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I like to write poetry, as also am recovering from a decade of schizophrenia. I am intent on writing more Shakespearean sonnets, but I have a few works that are not confined to that meter.

  October 2021     3 days ago

Submitted Poems 40 total

Sonnet XVII

Forbidden was the face of desire
Two eyes peering dreamily into space
One by whose gaze, mine heart didst inquire
Has true love become thy beckoned embrace?

Such beauty at long last, I there beheld
Though never before hadst I come to know
In...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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The Mistress of Alexandria

Would I that we were bound forever in each other’s embrace,
That neither Death nor Hades had any hold over your heart.
This world would be our oyster, pearls would scuttle from its place,
Our stars would shine brilliantly, their lamplight would...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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To Joan: A Sonnet

My Joan of Arc, thou findest war no more
In havens of Elysium yonder!
Though stirring fires bid thee haste in yore
unto the Styx’s shoreline to wander.

To thine inward beauty none canst compare
save God’s Son whose regal banner dost wave
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– by Benjamin Brantley

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House of Caesar (Reprised)

Yea - We have conquered the world and won,
Have lolled on meadows ‘neath the summer sun,
Just to dream on and sup of Virtue’s breastmilk,
As swaddled in velvet, satin, and silk.
A song of childhood played on a golden lyre -
The feast has begun,...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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To the Noble Lady of Rouen, A Sonnet

Now the earnest love of a nobleman
Is sought as treasure by his keen lady.
The quest that honors her is other than
A plight of knighthood pertinacity.

Although she is the prize of knights, her kiss
Is better than rare ornaments of gold,
...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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same domain name, different management. the Stands4 Network is not the old poetry.com

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The Stands4 network is not the same as the former poetry.com

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if you have a profile and you added a poem to the contest, you can only submit one poem into the contest per month - but as far as submitting more poems to your list, you can add an unlimited amount as far as I know. You are possibly trying to enter twice into the contest instead of submitting the other way. 

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i plan to lengthen it. hope you get to see the final piece! thanks

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nice arch into a vision of ecstasy in the arms of your beau. it is like the eye of repose in the middle of the storm.

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as yet a stranger and a pilgrim on this earth, I think perhaps this is Hiraeth to those who long for more. some of us want to be taken in like an old loyal dog, want to find the squirrel's granary as gatherers, and want the chance to laugh beside one who'll love us truly and deeply. great job 

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Almost sounds like the talk of a sober-minded man. (poke)

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The meter was pleasant, and you kept the flow of the poem going. Been a while since I have seen one of the Greek muses in action.

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glad you liked it. I enjoy Arabian Nights very much

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thanks, i desired to dust it off and show it around, because it was fun to write

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Yes, bro. This definitely is romantic. Great meter, great rhyme. Great theme also.

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this is sweet, enchanting, and child-like. it seems time hasn't suffered you any bitterness nor disappointment.

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Yes, indeed. If you are noble, be noble still.

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This post is missing a 'thee' in the ninth line. I hate to be a stickler.

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this is a different company than the other one

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