Sing I, for musing of the Rhodeia,
for Chloris, Aphrodite, Zephryus
of whom consumated satureia,
sanguine flora of redolent surplus
Legend tells verily of woe, and wane
in those lives denied the mortal coiling
despite youth, vigor vitale to sustain
now granted only death, within soiling
A fragile nymph robbed of her jest and whim,
a lover lost to the wooded reaches
whose veil upon a loiness did dim
with blood as this maiden sought far beaches
So it came to pass, her fairness would fast
when the Gods Rose, set in stone to last
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Reviews of "Why the Rose Blushes"
Reviewed by Anna Marie Fritz (Reader)
Reviewed on December 12, 2003
You are certainly unique among modern poets, Tyler.
I thoroughly enjoy the "mind baths" of refreshment
I get from reading your verse.
You surprise even me.... a sonnet! ... and what a lovely one at that. Please submit it to me for publication in the Winter 2004 issue of SONNETTO POESIA.
And note other readers and poets on AD Tyler's throughly modern style, his omission of capital letters at the beginning of lines (thoroughly unnecessary in contemporary sonnets) and his the remarkable fluidity and compactness of his syntax, style and taut imagery... all thoroughly NECESSARY in any sonnet....
....not a word too many, nor a word too few.
That is what a sonnet MUST be, regardless.
Either you're in the kitchen and you put up with the heat, or you're out....
Tyler this is so lovely...I love the imagery in this one....and thanks so much for catching the spelling mistake on my poem.I appreciated it and corrected it....floria
Reviewed by Transcendental Poet (Reader)
Reviewed on October 29, 2003
OUTSTANDING IMAGERY in your lines..There is something special with YOUR work...
Justin
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on October 29, 2003
You captured the tale well with the imagery you used. Wonderful write.
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I thoroughly enjoy the "mind baths" of refreshment
I get from reading your verse.
Helga
Well, well, well, Tyler!
You surprise even me.... a sonnet! ... and what a lovely one at that. Please submit it to me for publication in the Winter 2004 issue of SONNETTO POESIA.
And note other readers and poets on AD Tyler's throughly modern style, his omission of capital letters at the beginning of lines (thoroughly unnecessary in contemporary sonnets) and his the remarkable fluidity and compactness of his syntax, style and taut imagery... all thoroughly NECESSARY in any sonnet....
....not a word too many, nor a word too few.
That is what a sonnet MUST be, regardless.
Either you're in the kitchen and you put up with the heat, or you're out....
Bye for now,
Richard Vallance
Justin