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Title of Poem: Amour
Source: Shadows of My Soul (2004)
Poet: Jill A. Terry
Rating: 4 laurels out of 5 laurels
Jill's poem "Amour" is a free verse consisting of five stanzas. It has 15 lines.
The poem is about lost of innocence or physical changes or emotional changes in a woman's life. This poem could also be about first love.
The character in the poem looks at the mirror and sees a great change in herself.
She sees that she is not a girl anymore but a full-blown woman with feelings of passion and desire.
"Who is this person that I've become
The reflection is the same when I look in the mirror
Yet something about me has changed
I'm no longer the person I'm perceived to be
Since you touched that place inside of me
You rekindled my passion for lust and life
Making my world alive and bright"
A girl usually matures faster than a boy. A girl can experience physical changes and emotional changes in herself. From a giggling girl, she develops ladylike manners as a teenager and becomes conscious of the opposite sex.
Is the guy not serious or is the guy not into her? The poem says-
How far you will go I wait eagerly to see
You restrain the feelings you have for me
The poet just realized one characteristic of many men. Men are usually restraining when it comes to their feelings.
The poem ends like this-
You are not mine....nor am I yours
Unquestionable desire.....unfettered amour-
The female character admits that they do not possess each other.
The female character thinks her desires are not questionable but her love is free or unchained.
In my opinion, marriage is the only way two lovers can posess each other.
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Jill Terry lives in Florida along the banks of St. John's River. She has been writing short stories and free verse for over twenty years. She also writes fiction novels.
Jill is a member of the Florida Writers Association, Florida Poets Association, First Coast Poets Soceity, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Romance Writers of America and the Natioal Association of Women Writers.
She is married and with one son.
Jill released her first poetrybook "Shadows Of My Soul" in 2004.
Website at: www.authorjaterry.com
Title of Poem: Ask Alice
Source: Shadows of My Soul (2004)
Poet: Jill A. Terry
Rating: 5 laurels out of 5 laurels
Available in Print ed. of Manila Review.
Amour
by Jill A. Terry
Source: Shadows of My Soul, (2004), p.62
Who is this person that I've become
The reflection is the same when I look in the mirror
Yet something about me has changed
I'm no longer the person I'm perceived to be
Since you touched that place inside of me
You rekindled my passion for lust and life
Making my world alive and bright
Your words touch me....my spirit does soar
It was you found the key and unlocked the door
The door to my heart the key to our past
We journey unknown through a pleasant repass
How far you will go I wait eagerly to see
You restrain the feelings you have for me
You are not mine....nor am I yours
Unquestionable desire.....unfettered amour-
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(Copyright(c) 2004 by Jill A. Terry)
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