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Love is the Storm

The unwavering fierceness needed to protect your loved ones.

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Comment from EeanBlack
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Awesome, so you are love? Well, lol, I've been looking for you all my life. I will never be a poet, but, you obviously are. I haven't read you before. I will read you again. I hate that nobody reads a post unless it pays big when the real payday comes from reading a jewel.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2024


reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
    Thank you for the 5 stars and the very kind words. I hope I don't disappoint you in any future poems.
Comment from Rachelle Allen
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Seriously? I cannot get over this poem. I have now read it three times in a row and still have not gotten my fill of it!

This is nothing short of tremendous. Deep, bold, tender, riveting and just simply beautiful!! I have not had the pleasure of knowing your work, but I will now. As soon as I hit "save" here, I'm going to fan you. Your work is not like anything else on here, and I don't want to miss another post. I absolutely loved this. xoxox

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2024


reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
    Hello Rachelle,
    Wow. Your review made my day, week, month! I appreciate the thought and time you put into it. I look forward to following you as well.. thanks, Neil
Comment from DonandVicki
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I will have to say that this is a powerful poem packed with a strong message about the power of love. I loved this line the most: "Love is the sword I fall on Love is the hill on which I die." OK...WOW.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2024


reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
    Thank you DonandVicki for the very kind and generous review. I am very happy that you enjoyed the poem. I look forward to reading and enjoying your work as well! Again, many thanks. Neil
Comment from tempeste
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Ciao mystery poet, you now have 3 votes.

First off, I love the poetry ... your words overwhelmed me.

Many relationships fail because too many prefer to move on rather than make an effort and "fight" defend their love.

I like these two lines:

I am the seawall that holds back the surf
I am the mountain defending your turf

and the closing stanza.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2024


reply by the author on 01-Nov-2024
    LOL...and again! Thank you for the 5 stars and the vote! You are very kind!
Comment from Bill Schott
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This free verse, Love is the Storm, positions the feelings and consequences of love as a part of the emotional assault we inflict on ourselves as we become the force that must be seen.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2024

Comment from Sugarray77
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Hello and good afternoon. You've written a very good FreeVerse that really does a good job of sharing the nuances, reality and the substance of true love. I enjoyed reading it and wish you luck in the contest. Your last stanza rhymes and the rules say "no rhyming" I think it could be altered... how about the last line... and, I stand within the storm... or 'in the storm am I', but that still rhymes. Again, good luck.

Melissa

 Comment Written 29-Oct-2024

Comment from Tim Margetts
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Good strong powerful emotion bringing evocative memories of love, expressed in many of its forms and still appreciating its fierce strength.
I liked this.

 Comment Written 29-Oct-2024

Comment from estory
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Nice use of this free verse form; I think it underpins your theme here. Your poem articulates this idea that love defies definition, it doesn't fit into the confines of images. It is the storm, that consumes us and transforms us. estory

 Comment Written 29-Oct-2024

Comment from bob cullen
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This is so spot on. I agree love's neither courageous nor noble, but it is necessary. It gives us balance and abuse. A reason to run an' to stay.
Your poem says it all. And it sums it up precisely. I think I'll pin this on my study wall. A really provocative write. Right.

 Comment Written 28-Oct-2024

Comment from royowen
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Oh yes indeed, one all else has flown this universe and existence, the only thing left standing is love, it's really the only thing that can, there is nothing that can destroy, you've written a brilliant poem my friend, well said, well written, blessings Roy

 Comment Written 28-Oct-2024