Evermore

I shall love thee evermore, beyond this life, I do vow. Mortality, I can't ignore, with Autumn's years, set 'pon my brow. Beyond this life, I do vow, our souls entwined, shall endure. With Autumn's years set upon my brow, of this bond, I can ensure. Our souls entwined, shall endure, life, fleeting, as a matchstick flame. Of this bond, I can ensure, my lips shall whisper thy sweet name. Life, fleeting, as a matchstick flame, as my grains of time, slip through the glass. My lips shall whisper thy sweet name, when comes the last beat of my heart, at last. As my grains of time, slip through the glass, mortality, I can't ignore. When comes the last beat of my heart at last, I shall love thee evermore.
Featured poem 12/12/2010
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Brown Avatar
January 4, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Congratulations on making it through the 1st round of PoetrySoup International Contest X 3. Wishing you the best in the finals Paula. Love, Carol
Brown Avatar
March 9, 2011 at 3:38 AM
Congratulations on your poetry X2 making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The best to you in the finals Paula. Love Carol
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March 6, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Congrats Paula on your first round success in the Poetry Soup contest luv...
Guzzi Avatar
February 13, 2011 at 4:58 AM
Paula your poem has disappeared? The title is there but no poem. Please remove it from my contest & RE-ENTER, you should see this mess I have 1 poem 15 times?? Light & Love
Hardt Avatar
December 8, 2010 at 8:15 AM
Well written and enjoyed this piece of literature. Thanks for sharing. :0)
Brown Avatar
December 7, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Congratulations Paula on your excellent poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup. May you have many more features. Love, Carol
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November 6, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Enjoyed reading today...
Taylor Avatar
November 6, 2010 at 7:39 PM
Thank you for the comment! I am glad you like that piece so much! Now as for this piece. Its so weird that you keep reading that one piece and now I have found one I will read over and over again. This is pure beauty. There are no other words to describe this writing other than perfect. I am in love with this poem, not love it, IN love with it... BEAUTIFUL!
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November 6, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Awesome Pantoum, Paula! I love the rhyme, meter and everything. Thank you so much for pointing me here. There are so many great phrases, I can't pick only one to comment on. Keep the pen flowing.
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November 5, 2010 at 7:39 PM
fleeting as the matchstick flame. burning down to Gods finger tips who will soon blow you out. jhl
Mehta Avatar
November 5, 2010 at 8:19 AM
Nice picture you have painted by...As my grains of time, slip through the glass, mortality, I can't ignore. Surely the Pantoum is to be read aloud to feel it. Paula
Roberts Avatar
November 5, 2010 at 7:56 AM
that was absolutely lovely Paula, pantoum is a form that I find difficult to attempt, it is beyond me and you have mastered it beautifully in this piece
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November 5, 2010 at 7:17 AM
The grains of sand are slipping through the hourglass too fast for me, Paula. I admire the way you compare our fleeting lives to a "matchstick flame" in this beautiful profession of enduring love. A great pantuom -- a form that I find difficult but you work so well in! Love, Carolyn
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November 4, 2010 at 11:13 PM
Well, before I move on to other poets, I want to tell you how much I enjoyed the poems of yours I read tonight. Hope you are well. Haven't heard from you lately. I had a really bad week and it's so hard trying to catch up again! Luv, Andrea
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November 4, 2010 at 8:13 PM
hyptonic strains of floating imagery with love as a theme filled with bliss... awesome write, paula.. thanks for sharing! warmest, nette
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