Jack Ellison Poet Quatrain

Love Can Be a Pain

Love can be such a goll darn pain
A delicious delectable pain
With a large helping of hugs and kisses
It can just about drive you insane

More than once I heard someone ask
Is it really worth all the trouble
You better believe it, at half the price
Nothing can burst my bubble

You sweat and mumble incoherently
To concentrate, it's really no use
Useless as dangly things hanging from a bull 
Totally and so udderly obtuse

So what can you do if you get infected
Well there's really no known cure
Just dive right on in, swim around for a while
You'll wanna stay I'm pretty sure

Let me know how that all works out
Many have tried it's well known
Never were cured, spend a lifetime in love
Now resting comfortably in a home

© Jack Ellison 2013

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Nette Onclaud October 23, 2013 at 2:08 AM i certainly did this piece, ken... if love doesn;t hurt, then we haven't felt it to the deepest core... wittty and gentle!..:) huggs Jack Ellison October 23, 2013 at 6:15 AM Well sais my dear Nette... well said! Big hugs and much love xoxox

Laura Breidenthal October 22, 2013 at 7:19 PM Adorable! Oh how I've missed reading your work! It's good to return. Lovely one, Jack. Always, Laura Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 7:33 PM Welcome back dear Lady Laura... wondering where you were! Big hugs sweet lady... hugz xoxoxox

Russell Sivey October 22, 2013 at 1:47 PM I just love the loving hurt that love betroths to us! I really loved this lovely poem of yours my loving friend! What a love inspired piece, full of lovingly put together delightful words! Great and Loving Work!! Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 2:10 PM Thanks Russell for all those kind words! You are a very faithful friend! Cheers!

Carol Eastman October 22, 2013 at 11:51 AM Hubby and I must be getting old... we don't romp around the house any more... Arthritis in the ankles slowed me down... so we write HaHa poems galore! Hubby is definately faster than me so have Dragon get in his way... If I can't catch up must use my old bean to catch my oldster... I must say! Friskey gets a new meaning some how, as we maneuver around the room... but to each their own in getting around... as we swoop in for a little boon. The kids groan and disappear, but that's OK so soon.... Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 2:08 PM Can't remember the last time I romped around the house! With my bad knees, my romping days are over methinks! LOL xoxox

Harry Horsman October 22, 2013 at 10:43 AM oh brilliant Jack,, it is something that is unique to the human race,,,, love or hate,, it is a fact of life,, like your poem,, always something in there to make one think.... Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 10:54 AM Those are very kind words my good friend! Thanks a bunch Harry! Have a great day!

Lucilla Carrillo October 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM You are so right. Love does hurt, but people try it anyway. Thanks for sharing.... Lucilla Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 10:16 AM It's a very nice hurt though... big warm hugs xoxox

Kim Van Breda October 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM What a quaint and refreshing look at love, it's demises and it's pleasures. Great write Jack. Please explain the correct format of a Quatrain to me-- you seem to favor this format, and your work flows so well. You could inbox this to me if you like. Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM I guess you've noticed, I write almost exclusively in quatrains! Made up of 4 lines each stanza (as many stanzas as you wish to write) with the last word in the 2nd and 4th line rhyming... pretty basic like me! LOL Thanks for the kind words KIm... big Canadian hugs xoxoxox

Poet Tacito October 22, 2013 at 8:39 AM I really got a kick out of this. Though, I have to admit, there are some things that had me really thinking about stuff in the grand scale...aka...new poem to expand on this soon. Thank you for triggering this on me today. Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 8:44 AM Can't wait to see what you come up with! Happy to provide a spark... I'm sure it will be great as all of yours are! Cheers!

Eileen Manassian October 22, 2013 at 7:37 AM Kenny....You are one of a kind mixing humour with love....Sweet sweet sweet...hugs Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 7:45 AM Ahhh Sweet words of love from the "love lady"... sweetness personified !!!!!!! Kenny xoxoxox

Shadow Hamilton October 22, 2013 at 6:51 AM Jack such wisdom and truth wrapped up in side splitting humour marvelous Shadow x smile hugs Jack Ellison October 22, 2013 at 7:03 AM LOL So happy you enjoyed my wee take on love! Thank you my dear Shadow! Big Canadian hugs xoxox