A handwritten poem about love & life with a header image of a woman reclining on a timber jetty projecting into the heavens.
Image by gene1970 from Pixabay | scripted words by author

Poetry | Love & Life

Love Is But A Whisper

circular chain verse

Published in
Nov 3, 2020

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Love is but a whisper
A whisper upon a soul
A soul that is committed
Committed to what feels right
The right to care and to give
To give with wholeheartedness
Wholeheartedness founded in sovereignty
Sovereignty to oneself and life
Life is but a filament
A filament of naked light
The light unto the universe
A universe pulsating with energy
Energy, a harbinger of potential
Potential to transform
Transform into something wondrous
Wondrous as love
Love is …
❤️

Thank you for reading my poem. For those of you interested in poetic forms, my poem is in a style that dates back to medieval France and is known as chain verse.

I was inspired to craft a poem in this style after reading Suntonu Bhadra’s poem, Voices. Although Suntonu applied his own interpretation of chain verse for his poem, it prompted me to research the foundation of this type…

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Well-practiced speech pathologist now practicing to be a children’s book writer — emphasis on practicing.