The Ghost Of Love

 

The Ghost Of Love A Poem by Debra Stevens Edwards (Debby) The Ghost of Love(3) Love has a shadow, A ghost you could say. It follows and stalks you Each night and day. Forget if you can Repent if you must. It's a taunting thing You cannot trust. Tortured by memories Of beautiful things. you'll soon hate it and the tears it brings. Dreams as cold fingers Clutching your heart. Or the glimpse of Your face there in the dark. Memories like that of A spectre's touch. A pain as in death hurts you so much. So beware my friend, When love walks in. For the ghost of love, May haunt you again... Debra Edwards     © 2007 DebbyStevensEdwards

 

Reviews

[Juliet]

Wow I love this poem. It's so powerful and so, so true. Love does have a shadow, doesn't it? I never thought of it that way. I can wake up remembering a love I had 20 years ago just like it was yesterday, and it's the 'ghost,' isn't it?

Thank you for suggesting I read this. It's my day off, finally, and I want to eat poetry all day long, and yours was the first course! It got me started, or else I might have done something else.

Juliet

[Michelle Ross]

Many people will be able to relate to this piece. I know I did anyway. You've done a wonderful job with the rhythm and rhyme. The piece flows well and I didn't see and grammatical or spelling errors that need correcting. Nicely done!

[Natalie Anne]

good poem..well written

[Katie Lynn]

I think there is too much punctuation, but besides that, this is great

[Christian Walters]

This is a lovely poem and so true!

But remember it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all. Well, so I�ve heard, hee hee!

[Nightwish Ruin]

GOOD JOB. THIS IS A REALLY GOOD POEM. AND I CAN REALLY RELATE TO THIS. GOOD JOB...NIGHTWISH

[Suzanne C. Suber]

Oh, I hope not... for he has visited me way too many times with severity. Love can be so beautiful & on the same token, pierce you like death's arrow. Well done Debra!

[Conversing Empty Words]

"Dreams as cold fingers,
Clutching your heart.
Or the glimpse of Your
face there in the dark."

I'm not entirely sure if I understand thisp art. It seems as though you needed to continue the piece and were unsure of how to do so, so you just went ahead and typed a part that may or may not grab the readers eye. Regardless, I don't feel as though it fit well into your piece.

The few lines following the stanza of the above lines are also a bit troubling.

"Memories like that of�
A specter�s touch."

However, I do like what you have done with the piece otherwise.

"When love walks in.
For the ghost of love,
May haunt you again. "

This was most definitely the strongest part of the piece. Overall, it was a good piece just a bit misworded.

[Rachel Cowan]

An interesting interpretation of love. Especially loved the last few lines:
"When love walks in.
For the ghost of love,
May haunt you again. "

Love is such a false sense of security and you convey this wonderfully in this poem.

Brilliant use of imagery to explain the meaning aswell
"Dreams as cold fingers,
Clutching your heart. "
Such a dark yet simple image.

Thanks for entering a wonderfully flowing piece.

Rachel xx

[Dkincaid]

Yes, it is something that haunts, won't leave it alone, even when not wanted. I'm learning to like your writings, haven't found much of others that I relate to, but liked your style ever since I read one of your short poems.

[Brooks Patrick Mc Iver]

very callous, but in my past experiences very true. this is a good poem.