Sonnet 5: Likeness
Winner - The Booksie 2017 Poetry Competition
Poem by: Phin Hamak
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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.
Submitted: May 25, 2017
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Comments
Wonderful poem. Beautifully and intricately crafted. Congratulations, the prize is well deserved!
Sat, July 1st, 2017 4:41amI'm very impressed! You have effectively stated, & artfully explained, a memory! Congratulations on your well deserved win!
Sat, July 1st, 2017 10:01amVery beautiful!
Mon, July 3rd, 2017 6:00pmthat is quite a wonderful poem gotta love the romance factor
Fri, September 29th, 2017 6:06pmThis is such a beautifully written poem.
Fri, May 25th, 2018 8:46amI love this. I came here to see the winner of last year's contest. I love hearing your voice in such a traditional form.
Tue, July 24th, 2018 6:27pmSuch a beautiful sonnet! Loved it!
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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!
Mon, May 29th, 2017 6:03am