Romance Poetry posted February 20, 2018 Chapters:  ...47 48 -49- 50... 


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An acrostic sonnet

A chapter in the book A Potpourri of Poetic Curiosities

The pawned heart

by CD Richards


Perfection's something we don't often find

In awe, I fell quite underneath your spell

Gone were all thoughts of freedom from my mind

No sign of sense, which once had served me well

Our paths but crossed and straight away I knew

Resigned was I to what would be my fate

A lifetime bond must form 'twixt me and you

Today I pledge my heart, concede checkmate

Imagine my surprise to find, alack!

To someone else my lover is betrothed

I tried to find my heart and buy it back

Only to find the store already closed

Unfeigned and urgent is my anguished plea

Show pity, love, and send it back to me


 




Today's word:

pignoratitious (adj.) pawned or pledged.


My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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