Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

For Thy Naked Beauty I Shall Now Spurn

For Thy Naked Beauty I Shall Now Spurn

For thy naked beauty I shall now spurn
with faith in walking a most righteous road.
Look up, mountains ahead, bridges to burn
thy desires were much too heavy a load.

Pangs of regret, still invade longing heart
crashing all thy dream castles from the air.
Intensity of thy lusts forced us part
each day I battle deepest, dark despair.

For thy naked beauty I may still want
thou may now hear that sad truth with a smile.
In midnight dreams thy naked body taunts
with sexual lusts to my soul beguile.

Thy power screams beyond thy shallow grave
to remind, sworn oath I foolishly gave.

Robert J. Lindley, 11-24-2016


Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line: 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 0 10 10
Total # Syllables: 140
Total # Lines: 17 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 106

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Arthur Vaso November 25, 2016 at 4:14 PM Such a longing beautiful well written romantic sonnet! A Fav!

Chris Green November 25, 2016 at 1:18 PM Such a beautifully written sonnet that just takes the mind of the reader on this journey of light and dark and the regrets that are found echoing endlessly. Really nicely done.

Tony Devers November 25, 2016 at 10:41 AM Reminds me a bit of John Donne at his most passionate Robert. Sounds like this was a woman worthy of an Elizabethan sonnet. Robert Lindley November 25, 2016 at 12:39 PM Thanks. You honor me too much as John Donne is one off my favorite poets!