Dr.Ram Mehta Poet Sestina

Love Is Truth-A Joy For Ever-

True love never dies it’s black and white in books
Love is not love that alters when finds alteration
Love stories are fantasies giving joy to the world
Ideal love is an object set for lovers, for example
Lust may be without love, but love will have both
Lust short love eternal, love inner lust outer beauty.

Farhad, fell in love with Shirin, the Persian beauty
Tragic love story looks like a black and white in book
Love was sweet but to rid pain was sacrifice for both,
Love was true and both never tried to find alteration,
Love was only an ideal object to attain, for example
The love story of Shirin-Farhad is famous in the world.


Story of Orpheus-Eurydice not famous to the world
Orpheus fell in love with and married a nymph beauty
But it is ideal love, for the lovers to attain for example
Love story is, like Shirin-Farhad, a black & white in book
Pure love with one mistake of Orpheus with an alteration
Walk ahead, not to look back, followed not advices both.

Pocahontas-John Smith of Virginia is a modern example
Of Jamestown, Tidewater, story of love and sacrifice both
Account of Indian princess and Englishman, in Smith’s book
A great story of unfulfilled love, little known to the world
Later baptized as Rebecca, married Rolfe, not a real beauty
Met Smith in London once, though with a little alteration.

Greek legend of Helen and Menelaus is fact and fiction both
Helen’s love for Menelaus-Theseus well-known to the world
Two versions of this love story point to her love’s alteration 
“The face that launched a thousand ships” for Helen’s beauty
Loved Theseus and tricked him to kidnap her as per a book.
Other says, loved Menelaus, loathed Theseus so not exemplary.

We find in all love stories of world literature, the alterations
Shakespeare never steady, but changing with many examples
Romeo-Juliet, Othello-Desdemona, Sebastian-Olivia, all beauties
Sonnet 128, proclaims love as promiscuous, and pure love both
Pure stories of Marie-Pierre Curie, Queen Victoria-Albert of world
Neither folklore nor a legend but realistic love in world book.

We do enjoy the beauty for example in altered love stories
Though bookish but of both worlds of legend or make believe  
The beauty in both the records concerned we feel catharsis.

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**Words chosen are: book, alterations, world, example, both, beauty**

June 2, 2014
Form Sestina
Dr. Ram Mehta
Second Place Win
Contest: Sestina by Jared Picket

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Teddy Kimathi July 3, 2014 at 6:00 AM Looking at the way you have structured your work makes me reflect on perfect paintings like Monalisa. Your work is legendary Dr. Ram Mehta!!! :-)

Elaine George June 30, 2014 at 2:45 AM Many congrats on your sensataional win, Dr. Ram, with this sensational Sestina. Your friend in poetry, Elaine

Arlene Smith June 28, 2014 at 6:29 PM Dr. Mehta, I do not understand this for at all, but I truly enjoyed what you have penned here. Congrats on a great win, my friend.. Hugs.. Arlene

Dr. Vandana Sharma June 28, 2014 at 4:36 AM Wow! beautifully done. Congrats!

Jared Pickett June 28, 2014 at 12:44 AM How many of these have you written this form? You are really good at it, impressed was I! It was a pleasure to read, you made a complicated form look simple!! Well done and congratulations my friend!!:JP) Jared Pickett June 28, 2014 at 4:11 PM Your welcome my friend! This poem is excellent and deserving of its placement. Thank you for entering my contest and giving this difficult form a shot...:JP) Dr.Ram Mehta June 28, 2014 at 7:26 AM Thanks, Jared, for the appreciation of my poem. I have still in stock, Jared

Joyce Johnson June 28, 2014 at 12:11 AM Congratulations Dr. Mehta on your big win with your sestina. It was quite challenging but you kept it very interesting. love, Joyce

Frederic Parker June 27, 2014 at 5:56 PM Gave me a history lesson with this one Dr Ram, congrats on your win..cleopatra and mark anthony?

Paul Callus June 27, 2014 at 9:51 AM This is a very informative and long sestina. Must be time-consuming to write. I was tempted to try it, but resisted! Congrats on a top placing. // paul

Seren Roberts June 27, 2014 at 9:00 AM Hi Ram, congrats you wrote as one who has written this form many times...Seren

Mohan Chutani June 27, 2014 at 8:27 AM Dr. Ram, congrats on a wonderful win in the sestina challenge. Mohan

Mark J. Halliday June 6, 2014 at 4:45 PM Though not a strict sestina, this was a very interesting read. Well done!

Michael Wegman June 5, 2014 at 5:09 AM Doc, this is a fascinating write. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed this poem!

Len Gasun June 4, 2014 at 9:48 AM A superb write this is my dear friend Dr. Ram. Splendid poem and theme for the contest. This is one of the most difficult form of poems a special sestina form I think but you did it extra-ordinarily well. Good luck in the contest my dear friend. TYSM for sharing! love lots and big hugs, Leonora

Nette Onclaud June 3, 2014 at 2:12 PM richly expressed, dr.ram... delighted to have read this.. huggs