Best Betrothal Poems

BETROTHAL was sure you'd come
Waiting on the steps
Saw a hawk circling
Across blue sky.
My hair glittered in twilight
Slippery steps , algae invading
Eyelashes flickered in kajal.
My face...

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Today’s wind shifts too fast like a muddle
of invisible lint…perhaps dust,as the air 
resists this heart's unanswered questions
howling about this litany of a crushed promise:...

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Today’s wind shifts too fast like a tangle
of invisible lint…perhaps dust, quivering
unto fissure of grass where my heart scrapes,
as if the air denies unanswered questions
so...

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How Does a Soul Enter Heaven?

How does a soul enter Heaven?
Suddenly.  Often quietly.  Whole and Complete.
Stepping through the flimsy membrane of time
On scented...

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Their eyes did set, foretaste the sweetest moon.
A chalice sip of mead, the lover’s moon.

Her reddest lips upon his lips in tune.
A chalice sip of...

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Above the firmament, crossing over the rainbow
Riding on those clouds, an endless trail of loving you
 I am a freed butterfly in frenzy from a...

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Deep in the forest he lingers
Not a fire, not a light to be seen
No relief for his icy-cold fingers
No bed for his back, tall and...

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So little known of Mary's man,
Only that he was righteous, just.
Betrothal gone afoul of plan,
He sought divorce, discrete, no fuss.

Did you have doubts of your...

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Lightning and thunder did clash
In ventricles within my heart
Vying whether to lash
At every part

That feels emotions
In hearts of dames
Whose love motions and portions
Laid claims

To the...

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King Henry VIII and His Wives 

By Elton Camp

When Henry’s brother was too young to care
He was made to wed a princess from over there
But...

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A lighthouse blinked deep in the shadows' gray   
a fog-horn bordered at the distanced lines,
few stars were scattering above the bay
and scintillating mirrored...

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Beautiful white lace and
Buoyant veil, a vision
Beguiling as she walks, 
Borne on dreams, promising,
Blushing and radiant,
Beside her proud father,
Betrothal bells ringing.

Copyright, August 15, 2016
Faye Lanham...

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My anticipation mounting as I walk into the lobby
A trip to the theatre is my greatest love, my hobby
With feelings of great wonder and excitement...

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The hammer teaches us how to play
Bed of stones beckoning with the hand
The cries of my younger's provide energy
Work hard for a bread
Though I am...

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Sweetly cavalier rosy cheeks and eyes clear
Intent gaze saying see and trust dear
Chivvy up your pure skirts for a quick poke
Promises betrothal but he's a...

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