David Mohn Poet Quatrain

Passion's Trial

When first the flame, a wayward glance
        Is met in kind, as if by chance
        A timer starts, till fervor tame
  A wayward glance, when first the flame 

      The path to love, a thorny briar
       How oft it ends an ashen pyre
          Infatuation’s taloned dove
      A thorny briar, the path to love

     As fever quells, two captives smile
    When both acquitted passion’s trial
 Now free to thrive where reason dwells
     Two captives smile as fever quells

 The tempered heart, love’s cooling balm
     A mooring true as tempests calm
    Devotion blooms with frenzy’s part
 Love’s cooling balm, the tempered heart
	
         12 Jun 2020 - Swap Quatrain

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Aditi Mishra July 13, 2020 at 2:56 PM How beautifully you have expressed different phases of love and the passion that sustains it my friend. Congratulations on your win David :)

Emile Pinet July 10, 2020 at 1:12 PM Congratulations David, your poem earned a distinguished, "Forth" place, in my contest, well done my friend, Emile. David Mohn July 11, 2020 at 12:19 AM Thank you Emile :)