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Question: Would you be so kind as to read a poem about my love!?
"What is Life!?"
by Peter Benoit
What is life!? If not a gem of dust compressed
In daedal hands, seeled, with hermetic power
To bloom an instant on a fenneled tower
A diadem of visions opalesced!.
What is life!? If not a stormy sea
On which, but for the hour, you're set to sail
And quest quixotically to grasp the Grail
'Til tritons trumpet, calling home to thee!.
What is life!? If not the secret of a fateful gift
That once it's opened scourges you with thorn!.
And yet, the hand that animates the glove
So cleverly designed to hold and lift
In triumph tips a laurel-wreathed horn
And sounds the sorrowing shell to hapless love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
You're just showing off now, aren't you!? More fine poems in one night than some long-term posters on this site have written in their lives!. Capital 't' in Triton's (and an apostrophe) though, surely!? (And don't call me Shirley!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com
um what!? i write poetry and understood like 40% of the words!. I feel like i just played scrable with the national spelling bee champion!. i like how everyone is pretending like they knew whatthefuck you were talking about!. of course they didn't!. it sounds like you do though!. so props for that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
it's beautiful!.
i'm still trying to capture every word,
and once the reader understand the concept of the whole poem,
im pretty sure it's gonna be even better for them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Not bad but you should try this one also!. I just now made it up!.
How do I love thee!.!.!.let me count the ways:
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven!.!.!.(and you can go on till you run out of fingers and toes)Www@QuestionHome@Com
It looks like you fell in love with your thesaurus!. Better hope your love has a dictionary handy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
wow!. that is amazing!. you have the gift of words!. if someone wrote this for me i'd melt!. :) wow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Excellent! A round of applause!Www@QuestionHome@Com
A pearl, indeed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
thats really good!Www@QuestionHome@Com