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Unfaithful

Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)

Terza Rima
very little moments in a cold room
after all those nights on your sordid bed,
before the sun coats us from that sly gloom

that are in the lonely clefts of the head;
no fruit against your voice I taste more sweet,
nor lips of another move me to thread,

decided your touch I renounce to seek.
never has one in moonlight been praised fair,
cruel would not be the grave under your sheet,

if by ill-fated panes appeared the glare,
stirred the judgement mute breathes hard with a wail,
ax high, that shall descend upon us bare.

as does snap the sea in a storm all sails,
the shrieks, the plaints, and lament a deep tale.
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Written on November 17, 2022

Submitted by robertrad2021 on November 17, 2022

Modified by robertrad2021 on July 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABA BCB XDC DED XE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 619
Words 132
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 2
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  • Symmetry58
    Symmetry58
    Unbelievable writing here, Rob. I wish I could pen this well. Damn!
    LikeReply 11 year ago
    • robertrad2021
      robertrad2021
      Thank you, hahaha, your poetry is amazing as well.
      LikeReply1 year ago
    • Symmetry58
      Symmetry58
      Just know that I get busy with life, but will always try to make time to check out poetry from those on my favorite list. If I miss one here and there, it is simply because I'm swamped with work and life. Also, I had one of your Spanish poems translated online and also translated my response to it, but I do not speak Spanish, so when you write in your native language, I don't respond simply because I don't understand the language and clearly can't keep going on the www to translate. Just thought you should know. LoL See you around the playground. 
      LikeReply 11 year ago
  • teril
    teril
    Relationships can be so sharply cruel. Your description is wonderful, effective, evocative.
    LikeReply 11 year ago

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