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Poem Details
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| Title: | Sonnet: |
| Author: | Ngoc Nguyen |
| Date Submitted: | 10/9/2018 |
| Poem: |
I mourn for the death of my erstwhile youth, a time of innocence and naive bliss which hid from me life's dark, unpleasant truth but forever holds all the joys I miss; a time of mannish beauty, brawn and thews as of a god in his unrivaled prime like Heracles of fabled strength, sinews and might that's of renown from mythic time. But, O Concupiscence! Do I ache for hopeful renewal in my loveless life through you and for the virgins of folklore whose maidenhood can quench my sexual strife. Now in the autumn of my waning years, I'm joyless and alone as old age nears. ... |