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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 35 total

To an Unknown Maiden, A Sonnet

Wilst thou givest me a lotus, my love?
Thou art mine heart and mine own cheerful song.
A summer’s day brings sunshine from above.
In thine eyes I see the hot season long.

Toward the edge of hope and on the bend.
The river winds ushering...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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In Memoriam of EIIR

When musing on thee - late Elizabeth,
I am made content that thou wert our queen.
Before I was touched by news of thy death,
I never paused to think what might have been.

Humor in thine old heart outlived thy reign,
When the presence of thine...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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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:
...

– by Benjamin Brantley

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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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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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