Image: Young Lovers who Least Suspect (here)
the 12 given words:
fighting chance love fragile spoke light
gardens strength fragrant hearing pass things,
there was a fighting chance
that love could be unduly fragile
it spoke of light in the gardens
but its televised strengths beguiled
lost times devoid of a fragrant
when hearing evaporated to pass
was there a way to enhance
in as much as to make things last
love neglected would react
energy waned in unsettled bids
buoyed in situations of suspect
far from an ability to succeed
young lovers had better learn
sincerity and trust had to be earned
MMT's Sunday's Whirligig #227
Sumana's at PU's Midweek Motif - televised
Simply wonderful Hank. Takes me back many years this being my anniversary month. You used the given words very well. Thanks for an excellent read.
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Those two closing lines sum it up so well.
ReplyDeleteSure true indeed. Not everything just comes, have to build things up.
ReplyDeleteHello, Hank. Your poem is one of your best, I think – beautifully said.
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Thanks Rosemary Ma'am. We stay focused on our bids without their inputs.
DeleteNo going with commercial media images of love, for sure.
ReplyDeleteGood job as usual fitting your words in so well. "Love neglected" is sad to think about. It often dies or transfers. Workaholics often fall into an unwitting perpetrator.
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I like how the poem comes to close. Nicely put.
ReplyDeleteLove takes work!
ReplyDeleteSeems easy to make a show of love so that it appears strong but it is fragile and delicate. The last lines sum up the write beautifully.
ReplyDeleteOne of your best, Hank. The last lines emphasize the poem.
ReplyDeleteA good lesson for everyone, Hank and a clever use of all the words.
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