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How Can One Recant a Kiss

How can one recant a kiss,
Or disignite a spark?
One might as well unhook the stars
And stumble in the dark.

T would be ill-favored to withdraw
So grand a thing as this,
Let passion play without regard
And forever hold, the kiss.

Copyright © Mel Merrill | Year Posted 2014

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Faye Gibson Date: 4/28/2014 6:50:00 AM Congratulations! I have been out of town....busy! Yes, I see you graduated and left me your top spot. As I said before, I like this piece!!! Login to Reply

Paul Callus Date: 4/27/2014 1:59:00 PM A romantic at his best..!! Thank you Mel for sharing this with us....and congrats on win. // paul Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/28/2014 2:20:00 AM Paul, good of you to drop by. I hope all is well. Thank you for so grand a comment. It is welcome and needed encouragement. I appreciate your kindness, my friend. :-)

Poet Destroyer A Date: 4/27/2014 3:54:00 AM Hi Mel, thank you so much for joining my contest... :) :) ... Congratulations. Thank you for the support. XOX~ Linda Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/28/2014 2:23:00 AM Thank you. I know you're very busy with this, I'm getting just a taste of it myself, so kudos. I'm grateful for your kind and considerate words, and for your dedication to the Soup. You're the best. Hugs ;-)

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser Date: 4/19/2014 3:31:00 AM :) love this.. :D sweet and heartfelt so romantic.. :)!! Have a happy day! :D! -olive_eloi Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/19/2014 4:56:00 PM Sweet of you, Olive. Thank you for you kind words and for dropping by. Love and peace. mel :)

Cherl Dunn Date: 4/18/2014 8:29:00 PM Very lovely and sweet, enjoyed every beautiful line in this special poem of yours, by the way HAPPY EASTER to you also, glad you enjoyed my comments and thank you for yours, cheri Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:32:00 PM INice of you to drop by, Cherl. And I do appreciate your comments; they are the thing that inspires me to pick up the pen when feel doing otherwise. I enjoy your poems, and wish you a special holiday--with family, I hope. Hugs, Mel

Faye Gibson Date: 4/18/2014 7:54:00 PM Really like this, Mel. Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:34:00 PM Praise from Caesar :) Your poems are,as I said, excellent. I look forward to reading them. I'm glad you liked this, and thank you for the encouragement. A pleasant holiday, Mel

Tim Smith Date: 4/18/2014 7:02:00 PM I like this Mel..so torn...Tim Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:35:00 PM Thanks Tim, and I'm torn alright. Hell, I'm down right conflicted--and thus, a poet :) Thanks for the visit my friend. Mel

Roger Horsch Date: 4/18/2014 5:19:00 PM A wonderful poem Mel, I loved how it flowed.......Roger Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:37:00 PM Thank you Roger. If I do anything, it's try to create a flow to my verse. Appreciate the visit and wish you a pleasant holiday. Mel

Vincent Flannery Date: 4/18/2014 12:32:00 PM Very nicely written Mel. Certainly a wonderful piece. Have great Holiday! And take care. Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:38:00 PM You too Vincent. Thank you for the comment and the visit. Peace, my friend. Mel

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 4/18/2014 11:38:00 AM .... A sweet and nice poetry reading, Mel - Well written :)) - I like it!! - oxox // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:42:00 PM I am...yes, I am honored. You're beautiful and kind. Thank you for the thoughtful words. Soup me sometime--just for laughs. Have a pleasant holiday. oxox Mel :)

Keith O.J. Hunt Date: 4/18/2014 10:32:00 AM Clever, unique piece Mel! Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:43:00 PM Keith, thank you! I apprciate the visit and kind words. Have a very nice weekend, Peace. mel :)

Pace Ink-U-Script Date: 4/18/2014 6:55:00 AM You made my day with that comment of yours...and I see you don't need any "critique" yourself. I dream to write poetic like this. Very very talented. I love the tone in this write of yours..not too much and not too little. It leaves the reader wanting more. Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:51:00 PM Thank you my sweet. That's what I wanted. had a third stanza ready, but decided, no, put iit to bed--so did. Good of you to drop by. your poems are great; your comments are great; you are great. Hugs, Mel :)

Sara Kendrick Date: 4/18/2014 6:37:00 AM Well there is a kiss and then there is kiss..Great expressive and descripitve work that you have penned in this one..I like the comparisons used ..I like the Poulter's Measure used in the poem as well..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:53:00 PM My pleasure. You know more about poetic device than I do. I've taught poetry for years, but I don't know what a Poulter's Measure is ;) But if I've got it, cool! Have a Happy easter, and drop by soon. Peace. Mel :)

Casarah Nance Date: 4/18/2014 5:45:00 AM Mel, I really do enjoy your work, and I really did enjoy this one. You got some mad skillz. :-P Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 10:56:00 PM Funny girl. Mad skillz. Took me ten minutes to figure out what the hell you were saying lol. I am very happy you like my gibberish, no one else does lol. Hey my friend, have a great weekend, and Soup me sometime--for the fun of it. Hugs, Mel :)

Eileen Manassian Date: 4/18/2014 3:04:00 AM A smile....for there is no need for words on this lovely write. :) Login to Reply Mel Merrill Date: 4/18/2014 11:00:00 PM Eileen, I often say how brevity is the soul of wit; it is also the heartbeat of sincerity, and I love it. One of my fav comments. Thank you so much. Speechless. Hugs, mel :)