Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Sonnet for the blind lovers...

From night to night our love blooms like a star
from separate skies that cover our two hearts
with loving hands caressing from afar
our souls in one, in love our dreaming starts
Our sight no more than specks of light and dust
we walk upon this earth, one,  hand in hand
no eyes to guide us where our heart flows fast
through barren fields and long forgotten lands
we travel through the darkness till the dawn
blind both, embraced, finds us on hills of Fate
our eyelids closed while we still carry on
feeling so strong our cores to palpitate

For no one else our vision ever be,
my eyes only for you, and yours for me...



The Lovers, Rene Magritte, 1928
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  1. brudbergJanuary 3, 2019 at 10:49 PM

    How nice to have you here at the bar, such a long time since we met on twitter Yiota. Love the way you have crafted the sonnet with the passion of touch more than vision... the image is a perfect completion.

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    1. Yiota KariotiJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:10 PM

      It warms my heart to be back and to be welcomed by you, my dear Björn. Lovers touch with the eyes and with their whole existence, that was my basic theme when I wrote it some time ago :) I love the sonnet as a poetic form and am happy to return here especially with this one

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    2. Yiota KariotiJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:12 PM

      Thank you, Björn :)

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  2. Sheldon AgonsonJanuary 3, 2019 at 10:58 PM

    Cool surrealist image. It ties in well with the poem.

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    1. Yiota KariotiJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:07 PM

      Yes, I think so. When I saw the painting i thought that it would be perfect for my sonnet. Thank you for your comment :)

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  3. sarahJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:06 PM

    A classic sonnet on a classic theme. That final couplet is beautiful.

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  4. Yiota KariotiJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:17 PM

    Thank you, Sarah. I remember how much I wanted to stay close to the classic sonnets, I used to read Shakespeare's so many times just to get used to the flow :) When I finished it still I wasn't totally satisfied, but it worked.

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  5. Kim M. RussellJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:42 PM

    A stunning love sonnet, Yiota, and I love the image you chose to illustrate it! What an opening line, with love blooming like a star, and the imagery is vivid throughout! And I agree with Sarah about the final couplet.

    I have one small quibble: in the line: ‘Our sight no more than specs of light and dust’, did you mean ‘specks of dust’? ‘Specs’ are spectacles or eye-glasses.

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  6. Yiota KariotiJanuary 3, 2019 at 11:48 PM

    Thank you, am glad you like it :) and I also thank you for your small quibble, "specks" is ofcourse the right word, and I will have to edit the post :)

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  7. Dwight L. RothJanuary 4, 2019 at 2:29 AM

    Beautifully done... loved the ending!

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  8. MishJanuary 4, 2019 at 2:35 AM

    Aww, the strength of love...this resonates, reminding me of the long distance relationship my husband and I were blessed with (hmmph...endured) for six years. Sometimes the sky felt like one big blanket, one thing we could share from miles away. Nice to "meet" you, Yiota. Welcome to dVerse!

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    1. Yiota KariotiJanuary 4, 2019 at 3:27 PM

      I am in such a relationship and I know the feeling :) But where there is love, there is always a way. Nice to meet you too my dear and thank you for your kind comment :)

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  9. Jade LiJanuary 4, 2019 at 3:26 AM

    i like the concept of your poem

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  10. robkistnerJanuary 4, 2019 at 6:27 AM

    This is lovely, intimate, gentle and rings sincere. Beautiful work Yiota, wow...!

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  11. Yiota KariotiJanuary 4, 2019 at 3:31 PM

    thank you, Rob, yes intimacy and deep love were the main themes :) its fascinating how people in love lose the sight of anything around them ;) it happens to me so the feeling is genuine.

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  12. Frank HubenyJanuary 4, 2019 at 4:45 PM

    Nice last line and theme of blind lovers.

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  13. lynn__January 4, 2019 at 10:20 PM

    Eyes only for each other...a LOVEerly sonnet, Yiota!

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  14. Yiota KariotiJanuary 4, 2019 at 10:26 PM

    thank you, Lynn, am happy that you liked it :)

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  15. GinaJanuary 6, 2019 at 1:47 AM

    following instincts and touch leading the way, really allowing the senses to absorb and dominate, your sonnet reads beautifully

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    1. Yiota KariotiJanuary 6, 2019 at 6:59 PM

      Thank you, Gina :) I wanted to show how lovers become "blind" but they use all other senses so they can feel each other :)

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  16. ImeldaJanuary 6, 2019 at 6:43 PM

    This is a beautiful expression of love. Truly, when one is in love, all his/her senses and faculties are attuned to the one he/she loves and together, they see a vision of themselves that only their souls see.

    Nice meeting you here in the Pub. Looking forward to more of your works here. 😀
    - imelda

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  17. Yiota KariotiJanuary 6, 2019 at 7:05 PM

    Thank you, Imelda :) Yes, lovers build a vision of love inside their souls, you said it perfectly. Nice to meet you too here, it will be fascinating to share poetry with all of you here at the pub :)

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  18. GraceJanuary 11, 2019 at 4:32 AM

    I specially admire the concluding couplet about the blind lovers. Thanks for sharing your sonnet at dVerse.

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  19. UnknownJanuary 13, 2019 at 7:42 PM

    Love the title - oh how lovers gush.

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  20. Lona GyntJanuary 20, 2019 at 7:02 AM

    Sight no more than specks of light and dust - caressing from a far. I see the duel nature of light and quantum entanglements in those lines; so blessed for two souls joined like wonderfully. This poem s a wonderful sonnet, so good to meet you on th dVerse trail. 🙂

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  21. KerfeJanuary 22, 2019 at 11:57 PM

    Romantic!

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