My love is not a butterfly or rose,
she’s neither soft as silk nor summer’s breeze,
no goddess ever wore such dreadful clothes
and if she sings I’ll plead “Oh stop it please”
My love is like the tree, her limbs are roots,
her voice is strong and in her eye is flint
her wisdom carries not the bloom but fruits
My love is twilight with a diamond’s glint
Lovers by Albrecht Altdorfer
Today I host at dVerse with the challenge to include negations into your poem.
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June 7, 2018
Björn Rudbergs writings 
What a great poem. These negation sound totally positive. I get the image of a beautiful, confident, and intelligent woman with a bit of spice.
Exactly… very much inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnet 130…
Nice sound and I like the diamond’s glint in the twilight.
I thought you would like it… such a long time since I worked in meter.
This reminds me of Sonnet 130, one of my favourite sonnets and also my favourite one to teach. I especially love the comparison in the second stanza – as you know, I adore trees! – and the lines:
‘her voice is strong and in her eye is flin’
and
‘My love is twilight with a diamond’s glint’.
Ha… yes Sonnet 130 is one excellent poem… the reading by Alan Rickman is wonderful… especially the way he says reek..
Oh yes! Have you ever seen Alan Rickman in ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’? A wonderful film.
Great piece.
I love your description of your love!!!
I see in the painting you have chosen, he reaches, not for her hand, but for her bosom true!
Ha…
Positively Shakespearean!
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Shakespearean to the end! You do this type of poem so well.
Thank you… Love Shakespeare
That last line really captures the spirit of the prompt, I think.
Thank you… it’s a fun way to paint pictures
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I LOVE this, Bjorn. I resonate with the dreadful clothes! LOL. This is wonderful to read. Made me smile.
Loved to write it, but very inspired by Sonnet 130..
Loved this Bjorn, a cool prompt. You do Shakespeare well and sonnets will always steal my heart.
I like this a lot – the rhythm and rhyme flow really nicely, and the second verse is so genuine.
What a beautiful write Bjorn.
Such a wonderful example of negative and written in classic style~
I like those negations Bjorn. She sounds like a real beauty
Putting Will in 2nd place? Very well wrought!
No way… his sonnets are masterpieces.
The first love sounds pretty scary!!
Dwight
This is true love! I known by what it is not!
You mastered the meter and the negatives…an honest love poem.
kaykuala
My love is twilight with a diamond’s glint
That’s such a beautiful line to describe one’s love, Bjorn! One can see the sparkle in the person!
Hank
Beautiful poem–very Shakespearean. The negation works so well here to express the positive. That last line is perfect.
Oh, I wanted you go go on with this poem. It sounded like a minstrel’s offering. Loved this prompt, Bjorn!