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Enamoured

String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal,
Warming my throat as quivering fingers do,
Roughened but figuring tenderness eternal,
My love is wholly kind, old, young, and true.

Swing me sweet swirls of redolent effervescence
From blossoming branches of heady magnolia sprung,
Dewy ambrosia of long continued presence,
My love is wholly true, kind, old, and young.

Cling to me, reassuringly collecting
Our whirl of delights conserved a thousandfold,
Savoring fruits of fervor and reflecting,
My love is wholly young, kind, true, and old.

Sing me resounding rhapsody sforzando,
A skillful skirl of fluency refined,
Combined with purling murmuring scherzando,
My love is wholly old, young, true, and kind.

Bring me to see the beatific vision,
The universe in cordial order slowly
Atwirl in perfect luminous precision,
My love is kind, old, young, and true and holy.

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sforzando: forcefully
scherzando: playfully

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Margaret Coats lives in California.  She holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University.  She has retired from a career of teaching literature, languages, and writing that included considerable wrk in homeschooling for her own family and others.

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2 Responses

  1. Roy Eugene Peterson

    I am “enamored” with the skillful word dexterity in this melodious poem with the order of the last line alternating while continuing the beautiful rhyming scheme. The cherry on the top was changing “wholly” to “holy” in the last line of the last verse. This is truly a poem composed by a brilliantly inspired intellect.

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  2. Paul A. Freeman

    Where to start? Each stanza involves a sense – touch, smell, touch, sound, taste – and begins with an -ing verb + ‘me’, that specifically leads into the sense that is the topic of the verse.

    The fourth line endings of the verses, using the reordered adjectives ‘kind’, ‘old’, ‘young’, ‘true’ and ‘holy/wholly’, each rhyming with the endings of the second lines, is new to me but very effective.

    And the language. As sophisticated as the mechanics of the poem, the language brings the vivid imagery to life – and occasionally sends me scurrying (metaphorically) for the dictionary.

    Great stuff, Margaret. One I’ll be perusing a few times, I imagine.

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