Galahad,Guenevire,Galadriel
A Sonnet Inspired By The Loves Of Middle Earth And Old England
This is a short non-rhyming sonnet for my wonderful Muse and my eight hundredth story on Vocal. Fans will recognise that most of these characters come from Lord of the Rings with a little spread further afield.
It was inspired when I heard Penguin Cafe playing “Galahad” at the Sage, but Galahad was chaste and had no lover. Also "Galahad" is not available as a digital video so I will share a copy of "Perpetuum Mobile"
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I Will Be Your Beren
And You My Luthien
Am I Your Aragorn
And You My Sweet Arwen
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I’ll Be Your Faramir
And You My Eowyn
And Then I’ll Be Samwise
So You’ll Be My Rosie
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My Strong Galadriel
I’ll Be Your Celeborn
My Sweetest Guinevere
I Am Your Lancelot
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But When It All Comes Down
We Love How Our Love’s Grown.
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This was so lovely! And congratulations on your 800th piece!
Wow... 800 huh? Wow!
Your muse must feel very special with all these poems dedicated to her.
Congratulations on you 800th!!! 😊Brillant & beautiful!!!💖💕
Lovely poem! Congratulations on publishing your 800th piece!
Nice , The Protector poem. Congrats to you 800 vocal creations 🌹👍👏🌈