by Emile Pinet |
Categories:
beautiful, character, encouraging, feelings, imagery, innocence, inspirational,
The nuns in the Abbey adore Emma,
for she often visits them after school.
And volunteers her time and assistance,
barely thirteen, she thinks that nuns are cool.
It fills her parents with a sense of pride,
when she discusses becoming a nun.
For they know, she has so much love to give,
judging by the things she's already done.
It sometimes takes a little persuasion
to get her to leave the park before dark.
For she has a profound love of nature
and a tinder heart awaiting a spark.
An example of humanity's best,
she's an inspiration for all the rest.
(Sonnet)
7/31/2016
by Emile Pinet |
Categories:
abuse, angst, dark, emotions, feelings, heartbreak, imagery,
Emma was a little girl of fourteen
with an inquisitive mind and kind heart.
And on most days, she'd drop by the Abbey
on her way home from her job at Walmart.
She would daydream of becoming a nun
imagining tending to souls in pain.
And it gave her parents a sense of pride
knowing the depth of love the world will gain.
With some persuasion, she entered the park
to drink in the beauty of a small stream.
And there she was assaulted by a monster
her throat cut to stifle her feeble scream.
A moral tragedy beyond compare,
it makes you question why God's so unfair.
7/17/2017
by Mahtab Bangalee |
Categories:
grief, howl, love,
I fall in love with you
Seeing the flute play of Krishna
I fall in love with you
Seeing the waiting way of Radhe
One slice of smiling on snowy rose
Rowing the oar of the cloudy boat
Crown maple leaf of the spring time
Twinkling stars on the bare sky lime
Spread colorful petals on thy roads
All loving sonnets in Cupid envelops
Tribute all these for your love
But I never see thy flying dove
Today I’m on the scattered alone way
Without thy love I’m insight-less abbey
31/01/2023
Brian Strand Contest No 1178 Poetry Contest
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