel

Wherever I hear a young man
Loudly praise his great deal
I ponder if a young woman
Might make much of his meal

Whatever a young man 
Gladly claims to bear his seal
I tender that a young woman, 
Somehow, had made him real

Whomever would deny
That anything he may feel
Is not without a reply
In the partner at his heel

Is a fool; young man, tenfold.
We each are bound to repeat,
True or false, even the foretold,
Till our lives becomes replete.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 9/2/2016 5:28:00 AM
Love the many ways of saying romance is in the air. In stanza 3 line 4, I had to wonder if you meant, made him real, or made him 'reel', as in giddy. Love the poem. SuZ
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Date: 8/6/2016 12:03:00 PM
This is awesome and fantastic. I love it in every way. Lovely, lovely, so lovely.
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Date: 7/31/2016 4:35:00 PM
Where is the Dangling poem that you told me you posted here today?
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Michael Dom
Date: 8/1/2016 12:01:00 PM
oops, I logged off without posting :-) doing now
Date: 7/28/2016 9:16:00 AM
This is a fun one. If a young man is fortunate he will find a woman who still loves him when he becomes an old man.
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Date: 7/25/2016 6:04:00 PM
If I got it right, it's a great message, Michael, and a very interesting title you gave it.
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