STRANGER ON THE SHORE ~ An Acrostic

BRIAN & ANGELA



S TRANGER ON THE SHORE ~ For whom you wait ?

T ell me is he your lover ?  He is

R ather late ! I have watched you waiting

A nother loveless day ~ but there was

N obody to meet you as you pray.

G OD knows you're waiting ~ He hears your prayer

E ach day He sees your there - waiting - who for ?

R ejected lovely Stranger on the Shore.

 

O ne day your Shining Prince will come

N o more waiting ~ He will guide you home !

 

T he days are long ~ The nights are cold

H e still is absent from your side

E lusive to your treaties ~ Each day as you grow old !

 

S oon your waiting turns to grief and pain

H e's gone he won't be back again

O  bitter unrequited LOVE ~ No

R espite now ~ from Earth or Heaven above

E XPIRE !  Your broken Spirit ~ Leaves you like a DOVE !

 

Thanks for reading ~ Enjoy the Tune ~ Yours BRIAN  

  • Author: BRIANSODES (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 16th, 2016 03:37
  • Comment from author about the poem: I have always loved recordings of AKA BILK's melancholy rendering of Stranger on the Shore and the image of a Beautiful Young Lady waiting expectantly but fruitlessly on the shore. I used a rhyming acrostic form because it would limit me to 18 lines ~ which is a Sonnet plus a quatrain ! When i found the picture the poem wrote itself. In the tune there is no denouement which suggested the Beautiful Young Lady expired of a broken heart. Comments are welcome ~ Thanks for listening and reading BRIAN XOX
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Comments3

  • DubbleDhee

    Wow! An Ode to crushing loneliness. How beautiful and sad all at once. Haven't heard a clarinet solo in a while - very nice. The woman looking longingly at the sea is a nice touch (very effective, but she really needs to move on). Kinda hoped for a miracle ending for the lady but I guess that wouldn't be realistic. Ha! Thx Brian!

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks DD - AKA BILK played a lot in low register give great pathos to his playing. There are three elements ~ The haunting tune (which ends in pathos) the picture (which is also melancholy) which to some extent dictated the poem. She died of despair and a broken heart ~ BUT my muse released her "broken spirit" free (at last) as a DOVE ! Thanks for you comment always appreciated. BRIAN

    • amosj

      Very clever layout. I like the rhetorical questioning a lot as it provokes so much thought- Great concept!

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks AMOS ~ I like acrostics they impose a line limit on the poem ~ rhyming acrostics are more difficult to compose. I have written a comment about the rhetorical questioning in my reply to NONONO's comment please check. Thanks for your comment - BRIAN

      • camille

        Haunting and melancholic .. Fabulous ...

        • BRIAN & ANGELA

          Thanks CAMILLE ~ for a lovely comment ~ Yours BRIAN



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