Sonnet 5: Likeness
Winner - The Booksie 2017 Poetry Competition
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Poem by: Phin Hamak
Sonnet 5: Likeness
An artist may, with skill and brush, preserve
Your likeness--capturing with mastery
The way, at that serene yet anxious curve,
Your eyelids meet to rout all flattery.
But even such details in portraiture
Cannot reveal the one behind your eyes;
So I preserve a truer signature
In me of you and try to memorize:
The answers that you give, the jokes I told
That got your loudest laugh, and where you stand
On matters great or small. All this I hold,
And more, for times you are not near at hand.
This portrait in my mind preserves me too--
Sustained by just a thousandth part of you.
© Copyright 2020 Phin Hamak. All rights reserved.
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Wow! This is an amazing poem! I am sure you would melt the heart of some sweet woman with that well crafted romantic expression of admiration!
Wonderful poem. Beautifully and intricately crafted. Congratulations, the prize is well deserved!
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Thank you, Oleg! That means a lot. There were definitely a lot of entries that deserved to win--Pavement and The Alcoholic's Wife absolutely among them. I'm still in shock that the people at Booksie chose mine.
I'm very impressed! You have effectively stated, & artfully explained, a memory! Congratulations on your well deserved win!
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Thank you, Spyguy!
Very beautiful!
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Thank you, jaylisbeth!
that is quite a wonderful poem gotta love the romance factor
This is such a beautifully written poem.
I love this. I came here to see the winner of last year's contest. I love hearing your voice in such a traditional form.
Such a beautiful sonnet! Loved it!
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Thank you so much, Rehmat!
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