poetry

Unrequited Love

Sally

She walks into the room
She does a little scan
And chooses me, not the man
I see the darkest gloom
That no light can illume
Settle. And so it began
This had not been his plan
Oh, the doom! the doom!

He directs his kisses
Toward her, calling, beckoning
Come sit with me! Let’s chat!
Every advance, though, misses —
It’s a rude, rude reckoning
But who can understand a cat?

This is my response to the W3 prompt this week:

Compose a modified Italian sonnet with the following specifications:
Theme: unrequited love
Length: 14 lines
Stanzas: two stanzas (an octet and a sestet)
Meter:not required (this is why it’s a ‘modified’ Italian sonnet)
Rhyme: ABBAABBA CDECDE

This is based on a true story. What can I say? The cat liked me.

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26 thoughts on “Unrequited Love”

      1. Not at the moment but I know what it is to have cats. Theo and Pasta were my first loves. Lovely work your words. Thanks for sharing.

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