Sweet as your gentle kisses were I cannot recall,
For now my sweet, keep naught white but my pall,
Listen not to my ghost who haunts men’s eyes,
But whisper to me now, whisper your goodbyes.
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Thank you :) I didn't want the sadness to overpower the love in the poem
Hi Beth, finally got round to looking at your poems, and decided to comment on this one for now; my advice here would be to rework it a little...the basic structure of the poem is sound, and with a few adjustments, you could easily have a masterpiece on your hands here :) My best regards, Mark (London) ps I have four poems online - you are welcome to read any of them :)