LOVE'S CYCLE

Michael Edwards

 

 

LOVE’S CYCLE 

 

The sequence of expressed desire

from seeds of love’s lucidity

in growth uncut and vigorous

and toiling with full confidence

a tower built in passions form.

 

As petals fall in time relaxed

the stringency of lost desire

displaces mortar, brick and stone

as stubble marks the harvest reaped

in memory of love foregone.

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments10

  • Goldfinch60

    A beautiful emotive write Michael.

  • orchidee

    Good write Michael. Ooh lucidity. Will that make me swoon?! lol.

    • Michael Edwards

      Lew Cidity - I knew his sister Mona. Cheers Orchi

      • orchidee

        You know Lucy Ditty too?!

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      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks MICHAEL for Dawn stimulation ! Love the visual ~ the never ending Circle of Love and the ripples of the Ups & Downs of Love ! Your ODE exemplifies the VISUAL ! Love (in my experience) is CYCLIC and what goes round ~ comes round ! I have FALLEN (I guess that is the correct verb ?) IN & OUT for Love regularly for half my life (17 years) and the ECSTASY (and AGONY) has been worth it ~ Let there be LOVE ! Yours BRIAN

        • Michael Edwards

          Thanks Brian - yes I thought this monotype went well with the poem

        • Aislinn Wilson

          This is so very beautiful and expressive.

          • Michael Edwards

            I really appreciate you taking the time to look in and thanks for your kind words Aislinn.

          • Louis Gibbs

            Infatuation comes and goes. Love never really dies, though it may morph into a mellow memory, indeed. Well expressed, Michael!

            • Michael Edwards

              yes I think you're right - thanks Louis.

            • Mottakeenur Rehman

              Wow lovely!well structured!

              • Michael Edwards

                Thank you M - you really are too kind.

              • FredPeyer

                Michael, you penned something very beautiful here, amazing word choices, incredible flow, and so much meaning and truth. That formula one car has been replaced by a bicycle, but hey, we are still getting around! 🙂

                • Michael Edwards

                  Aw thanks Fred - I will get back to you some time soon. keep pedalling.

                • Tony36

                  Beautiful write

                • Gary Edward Geraci

                  The tetrameter gives each line a respectable cadence; well wrought diction. Thoroughly enjoyed your poem Michael.

                • Fay Slimm.

                  Deep and telling these lines Michael - so pleased to have caught this hark back and look forward with love as its irrepressible subject. First class write.



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