Half-Turned Pages A Love Poem Comments
That autumn every time I looked
out the window I saw two leaves fall
from a maple tree in my yard.
Always two leaves fell together
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A beautiful write and very emotional poem of a love triangle that brings an inevitable crushing hurt by all involved at the end of the day. This brought tears to my eyes. A perfect ten and into my favorites :)
When I told a male friend I was going to write a really long complicated love poem, hr immediately cautioned me about sentimentality. As if it was an inevitable problem. Can't you draft a poem of sentiment without feat of sentimentality? Would a woman poet just assume a love poem has to be so protected? THIS BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. It does for me too, so I don't re-read it often. But I am proud of it and also proud I wrote it. I think instead of being afraid a love poem is potentially sentimental, I think we should consider a love poem, an exercise of the Heart Chakra: Does it open wide to take in the world? Or is it shut tight? No entrance unless you're sentment-free!
It's a touching story, Daniel. People are strange creatures. They have to learn what they really need and spend so much time to do it. And for some of them it's never to be done.
A half turned page, now a closed book, the empty air - - - - - - - A triangular love so beautifully portrayed through such imageries.
Your vision is always as from the side. you are like just seeing, very calm. It makes it all less emotional. I love your wisdom!
I love your gift of expression you lovingly share with the world. I honor you grand poet thank you
This is my most favourite poem of yours...A wonderful and powerful Love Poem! I shall save it to my list.
This is again an engrossing write. The opening stanza is so symbolic... two leaves falling from the maple tree suggesting two lovers falling head over heels in love, but a love which is short lived as that of the fallen leaves which would soon wither away. The way you have developed this story is so absorbing and has all the ingredients to capture the unswerving attention of the readers. The development of the story from a casual meeting to an intense romance has a very realistic touch. Her occasional mood swing is well explained through her final confession that she is torn between the love of two men! The inevitable parting comes at the end! I love the way you have ended the poem.... 'the moon's orb a closed book' as against the 'half turned pages of the moon' at the beginning! No thoughts hover in the air'. Beautiful! !
This is a splendid poem, and there are so many details in it that I love. The first verse is amazing. I love the way you used the leaves falling from the tree to represent people falling in love, and falling fast! I love the last line of the first verse as well, very clever lol. I like that in the second verse the friends that set them up expect nothing, but the couple themselves share equal expectation. That sort of expression in itself is a beautiful moment in the poem. Then in the sixth verse the tree symbolism reappears, in a way i've never seen it used before. It's one of my favorite things about this poem! I also love the female character here despite her infidelity she just has so much charm and quirkiness - even readers are drawn to her. I love the lines about the crowded vietnamese restaurant being the most private place the world could offer. Its odd but true, sometimes the most privacy is found in places packed with people. I also like that the speaker's saying goodbye is also his way of showing love, whether the female character gets that or not. Reading the last verse I realized there is a sort of symbolism with the moon aka book of the night. I could be getting this wrong but it seems as if the page is half turned as soon as they meet and fall for one another. I take it to mean that their relationship was brief, nearly over before its start. The moonlight in their eyes is also short-lived, by the end of the next verse(after it's mentioned) her eyes have darkened. This seems to represent the book closing. This is all a very captivating metaphor for the relationship of two star-crossed lovers. This poem tells an amazing and exciting tale. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, so I've decided to add it to my poem list: 3 ~Nika
Elegant and at first euphoric, only to fall, like the wanning moonlight...What a drenching of playfulness you have exhibited in your pure poem I will save it...and savor it, much like the love you once knew. Beautifully done. PEACE
Wow! What a wonderful story this piece tells! Was riveted from the very first line! Simply a truly beautiful write. Kudos to you! ! !
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7/17/2025 10:04:15 PM # 1.0.0
daniel, i had a feeling about where this was heading, but i read on. phooey! this poem encapsulates the term bittersweet as a description of life. you have the lovely moments and then... i'd be surprised if this didn't prompt the what-ifs... perhaps the worst thing is for one to have lived and not felt. -glen