All_she_wants
by_cricketjeff_on_October_30,_2008. _©_Jeff_Green,_All_rights_reserved
When_far_apart_the_loving_always_grows
Though_other_suitors_try_to_fill_the_void
She_smiles_at_all_the_tactics_they’ve_employed
She_only_wants_a_single_perfect_rose
_ _ _”My_love”,_he_said_”I_hope_my_passion_shows
_ _ _You_are_the_only_love_there’ll_ever_be
_ _ _When_I_am_gone_I_hope_you’ll_wait_for_me
_ _ _You_are_the_only_single_perfect_rose”
A_delicate_aroma_meets_her_nose
Though_half_asleep_she_finds_that_she_must_cry
She’d_only_time_to_open_up_one_eye
The_pillow_holds_a_single_perfect_rose
_ _ _When_far_apart_the_loving_always_grows
_ _ _He_always_brings_a_single_perfect_rose
Author notes
A new form, I think. I started at a Kyrielle sonnet, but I like my sonnets to
finish in a rhymed couplet so I changed the rhyme to a1bbA accA addA a1A. Then
I went the whole hog and made it ten syllables, I haven’t thought of a name yet
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