Bryn Strudwick Poet Enclosed Rhyme

I Have the Inclinatiomn

I HAVE THE INCLINATION

If I have the time, I have the inclination
To commit to paper what I feel for you.
It’s something I have always meant to do,
But, as you often say, I lack imagination.

If I could write a sonnet the William Shakespeare way,
Listing all your many virtues, verse by verse,
Would you take me seriously or think me quite perverse?
Would you laugh if I compared you to a summer’s day?

If I used a metaphor to compliment your figure
And flowery words to illustrate your features,
Or said you were more beautiful than any of God’s creatures,
Would you swoon or quietly turn away and s?

If I said your eyes outshone the stars above you,
Would you think that corny, coming from my pen?
Yes, I’d better stop now and think it through again. 
And simply find the time to say, “I love you”.

31st December 2019
If You Have The Time For An Enclosed Poem contest
Sponsor - Tania Kitchin

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Alexis Y. January 12, 2020 at 4:21 PM WoW! Bryn, You did a great job! Amazing and original declaration of love! Congrats on your winning write. Have a wonderful day;-) Alexis

Andrea Dietrich January 12, 2020 at 2:28 PM this is simply outstanding work, Bryn. I like it so much on the winner list, I am faving this one! Did you delete the word I am guessing was snigger in stanza 3 or did Soup's weird system do that?? Bryn Strudwick January 12, 2020 at 3:35 PM Hello Andrea. Thank you for those comments. I certainly didn't consciously chop the word 'snigger' and didn't notice it was missing - strange!

Tania Kitchin January 12, 2020 at 6:01 AM Bryn, congratulations on your winning placement with your well penned poem!