Love Verse
Love Verse
A gentle man,
and a fierce woman,
charmed one another
in a shaded gazebo.
Rupert's castle showed crumbles.
Irene's prized roses had bugs.
Each soothed the other
sipping Zinfandel in Bath.
Tommy's boots flapped.
Polly's hem dragged.
She invited him over
for a rabbit stew supper.
Arthur's corners were round.
Sophie's darts were dull.
They rolled in the clover
down a slope past some goats.
Robert's inkwell dried up.
Elizabeth's verse wouldn't rhyme.
They thanked God they were lovers,
and got naked in Sienna.
A young girl
and a younger boy
blushed and bussed
on a Ferris Wheel in Vienna.
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They rolled in the clover
down a slope past some goats.
Very cool. What a pretty song and very happy without (and I know you'd never do this) running into the dopey and sappy.
I like the travelogue nature of this too... a trip always cheers me and and makes me happy to be home again.
An imaginative approach to a love poem. I know how hard it is to write a love poem and you pull it off well.*
"They thanked God they were lovers,
and got naked in Sienna." I want this.*
"Each soothed the other/
sipping Zinfandel in Bath."
I found this especially charming.
Good poem, Nonnie.
If you made the last stanza the first stanza, the separation of the Vienna/Sienna rhyme would make the rhyme much more effective.
"They thanked God they were lovers, / and got naked in Sienna" is a strong ending.