Isolde's Song
After the deaths of Tristram and Isolde, a hazel and a honeysuckle grew out of their graves until the branches intertwined and could not be parted.
Through our long years of dreaming to be one
we grew toward an enigmatic light
that gently warmed our tendrils. Was it sun?
We had no eyes to tell; we loved despite
the lack
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Categories:
isolde, funeral, grave, love, romance,
Form: Sonnet
The Wind Is Isolde - Part 2
Continued from Part 1
The orphans and widows lean into the breeze
watching horrified hangmen descend to their knees
for the angel of mercy’s no longer inclined
to forgive vengeful phantoms (oh Furies of night!) ,
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Categories:
isolde, fantasy, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Wind Is Isolde - Part 1
The warden’s bewildered, the keeper’s amazed
as the gate gapes behind us, a hole in the haze.
Our steps seem uncertain, the cobblestones crazed,
pearly stars burn above us like pinwheels ablaze.
Though lanterns hang vacant in streets staring blind,
broken paths paved in puzzles compel me to roam,
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Categories:
isolde, fantasy, love,
Form: Rhyme
To Isolde, a Gift - If Only You'll Be Mine
You asked me for a dance one night, ’twas late one New Year’s Eve,
and as I held you in my arms, your shape did wend and weave;
a sudden kiss as midnight struck (I thought it make believe) -
for stars and kismet ruled with zeal our lives would interleave.
I give to you the morning sun to
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Categories:
isolde, love,
Form: Rhyme
Tristan & Isolde
From two seperate worlds,
Seperated by war-
Unaware to the fact
They're both looking for more
She is bound to be wed
And they're doomed from the start.
But, ironically, they kiss-
It's easy to see they'll be torn apart.
Only he could deserve
Such unsurpassed beauty-
She only hopes for a land
Where there is no duty.
They will never be apart again.
Though his wound is
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Categories:
isolde, adventure, loss, lost love,
Form: Narrative