Disemboweled beauty sleeps; a blend of broken
dreams and fateful tears. Preserved upon your
brows a frown; though stars perturbed refuse to
burn. What legends are buried abaft those eyes?
I sense betrayal upon touching your cheek. Oh
death so pale upon your lips; like storm around
thus laboring ships.
Lest sorrow forbids to heed your tale; no mortal
tongue could have pain expressed. I fathom thus
struggle of harrowed escape; the regrets of choice
and lethal mistakes. What men of lore are these?
Who refuse the right to stumble, fall and perish.
I bid your heart not trouble its peace; begrudging
thus power of Rome or Greece.
Lo! propelling nature to atone;
Moonlight on her virtue shone.
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Such great empathy pours into this discovered relic, both respectful of the dead and inquiring of the abundant life it left stilled. A resting head without a body sleeps, dreams, remembers, pauses forever. You embrace her and history with great heart. Fine completing couplet.
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There is a touch, a fragment of epic legend in your poem beautifully complementing the image.
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Moonlight on her virtue shone.
Good deeds one does registers in minds of others. If only one takes the trouble to inform them though
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This reads as an epic poem…pitch-perfect tone. 🙂
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This is a most excellent elegy… wonderful
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Hey Sanaa, your style fits well with elegant tradition. Thanks much, k.
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This is beautiful and beautifully written–I felt a disturbed sleeping beauty, an Ophelia, the goddess Morena weeps.
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Such a sensuous face. You’ve written a beautiful poem to a beautiful face.
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Beautifully done, as always, Sanaa. I love your closing couplets. They always shine.
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Disemboweled beauty sleeps…Wow! What an opening! Fantastic work as always.
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Your first line is so vivid… It’s full to burst with the speaker’s caring nature. She wants to know, care to know… and makes me want to know, too.
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I like the way you have questioned the life and end of this person you see within the broken sculpture.
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You had me already right here:
“Disemboweled beauty sleeps; a blend of broken”
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Beautiful, loving words to do her honour. Love your fine rhyming.
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Touching and poignant. Beautifully written, Sanaa 🙂
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The language suits the image perfectly… you seem at ease with it, one can tell from the lyrical flow of the words.
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I love how you have given her life – shone a light on her story and made us feel for her – beautiful 🙂
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Hi Sanaa,
your reaction to a discovery from ancient Rome or Greece is naive and gentle. Your poem here flows in all the right places. I loved its feeling on my tongue. Very satisfying. thanks for sharing.
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elegant use of language!
i sense so much mystery in the imagery.
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Ah, indeed one wants to know what legends are buried behind those eyes!
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A fabulous epic tale to heed Sanaa!
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You have taken the time to read into this fragment of sculpture and found the humanity therein.
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Just breathtaking and gorgeous Sanaa!
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A very touching tribute that begins so vividly taking us to the realm to which the sculpture belongs…
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I see a lot of compassion in this ! well written
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Such a respectful, inquisitive piece.
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I am truly amazed at the ability you have to arrange words in such a way that we, the readers, can actually ‘see’ into the únseen’…
Beautiful lines…and the last couplet takes the cake, Sanaa.
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Beautiful!
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Wow… perfect choice of words for your picture!
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Luv your writing style for this one. And the thought of history living on in remains, as example, as meditation and caution
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An epic piece – stirring – beautiful and moving.
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A beautifully executed poem!
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Your vivid details help to see what many others could not even imagine,
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A picture is worth a 1000 words. But you have supplied your own little gems here. Beautifully penned.
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I like your style and words used, beautiful ode!
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