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I Cannot Say

I cannot say how we'd have met nor if we'd meet at all that day except that in the creeping gray of fall we'd speak of our regrets. I cannot say upon first glance what sable shadows would betray nor how the pewter light might splay that spelled the end of our romance. I cannot say except to know that while our eyes danced in ballet on lapis lakes that tranquil lay the way of flesh our love would go. I'll never know what failed foray we'd make to our love's sad decay. This is a Refrained Sonnet("Italian Sonnet with a Twist"), a form invented by Lisa Morris, who posts on AllPoetry under the name, Streambed.

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Date: 4/25/2019 3:12:00 PM
Lovely sonnet, Dale. Congratulations on your win!
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 4/29/2019 2:58:00 PM
Thank you, Sandra.
Date: 4/25/2019 5:15:00 AM
Terrific form in excellent shape. Congrats, Dale.
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 4/25/2019 9:12:00 AM
Thanks much, Kurt!
Date: 4/25/2019 1:58:00 AM
Congratulations on your lovely poem winning First Place Dale. This is a wonderful form too! : )
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 4/25/2019 9:12:00 AM
Thank you, Connie!
Date: 12/14/2017 8:30:00 PM
wow what beautiful writing AND form, Dale. I had not heard of this invented form before now. Did Lisa make it to have shorter lines? I invented one with six syllable lines. It's called HexSonnetta!! I did a contest years ago on it. Keep writing so beautifully as this!
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 12/14/2017 8:32:00 PM
She wrote in IP. I shortened it to octameter. Thanks so much!!
Date: 11/29/2017 5:44:00 PM
That is a very sad love poem. I felt sad after I read this poem. Have a nice evening my friend.
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Date: 11/22/2017 2:15:00 PM
Beautiful sonnet Dale! I love this form more and more reading your work. Best, Judy
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/22/2017 2:21:00 PM
Thanks so much, Judy!
Date: 11/21/2017 7:56:00 AM
Great poem on heartbreak, Dale, I guess they make good basis for writing..the best songs I've heard are those that are sad:)
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/21/2017 7:59:00 AM
Thanks, Jo!
Date: 11/20/2017 11:22:00 AM
So sad set in such a time of melancholy. the words are like tiny darts inflicting each its own pain of parting.
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/22/2017 2:21:00 PM
Thanks, Patricia.
Date: 11/18/2017 5:05:00 PM
I always enjoy your poems the imagery is so wonderful as is the use of colour - beautiful but sad and thanks for introducing the form to me:-) hugs jan xx
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/18/2017 7:33:00 PM
Thanks so much, Jan!
Date: 11/17/2017 3:02:00 PM
The form has a very nice lyrical feel to it Dale. Very nicely done. What might have been but for circumstances! : )
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/17/2017 3:57:00 PM
Thanks so much, Connie! I always welcome your kind comments.
Date: 11/17/2017 12:37:00 PM
A sad portrayal, Great form. My favorite line - our eyes danced in ballet!!
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/17/2017 12:48:00 PM
Thanks so much, Mike!
Date: 11/17/2017 6:33:00 AM
Your rhymes and rhythm work well in this sonnet--words deliver as you intended!
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/17/2017 7:52:00 AM
Thanks, Vijay, glad it worked for you!
Date: 11/16/2017 8:54:00 PM
Superbly expressed Dale with your trademark of dazzling imagery and enticing content. A wondrous write!
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Dale Gregory Cozart
Date: 11/16/2017 9:41:00 PM
Thanks, Susan!

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