
‘Moonlight Tryst’ – WHB: Pen an ink, Dec.2017
A SECRET SONNET
They stressed my heart and bled it
Seeking to find you there,
But try as they could to discover
They never will find out where
You hide in lonely seclusion,
Your impregnable lonely lair.
For you are my cerebral lover,
Living a life in my brain;
We hold our trysts in the moonlight,
Let them look for ever in vain,
They never ever will find you,
For there is nought to explain.
Just a salve to pain and depression,
A caprice with a discreet confession.
Intriguing and clever, this immediately grabbed my attention and drew me in to delve deeper and all wrapped in a beautiful sonnet . Thank you Roland.
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Thanks, Nigel. It’s all in the mind!
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I agree!
(And love the art too, Roland!)
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I thank you for your welcome response. Vanessa.
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Always my pleasure. 🙂
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😊
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You just grow in strength Roland – no false praise – this beautiful drawing and Sonnet both arrested me and somehow gave peace.
Sheer and tender and very lyric. Yet there is a gentle humour and mysticism. Wow.
You have a precious gift indeed. I have saved both in my poetry file.
May this year see a collection of your poetry
Miriam
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I do thank you for your appraisal of my sonnet, Miriam. You pick up my inferences and emotions well, for which I am grateful.
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I’ve at last twigged that the excellent illustrations are also yours
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Yes, Derrick -If my own, then usually ascribed with my true initials – WHB. Thanks for responding.
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You’re quite the master of your words and your illustrations. Your posts are always a delightful beginning to my day.
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So glad you enjoy them, Eugenia. Your approval pleases me greatly.
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An excellent and thought provoking sonnet Roland. I wonder with your last line what more is to come?
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Thanks, Davy. Well… the next one for a start!
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The difference between the Headmaster and the unruly pupil Roland. If I had been under your charge things would have been so different.
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