[O][P] Sonnet 26 - What's In A Name

Subject: [O][P] Sonnet 26 - What's In A Name Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:01 pm

Indeed, a rose by any other name
Would smell as sweet; So, too, a sunrise bright
Would be as lovely. Heat of Love's bright flame
Would still warm lovers' hearts in chill of night,
For names are nothing but familiar sounds
By which to recognize that which we see,
And have no bearing on the object crowned
Save to denote description for a key.
And yet, a name so precious as you bear
Would sour if uttered by another's lips,
For I should let eternity pass e'er
I lose you to another suitor's grips.
And so, till I return, stay sweet and warm,
And know 'tis your fair name that calms my storm.

(C) Terri Gordon
1 July 2008

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Aww this is cute. I suck at poems so I tip my hat at you for being able to make one that's so good.

Subject: Re: [O][P] Sonnet 26 - What's In A Name Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:48 am

Thanks, Froggie! I'm a sucker for sonnets... They present a fair challenge, what with all the rules for meter and rhyme pattern. And if done right, the result is usually something elegant and sweet. They're my absolute favorite form of poetry.