Poem: (I need not eyes to see, nor ears to hear)

[dunkopoulos]

I need not eyes to see, nor ears to hear
A soft voice that will not attenuate
Its signal -- be it far or be it near
That came unbidden to my mind of late.
(I need not eyes to see, nor ears to hear)

I need not ears to hear, nor mouth to speak
Mine answer to those voices in my mind
-- Perhaps replies' direction so oblique
Have missed the one those words were meant to find!
(I need not ears to hear, nor mouth to speak)

I need not lips to feel, nor tongue to taste
The honey guarded deep within the tree
Whose leaves embower what I once embraced
With mysteries concealed now from me.
(I need not lips to feel, nor tongue to taste)

I need not heart to love, nor breath to live
For death does not imply my living's end
And next-life's passion leads me on to give
My love once more, when I see her again.
(I need not heart to love, nor breath to live)

 

[no1tovote4]

Excellent poem.

 

[dunkopoulos]

Thank you for you comment, no1. I tried to write it in the style of the Cavalier poets of the 17th century; in particular Robert Herrick, one of my favorites.

 

[rtwngAvngr]

I need not lips to feel, nor tongue to taste
The honey guarded deep within the tree
Whose leaves embower what I once embraced
With mysteries concealed now from me.
(I need not lips to feel, nor tongue to taste)

Pure filth.
:rotflmao: