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I Bid You Goodbye

Sweet magnolia, petals of creamy white
an ornament hung on evergreen trees
Your beauty filled my eyes with such delight
sultry scent drifted upon Summer's breeze

Why do you quickly rush to blush in brown
when I've added fresh water to your vase?
Should I have left you as a jeweled crown
on the tree that offered you a birth place?

I beg you, please forgive my selfish thought
Your dismal sorrow gives such cause to cry.
You're dying too soon and it breaks my heart
Farewell, lovely bloom, I bid you 'goodbye.'

No shears shall I take to another bloom
I cannot bear thoughts of causing their doom

Copyright © Jenna Logan | Year Posted 2020

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Bill Baker Date: 10/30/2021 8:40:00 AM Beautiful sonnet, accurately composed. I especially liked the last couplet, it shows mindfulness and the appropiate action that often follows. Thanks for sharing your insights. Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/16/2020 9:09:00 PM A gorgeous sonnet. Wonderful imagery. Congratulations Jenna. Login to Reply

John Hamilton Date: 10/2/2020 10:55:00 AM Nice write Jenna congrats on a nice placement! Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 10/2/2020 12:44:00 PM Thanks so much for considering my poem in your placements.

John Hamilton Date: 7/3/2020 9:05:00 AM No human was harmed in the making of this sonnet...you crack me up, a beautiful sonnet Jenna, I enjoyed this one a lot! Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 7/5/2020 2:21:00 PM Thank you very much, John. I think it's great that you've read my replies to the comments of others. That's a very thoughtful thing to do.

Winged Warrior Date: 6/30/2020 4:18:00 AM A well-rendered sonnet Jenna...best wishes...^WW^ :o) Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 7/2/2020 4:14:00 PM Thanks so very much, Winged Warrior.

Edward Ibeh Date: 6/29/2020 9:11:00 PM Wonderful sonnet with fabulous imagery, Jenna:-) I enjoyed it. Welcome to Poetrysoup and keep the ink flowing! Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 7/2/2020 4:14:00 PM Thanks for the welcome and the comment, Edward.

Jan Allison Date: 6/29/2020 2:08:00 PM I adore magnolias Jenna, the one I had in a pot disappeared when we had the garden landscaped ... I imagine it is blooming in someone else's garden not mine, love the liberal use of alliteration in your beautiful sonnet:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 5:27:00 PM Their scent is so aromatic, Jan! I must thank you for your review of these lines. Sorry your tree was taken.

Gordon Mcconnell Date: 6/29/2020 1:36:00 PM Lovely penning Jenna with nice imagery and insightful thought. Hope you're having a blessed day,Gordon Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 5:25:00 PM Thank you for your thoughts, Gordon.

Rico Leffanta Date: 6/29/2020 1:25:00 PM Perhaps in your room they evaded their tomb a wee bit longer? As you may have noticed, honeybees actually pluck the stalks from the stamen to access magnolia nectar, so you actually saved one from going bald! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 1:27:00 PM I tried my best to prevent it's premature death, but I'll have to admire them in the garden from a window. Such beauty should not have a shelf life. Thanks, Rico!

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/29/2020 12:26:00 PM From the comments it was a flower, sigh of relief lol. Beautiful flowers indeed and they will be back next year. Well written sonnet Jenna. Tom Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 1:25:00 PM lol I'm glad you're relieved that I'm not guilty of murder. Thank you for your friendship, Tom.

James Inman Date: 6/29/2020 11:29:00 AM A very nice write Jenna, smooth flow, sweetly emotional. Overall a lovely modern sonnet. I love floral poetry which can have great depth of meaning when used metaphorically as John has suggested. Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 1:24:00 PM and very nice comments, James. Thank you very much for reading my poetry.

John Gondolf Date: 6/29/2020 10:44:00 AM The sonnet is my favorite form, Jenna, and you have written this beautifully. Perhaps you are merely talking about the bloom or perhaps you are talking about a lover, though I would hate to think you caused your lover to die. I enjoy reading your work my friend, keep 'em coming. Hugs, John Login to Reply Jenna Logan Date: 6/29/2020 11:27:00 AM No human was harmed for the basis of this sonnet. I promise it's simply about a magnolia bloom. Lol. Thank you for reading me, John.