General Poetry posted October 6, 2024 Chapters: 1 -2- 3 


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Bellamoure

by Patrick Bernardy

 
                                                     A whitened web 
                                                  of lace and lattice 
                            enshrouds your face—that oval 
                       of sable skin is the graceful ideal 
                                              of a swirling nebula
               You are my beloved, called forth from 
                                                      an endless echo 
                       of boundless beauty—the tableau 
that inspires all my art and compels my ardor 
                                for your piercing, ebon gaze
 
 

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