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Lizzie Brookes
03-07-2008, 04:45 AM
A ray of sunlight illuminated a letter,
The letter was written in a precise hand,
It was that of friendship bordering on love,
A slender hand, irradiated by moonlight,
*****d a gentle decline in a slanting hand.

The black ink asked for friendship,
The paper signified another attachment,
The responding pen consented to friendship,
In swirls of time these hands diverged,
And in a conjugal way tied different knots.

One hand closed an eye in gentle sleep,
From the other a wedding ring fell,
The foliaged hand of fate in time,
Connubially converged the divided hands.

This is a poem I wrote for Poetry and Poetic Forms at university and is based on my dad and stepmother's romantic story.

Star_Anise
03-25-2008, 05:32 AM
I must admit to having avoided this on some level for a while...simply because sonnets are really not my thing. But I shouldn't have been worried - this is quite sweet, a device turned to good effect. Sorry to have kept you waiting:)