To give and risk -

To give and risk one's self for friendship sake

As spring offers life and brings renewal

Another's dream and hope it will re-make

Passion of life, sharing is sure to fuel.

With ease a kiss, a hug or word, The tool

that lifts the dearest heart from past regret

instills the will of faith and love, you bet!

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True the kissing now is done and over.

True the kissing now is done and over.
The moment froze, the hum inside my head
to share this kiss with you, my sweet lover,
and ponder what we've too soon left unsaid.
Isolation brings time to cold cold dread,
of all the days to come where kisses cease.
For you have gained your own immortal peace.

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someone suggested that haiku was easier so i thought
a comparison study to the post previous to be in order.

A poetry of love

(for N)

This air to breath is filled again with love,
Oh! How to find the words that will express?
Rising within the breast that singing dove,
The hope of care shows through; we notice less.
And turn vain hope into laconic guess.
Let feeling mix and course o'er hills and plains,
Chance taken, loss much less than new love gains.

Hard truth vs Acceptance

How will hard truth come into lives between?

Not knowing when, only that it soon would.
Places, heart's hope, emotion is unseen,
Unkind to speak and give insight that could
Tell all, candor, deceit has been so rude.
Confront stone wall that's built cannot be done,
Though pain is caused by this I now ought run.

"the mystic mind never intended for truth to stand alone, for it must always be balanced with beauty." -o'hOgain

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This response poem for Elle -
based on her poem Goodbye posted yesterday.

It is no accident to find in heart

It is no accident to find in heart,
Love there a year beyond a wondrous fall
Six months since breaking up it gives a start
No thought we’d meet, or greet, or tease at all
No lunch, nor meal, nor church, nor dance, nor mall
Yet in clear head this visage does remain
Reminder of the grace that love can gain.

Should fate tempt two as these in love once more,
Would life beg them cast this fond lot again,
It is known hearts are bound to wind up sore,
E’en if majesty outweighs any sin,
Shy will the two be, though they surely win,
Accept the lesson love’s storm has to teach,
Let go true lovers of the heart's strong leash.

Royal Rhyme

Heads or Tails

A "royal rhyme" is iambic pentameter of the form ababbcc (7 lines)
My humble attempt below.


To lift inside, renew, vitally live
So special, blissful, is the way your aid
A trait exposed, engaged, enlarged you give
Not up for sale, barter, exchange or trade
That friendship proves that oft this does invade
Brings depth, devotion, peace, good grace loyal
my heart, this soul, in mind, strength, rhyme, royal.