Under the jejeune moon’s
wide-eyed stare,
idol me not
but love,
past the sell-by date
monogamously magnanimous
revolutionizing best-selling hedonism
for a kiss that goes on
for a lifetime, valentine.
for dVerse, a love poem; Weekend Writing Prompt, 30 words, "jejeune"
A well-crafted poem, if I may borrow from a most famous one, is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Yet a heart of stone can melt from one ill-composed, written in a child’s hand or a lover’s, with clichés and popular idioms. The eyes of love give flight to crippled syntax as it is read, and it is treasured beyond its worth.
But it’s risky business. An ill-timed laugh or a careless reception and it’s more than paper that’s shred apart. So what is it about writing poetry, particularly love poetry, that drives us to actually take the risk and make the effort to do it? Why commit such expressiveness of emotion to printed paper or screen and endow it with longevity far beyond its expiration date when beloved eyes can no longer see and it lies discarded, bequeathed to disinterested strangers?
Dreams from a Pilgrimage 