Love Is

Love is that enticing roller coaster ride we just can’t resist,
and no matter the danger we stubbornly persist.
It scares and excites us all at the same time.
It’s a feeling totally sublime.

We relish its many new thrills
but we cry when it suddenly chills.
Yet we’ll happily buy another ticket
and run to it lickety-splicket.

We never ever tire of its heavenly bliss,
craving its passionate kiss
as it makes our hearts beat faster and faster,
'til it has become our Master.

Yes, love is the ride of a lifetime
and worth every single dime.


By:  Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright:  3/2/2019
“All Rights Reserved”

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/2/2019 1:59:00 PM

a great passionate sonnet on that roller coaster called love. I enjoyed how you termed lickety spicket!!

Silent One

Date: 5/8/2019 1:17:00 PM

Congratulations on your placement in the what is love contest..

Carole Duet
Date: 5/9/2019 12:19:00 AM

Thank you, ZZ. I really appreciate it. Carole :D

Joe Dimino

Date: 4/20/2019 11:38:00 PM

Very nicely said, Carole; Some would argue, love requires the ninety, for a dime don't even get you a coffee anymore...or in my father's time, a whole bowl of soup. Excellent poetry!

Carole Duet
Date: 4/21/2019 8:55:00 PM

Well thank you, Joe. I appreciate your comment so much and yes, the cost of coffee is high but love is free...or at least it should be. Carole :D

Allen Beilschmidt Sr.

Date: 4/3/2019 2:00:00 PM

The ups ad downs of love you have captured nicely

Carole Duet
Date: 4/4/2019 1:32:00 AM

Thank you, Allen. Carole :D

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 3/31/2019 11:10:00 AM

Hello Carole Duet, love does have its up and downs. I would like to go for another ride again. have a nice day my friend.

Carole Duet
Date: 4/1/2019 12:44:00 AM

Hi Darlene. So nice to hear from you. Thanks for commenting on "Love Is". And, yes, me too...I would love another ride.

Joyce Johnson

Date: 3/20/2019 12:54:00 AM

Well done Carole. It should win if it is in a contest. Thank you for complimenting my enclosed rhyme poem. Happy writing. Love, Joyce

Carole Duet
Date: 3/22/2019 12:40:00 AM

Thank you so much, Joyce. It is for a contest. Carole :D

John Castellenas

Date: 3/19/2019 4:42:00 AM

I agree dear Poet. Love is the best ride of our life. Amazing words for love shared.

Carole Duet
Date: 3/19/2019 2:01:00 PM

Thank you for reading and your nice comment, John. Carole :D

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 3/16/2019 1:55:00 AM

Straight to my FAV list; I knew it was going there after reading the first stanza. There are too many things I like about it to write in this tiny LIMITING box. I liked it all! A masterpiece.

Carole Duet
Date: 3/16/2019 7:26:00 PM

Wow! Thank you so much, Caren, and thanks for the FAVE. Carole :D

Panagiota Romios

Date: 3/15/2019 3:52:00 PM

Hi Carole, Indeed a ride and worth every dime. You Said this so well. Love, Panagiota

Carole Duet
Date: 3/15/2019 6:05:00 PM

Thank you so much, Panagiota. i'm glad you enjoyed "the ride". Carole :D

Maria Williams

Date: 3/15/2019 6:29:00 AM

Well what can I say, we fall into it out of it all the time. Love makes the world go round as they say. You have captured it so well in this wonderful write Carole. The rhyming lines flow so well....Maria hugs

Carole Duet
Date: 3/15/2019 6:03:00 PM

Yes, I admit I am always either "all into love" or "all out of love". It's what keeps us alive. Thanks for the lovely comment. Carole :D

Line Gauthier

Date: 3/14/2019 2:51:00 AM

Bravo, Carole. A beautiful poem.

Carole Duet
Date: 3/14/2019 4:11:00 PM

Thank you, Line. I'm so glad you liked "Love Is". Carole :D

CayCay Jennings

Date: 3/11/2019 8:18:00 PM

I love your approach to this contest, it is lighthearted and true wrapped up in a delightful, insightful read. You mixed solemn with fun and a beautiful poem won (couldn't resist the rhyme.) Way to go, Carole! All the best ... CayCay (now I actually have to type 'ABM' in the captcha thing!)

Carole Duet
Date: 3/11/2019 8:47:00 PM

Thank you so much, CayCay, for your delightful "rhyme" and comment but I didn't win (yet!), at least not with THIS poem. I did win a 1st place for "A New Day" in Brian Strand's contest though. I've still got my fingers crossed for this one too. Carole :D

Charles Messina

Date: 3/10/2019 7:15:00 AM

Such a beautiful view of love, Carole. So well written and so much truth to it. Have a wonderful Sunday :) Love, Charlie

Carole Duet
Date: 3/10/2019 1:40:00 PM

Thank you so much, Charlie. Hope you have a wonderful day too. Carole :D

James Horn

Date: 3/8/2019 4:49:00 PM

To learn what love was had to look, Some weird story up start to cook; Bottle spin; Kiss again; Love fell out when book we shook.

Carole Duet
Date: 3/10/2019 1:40:00 AM

LOL...well, thank you, James. Love your little rhyming comment. Carole :D

Robert Lindley

Date: 3/3/2019 4:51:00 PM

An amazingly penned and beautiful piece on love my dear friend. A true gem by any great poetry standard. You describe love, its majesty , its power, its treasure so magnificently and with such truth.. A true gem-- a fav...

Carole Duet
Date: 3/4/2019 7:21:00 PM

Wow! Thank you, Robert. Coming from you, I consider your comment a huge compliment. And, thanks for the "fav". Smiling....Carole :D