Sonnet VIII:
Adonis
2012, Olan L. Smith
Fair maid of old; your kiss remains in thought
Another time enfolds us ― heaven's gloom
Lay bare devotion; Aphrodite brought
Elation to my heart and hence this brume.
Our moment pivotal where time stood still
And lay me under sacred blooms complete;
Its dew drops drenched my appetite ― freewill?
Thus thine appeal; my thirst remains replete.
Am I content? Assuredly my liege,
And soon this time will pass and I will be
Undoubtedly rejoined, alas; besiege
My wontedness of past mistakes my fee―
I hunted Artemis' wild boar against
Desire and this conclusion recompense.
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Sonnets Written by Olan L. Smith
PoetryI am moving many of my singly published poems into collections, and in this collection will reside all my sonnets I have written, and will write in the future--I hope you enjoy. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones. (Cover credit...
