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Love in the Obscure and Other Poetic Romances [With Pen in Hand Book 4]
by Joel L. Young
Category: Mainstream
Description: With Pen in Hand Book 4, is a collection of romantic poems in a variety of moods; from hearts unrequited, to long hand-held walks under the moonlight, kisses that last an eternity, to dancers embracing the music of love, and a wedding poem that will touch your heart.
eBook Publisher: SynergEbooks, 2002 SynergEbooks
eBookwise Release Date: October 2004
 
Available eBook Formats: OEBFF Format (IMP) [59 KB]
Words: 10724
Reading time: 30-42 min.
"This collection of poetry is timely with the horrors in our own world; echoing the horrors of death, loss and dealing with plague in the era of the classic poets. To read of the connections to the horrors of Donne's time gives hope and meaning to the poetry our own generation of poets and essayists are producing in attempts to chronicle the events happening in our lives. Young tells starkly of the mad cows, and other disasters in the present world and then sings prayers, psalms to the Gods, for hope and peace. Underlying all the truths of war, pestilence and damage is the romantic looking for the perfect world. I am sure that with his "golden pen" and his Lyricon, Young can help us all find it. This is a wonderful collection of poetry. I would recommend it to anyone looking for the words to express their hope, their desires, and their longing for the lost in their lives."--Brenda Roberts, author of Psychosis and A Cold North Wind
Black Flamingo
The steam that rises from my dark heart Leads to tempt the fates. I speak of a love strange and fair For this woman I fell for. She was to be my morning I came to be her night. Together our passions ignite Our fires burn the heavens And torch the furnaces of hell. Apart I wither without her embrace. The swamps sound of bitterness Around this castle keep Where my soul sleeps weary. The twilight abounds in shadows Dragons, maidens, and knights of our realm The mysteries that surround my mad dreams Where my love keeps her safe. Hides away from the emptiness That scrapes against the trellis Of these garden walls. How I long to see her in her favorite gown. Often I think of our love as a fable I heard as a child. The Crane and The Flamingo Their hearts forever young Making a nest in the still waters In a swampland oasis surrounded By a mountain serene decent and fair Our offspring a black flamingo Only a parents love, would endure. A strange world forever guarded In the land of forgotten dreams. She's still my darling, my hope A prayer answered so long ago. Our child has grown and left the nest To make his way into horizon's unknown. Where love remains immortal. I impatiently wait for the twilight So I may taste her kiss, Caress her golden hair, And feel her warmth again In my darkened plight. Love and Beauty In the corner of my favorite library, romance gleams in still life photos. I met her there in romance classics. Her skin was the color of gold in morning casting her shimmering blue eyes. Her hair long and red glowed the color of the sun in spring. High art I was told was love and beauty intellectual pursuits and the romantic never went hand in hand. I and her were bound in the same book I took her for my goddess of desire. My heart races, veins throb pulses beat quick as maracas whenever she's near. Our library romance, is simple, elegant, gaunt, sophisticated. If I could, I'd throw my chivalry to the dogs take her and leap into a pulp novel feel the savagery of our passions merge in all its splendor whether in a Edgar Rice Burroughs story or hard boiled detective novel or words from a poets quill she's love and beauty incarnate to me.
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