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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     6 days ago

Submitted Poems 33 total

To Ava: A Sonnet.

O’ fairest maiden, how lovely art thou,
With thine eye alike to a star-dappled sky,
A lily’s tenderness on cheek and brow,
Which wayfaring admirers come by?

How dost the pale moon rival thee at night,
Thy visage shrouded beneath ornate gold:
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Sonnet XVI

“The die is cast,” Caesar remarked aloud
Before his legion crossed the Rubicon.
The Roman soldiers could be all but proud
As amply they were made to carry on.

This is the world that conquerors did forge
Which bears its gilded visage at my...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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For Leonor, A Tale of Kingdom's Quest

A few gentle knights tarried in the court
Who’d pledged to crusade at the king’s command.
When from afar came the darkened report
That one was vying for his daughter’s hand.

Such love had they for the young damsel’s name
That they each laid...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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Sonnet XV

Shouldest a knight adventure on a quest
For love and immortality alike,
To find within the heart of a princess,
The rare hidden treasures of her psyche?

Shouldest he pledge his love by bearing arms;
Laying down his life in the very course,
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Sonnet XIV

In my romantic dream she comes to me.
The herald of our long-awaited bliss,
A nightingale, sings sweetly from a tree.
Under the stars and moon-glow we both kiss.

As holy angels from above watch o’er
The hedge of night does make way for the...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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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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Good message. Your poems have a lot of depth.

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I would like to express that your literary voice should be warm and sympathetic, and that it should not be cold and biased or overwise, given Christ's example. He sympathizes with our weaknesses of course, and I must admit that I have a weakness for junk food, which I eat quite often because I don't make time to cook proper meals for myself. Perhaps, your poem, like the sanity of a disciplinarian's manual has shined some light on the nutritional choice perspective and given a savory taste of salt to the health food equation. I won't be sad to see the junk food go, for the love of the Lord God Almighty! 

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Your poetic voice is distinguishable by its simple yet insightful pattern. It is like gazing at a French artist's painting. You have done with words what impressionists of the mid 19th century did with paint. 

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