SONNET ON CUPID
...Oh! illusion of all illusions
Art thou incarnated as Cupid?
Depicted ye with wings
And hath armed with love-shaft
Entwines ye many hearts of innocence
And warms thyself in their perdu passio...
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Categories:
clytie, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
I loved you, A long time ago
...You’re my only thought,
As I wake up or fall asleep
I think of your hair, you hands , your eyes and how they are so deep
The first time I saw you
Love did beseech
If you were the prettiest ...
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Categories:
clytie, cute love, deep, for
Form: Rhyme
Sunflowers
...SUNFLOWERS
Sunflower comes from Greek words “helios” for sun and “anthos” for flower.
Unique Greek romantic sad myth of unrequited love of water
Nymph Clytie, who loved the ...
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Categories:
clytie, love, love hurts, sad
Form: Acrostic
Summer Valentine
...In splendor of sun, stands tall Helianthus
a green patch glimmers enamored in gold.
resplendent rays drizzle bright yellow beams
in harsh hot flames, cherubic petals unfold.
A cup of sunlight...
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Categories:
clytie, flower, lost love, sun,
Form: Rhyme
Helios and Clytie
...Sunflower, accursed, to stand and stare,
And Clytie was her fair begotten name.
Cursed she was to gaze into the sun's glare.
Leucothea was Helios' lady fair,
A love fal...
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Categories:
clytie, flower, sad love,
Form: Villanelle
The Foolish Flower
...A static place; her crimson face
She would turn to ash
If he was a ball of flames
She has fallen, signed and sealed
Eyes devoted enough to one
Like humans learned of no other Sun
The mad part...
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Categories:
clytie, flower, love, metaphor, sun,
Form: Free verse