The Brook- Final Revision - Ct

Note to Sponsor: Sorry, I did not quite understand the directions for the third quatrain part, so this is now revised for the contest and hopefully done the correct way! Also revised some of the beginning part.(revised again Sept. 23)

I smiled when we lay by a brook
beneath an oak. There was sweet shade.
You gave me an endearing look -
so pleasure-sated from love made
there on  the grass like carpet lush
with buttercups and trim of brush.
We watched the brook that murmured past,
which recently had rippled fast!
There was sweet shade beneath an oak.
I smiled when by a brook we lay,
from love made -so pleasure-sated.
An endearing look you gave me.
Since kissing stones along its way,
that brook, with us, now sparkling lay.

Sept. 21, 2020

For Charles Messina's Charonnet Poetry Contest
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Allison Avatar
October 13, 2020 at 9:42 AM
Dropping back to say many congrats on your win Andrea:-) hugs Jan xx
Messina Avatar
October 13, 2020 at 8:40 AM
Andrea, this is beautiful poetry. A lovely write! Unfortunately the last stanza was a little off or this would have placed higher. I hope all is well and thank you for your recent comment. Congratulations on your placement! Hugs Charlie
Horne Avatar
October 1, 2020 at 7:48 AM
this is awesome - love it
Watt Avatar
September 23, 2020 at 7:35 AM
This is a sure winner. You write so well of nature and romantic love, and handle the constraints of the form with ease. Well done.
Ranaweera  Avatar
September 22, 2020 at 7:01 PM
So smooth; so precious; so beautiful!! A great piece for the contest, Andrea!!
Rodrigues Avatar
September 22, 2020 at 3:32 PM
You’re wonderfully romantic with enchanting imagery...
Ball Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 5:34 PM
Beautifully worded with great description. Loved it Andrea. Well done. God Bless, JB
Lawless Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 4:24 PM
Oh Andrea this is sooooo smooth and sensuous a write. And an apt metaphor for the seasons of the brook and for romance and its many seasons.
Onclaud Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 1:23 PM
sweet adoration from your pen, andie...i owe you a soupie wc i can do once TPS tech behaves... huggs
Seal Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 12:35 PM
Can I see into the future or have I read this before? Lovely write and nice (brooklet) flow. Take care, Richard
Dietrich Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 12:48 PM
I revised a current sonnet of mine into the charonnet form. It does have differences now!
Allison Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 10:14 AM
so lovely and romantic Andrea, you make sonnet writing look so simple but i still have a mental block:-) hugs jan xx
Dietrich Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 12:48 PM
thanks, my friend.
Romios Avatar
September 21, 2020 at 9:05 AM
A jewel of verses, my friend! Pangie Xx
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