The evening shadows painted the fields,
tugging deep at the heart’s smouldering
core. They ask me what I see, what I see
when I’m dreaming, let it not be obscure
let no one else’s name ring through these
sentences. Love is but purging fire.
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Posted for ‘Quadrille #52′ @ dVerse Pub
And on ‘Tuesday Platform’ @ Real Toads
Sanaa, I simply LOVE this:
“let no one else’s name ring through these
sentences”
We all want to be “the one,” don’t we?
Oh yes!❤️ Definitely 😀 thanks for stopping by, De ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt)
I do love the sense that dreams can be of that only one.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
that third line repetition adds to the whole feel of dreaminess – lovely Sanaa
Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Beautiful!
Thank you so much, Linda 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
I love the idea of evening shadows ‘tugging deep at the heart’s smouldering / core’, and love as a ‘purging fire’. A passionate Quadrille, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I like the idea of love being purging fire, not just passion.
Thank you so much, Frank 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
The half line repetition in the middle is good—it captures the attention.
Thank you so much, Jane 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
That desire of one pure love …beautiful !
Thank you so much, Neeraj 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This feels like lyrics – I hear music in your words.
Thank you so much, Jilly 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Beautiful and passionate.
Thank you so much, Toni 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
I agree – the repeat is very effective.
Thank you so much, Margaret 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
“let no one else’s name ring through these
sentences”… Such burning passion in those closing lines! Lovely 🙂
Thank you so much, Chris 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Love as a purging fire absolutely smolders in the brain, and other spots. Love this, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Sara 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Your dreams, the purging fire of love! Such good lines. Not for anyone else but you!
Dwight
Thank you so much, Dwight 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
You had me at shadows painting….reminding me of my backyard trees. Beautiful, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
A stunning poem Sanaa – simply beautiful
Thank you so much, Jae 🙂 so good to see you ❤️
Dreams are not that loyal..thinking things you otherwise wouldn’t dare to 🙂
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Rajani ❤️
This feels very classical. I love the burning intensity.
Thank you so much, Sarah 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
The form and repetition add to the dreamy feel. Nice!
Thank you so much, Rommy 😀 so good to see you ❤️
This reads like a prayer before bed. I like the ambiguity of the last line, which leaves me wonder if loving or the processing of being loved (or both) is the purging the speaker is referring to. Wondering is good…
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Magaly ❤️
Your name only is on it 🙂
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Love your first line!
Thank you so much, Annell 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is wonderful!
Thank you so much, Rosemary 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Ah! To be “The One”… i wish someone would dream this of me… and me alone! Wonderful!
Thank you so much, Vivian 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
When you say, “They ask me what I see, what I see
when I’m dreaming…” I think of it as a violation of something sacred, as if, were I to tell them, then I’d never see those again, neither in dreamscapes nor made manifest in reality. There is so much beauty in this poem, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Amaya 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
This is beautiful Sanaa! A new favorite for me of yours!!
Thank you so much, Carrie 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
I just commented on Kim’s poem about Van Gogh, about his passion, and then come here to yet more of the same. I think fire tends, in so many ways, to be an effective metaphor in these cases.
Aww gosh!❤️ Thank you so much, Victoria 😀 so glad you liked it!❤️
that last line says it all. love this!
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‘Love is but purging fire’ – this has a ring of Shakespeare, Sanaa – it reminds me of Sonnet 45!.
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
True love certainly does purge memories of other flames. Sadly some are fickle and love a smorgasbord of partners, yet others remain steadfast with their one true love all their lives. So clearly they have stoked each others fires mutually.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Robin ❤️
Thank you, Sanaa, for sharing. We fellows need all the insight we can get on the tickings in a woman’s heart. From being married 45 years I have gleamed “Love” and “Help” fairly clean from Mrs. Jim.
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“The one”, we either want to be that person or have that person in our lives. Lovely!
Thank you so much, Susie 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Simply brilliant, Sanaa! Simply brilliant! Love your last line, especially!
Thank you so much, Frank 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Loved the flow of the poetry and Sanaa your last line is bang on 🙂
Cheers
MeenalSonal from AuraOfThoughts
Thank you so much, Meenal 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️