Odes- Poems of Love, formerly known as
"Les Amours"

ODE

Sweet angels sing on mountain tops
And their songs soar the skies
Cascades tumble o'er jagged rocks
On zephyrs, sweetness rides

And though these scenes are precious
To our hearts, our eyes and minds
I must say that there is not one such as
The lady whom I lovely find

With hair of silk and wit to match
She radiates a song
Bards sing her tales without a catch
And shall forever long

From Shakespeare's day to modern times
This lady's inspired these written lines



Double Sonnet #2

I don't know how to put it
I don't know what to say
This hasn't worked out how I planned
Why did it happen this way

I wasn't expecting to fall so far
I wasn't expecting I'd go so fast
I knew that you would leave real soon
I knew it wouldn't last

So I told myself to just have fun
Enjoy it while I still can
But now I don't know how to feel
This hasn't worked out how I planned

You make me smile on my darkest of days
You've made happy in so many ways

You're beautiful in many ways
The mind, and to my adoring eye
You're unlike anyone I've ever met
I'd never thought of you and I

Oh, sure I'd seen you from afar
This beauty, too unreachable for me
But I never thought that you'd say yes
When I asked you out with me

I figured we would just have fun
A fling if you will while you were here
Now there are feelings starting to grow
And to be hurt, I may I fear

I'll stand up tall, for you I'll long
But if there's nothing, I guess I was wrong



Ode

I feel so lucky to have your embrace
I live to kiss your mouth
I love the feeling of your skin
I'm falling deep without a doubt

I hope now as you go your way
That you will me remember
For I know you I'll ne'er forget
My feelings for you so tender

Who would have thought of me and you
I know that it took me back a step
I wondered where we were for a while
For I didn't know what to expect

But now, I'm glad with me you're here
And I'm very glad to me you're near



Ode III

When soft thro' reeds the wind
Gently blows from far away
Do my thoughts then turn to you
These thoughts which no words convey

My memories of you fade not
I need but close my eyes to you see
Your name does echo in my heart
Enshrined next to your beauty

So now I wait to see you again
To hold you in my arms
You, so much gentler than a spring rain
And, the summer's sun is not so warm

Should there be never you and I
If we don't walk forever
Then my memories of you will me remind
And keep us long together



Ode IV

Her beauty radiates most brilliant
A star compares as strong
As to the strength of a full-grown buck
To that of new-born fawn

The morning sunlight in her hair
Could light an eclipsed moon
Her eyes do sparkle far greater
Than a crystal 'flecting noon

I know not if this love of mine
Shares in my admiration
If not, her beauty then, alone
Can yield my celebration

This beauty live though far away
Inside my heart, for ever and a day



Ode V

I look upon a star
And see the one I love
I see her in a snowfall
In soft eyes of a dove

In a crimson sunset
O'er a city made of gold
I hear her name in poetry
To beautiful to hold

When I look up in the heavens
When the sky's a baby blue
When I look upon a placid lake
Or smell the morning dew

A starry sky with cloudless black
Just characters abound
A sweet song sung in rapture
Is where my love is found

A mountain grandeur's highest peak
A warm breeze off the bay
Do still no justice to my love
Words her beauty can't convey

A dove, the stars and heavens high
All beauteous things must moan
For she compares to none but Eden
Which survives in legends alone



Ode

When thoughts of beauty enter our minds
We both can't help but think of them
For there exist none higher than
These loves, far brighter than a jem
For just as perfect diamonds
Are few and far between
So are these who we both love
Alone in their bright gleam
Music of Mozart has not the grace
Nor can a painting take the place
Of women too beautiful to say
Some say we may have jumped too fast
But if it's a crime to want it to last
Then guilty do we plea



Ode VII

My love for her is greater than
The intensity of a million moons
And brighter than our so bright sun
And hotter than it at noon

My love for her is deeper
Than the water in all the seas
Stronger than a tornado
As gentle as a breeze

And I wish that I could say
How much I truly love her
But to say how much there are no words
Except in the heavens above her

And if this love could ever love me
Then forever would I live happily



Ode

I smile with a bright fond memory
Which was not so far away
How I longed to never move
And in your arms to stay

But as the hours rolled on by
Despite the windy wintry chill
Thoughts danced waltzes in my mind
And there we sat so still
While the hours drifted by.
And how I wished to turn to you
So beautiful to behold
And kiss those scarlet lips of yours
And whisk away the cold
Which through the window floated by…

And now I wonder as I sit here
If I was in your thoughts last night
Your face to me was crystal clear
A lonely midnight's star, so bright

Which warmed me as I slumbered
Beneath your beauties cover



Ode

I wish that I could hold you
I wish that I were there
I wish that I could touch you
And show you that I care

For even though so far apart
In this world we seem
We are closer in our hearts
Then we could ever be

The bond we share called love is strong
And we both feel it true
We are the lovers in every song
We are in every "I love you"

So remember as we are both at home
I am there, you aren't alone



Ode

I know that I am not perfect
In every way and deed
I know I am not what you expect
Nor am I what you need

But know this: The one bright night
That I awoke to your smile
And I gazed upon that heavenly sight
Which to this day beguiles me
I have known that I love you
Far greater than any
No one have I know like you
And every night I ask, "Can she
Be real or is she but a dream
An image only I can see?"

And then I hold you close to me
And I look into your sparkling eyes
I know then you, too, love me
And all the words you sigh
Are for my ears and heart
Dreaming we will never part



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