Arthur

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(Love Letters Through Time: Write a poem in the form of a love letter. It can be addressed to yourself, to someone special and/or in memory of a person who has passed.Prompt posted by sanaarizvi
for dVerse Poets Pub)

Dear Arthur,

Why has it come about,
that you were birthed
in a time long before mine?

You in a century of swords
and war, castles and knights
and kings, of which you were one.

Me into an ever changing
world of electronic monsters
and political demons.

How is it that my heart
longs for that one whose
bones turned to dust centuries ago?

Where magic and mystery thrived.
When Merlin walked the lands for good
and Morgaine le Fay wove her evil spells.

When kings were revered and strong
horse’s ran with the wind into battle,
and women stood as empty vessels after.

My love you reigned above the decay,
disease and pestilence, the chaotic, human
jealousies to own another’s land, another’s title.

Fifteen centuries ago, to you my heart
has been given. For fifteen centuries
more, with you it shall remain.

21 responses to “Arthur”

  1. Great take! I have enjoyed Arthurian literature from childhood. I can see how you could fall for the noble spirit of the time.

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    1. Thank you so much. Hard not to fall in love with that which I too, have read since a young girl. Thank you for reading and commenting! 🗡️

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  2. how clever! Luv this dear Arthur

    much♡love

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    1. Thank you most kindly Gillena! 😊

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  3. I love this, Ami! Delightful. ❤️

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      1. My pleasure, dear. 😊

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  4. He sounds like a dark creature as welll above the pestilence etc… maybe it is the mythical part of him that attracts-

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  5. This is such a beautiful love poem Ami. I loved the idea of holding King Arthur as an ideal.

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      1. You’re always welcome

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  6. I would find it easy to fall in love with someone from another time, but I wonder what Arthur would have made of our era. Less magic, more war, and ‘an ever changing world of electronic monsters and political demons’. Give me wizards and dragons any day.

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    1. Most definitely! Thank you for reading and commenting Kim! 🙏

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  7. Really delightful! Great opening, and great fun! Really enjoyed this very much…but superb poetry…

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  8. I often think about living in a different time.

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    1. I think it’s a very common daydream for most of us! Thank you for reading and commenting Melissa. 🙏

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  9. This is gorgeously rendered! ❤️ I especially like this part;

    “My love you reigned above the decay,
    disease and pestilence, the chaotic, human
    jealousies to own another’s land, another’s title”

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    1. Thank you so much! I’m having trouble with this blasted site today, forgive any double or blank posts please! 🙏

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