What Our Hearts Have Learned
A Sonnet of Shadows - and Light
In youth, I threw my heart into the fire,
A fool for one who stayed, to watch it burn
And stirred the coals to sate her own desire,
To leave me naught but ashes in return.
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Though what remained was sifted and restored
By one who yearned to fill an empty space,
There came a day when our hearts moved toward
New lives, new loves, each in a brand new place.
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In time, the road mine followed, led to yours,
And both are whole and nurtured, here today,
Safe and sound, on love's protective shores,
Guiding us, as one, along life's way.
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The path to here and now twisted and turned,
But we are more, for what our hearts have learned.
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Dana Crandell
Dad, Stepdad, Grandpa, Husband, lover of Nature and dogs.
Poet, Writer, Editor, Photographer, Artist and Tech/Internet nerd.
My first published poetry collection: Life, Love & Ludicrosity
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
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This left me feeling inspired Dana!! Congrats on placing runner-up in the sonnet of shadows challenge!!
I love a great happily ever after! Wonderful sonnet, Dana! Congratulations!
Congratulations on your runner up placement! 🎉🎉
Such a lovely sonnet. Congratulations on placing with this admiral piece of poetry. Well done.
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
I like the turn this one took. After the first stanza, a happy result feels well needed and deserved. The peace and contentment is really well painted with that line "loves protective shores"
Beautiful words and wonderful rhythm and flow! Well done, Dana!!! ✨🩷
A beautiful heartwarming Sonnet!🤗
d-bud — Glad to see you back-at-it Here’s a spare ❤️ Heart fer ya..! j-bud
Gorgeous message! Great meter and rhyme too. 💜
Awww, this was so sweet and wonderful. Loved it!
We are more for what our hearts have learned. So true. I am saddened when I hear of young couples separating or divorcing less than a year into the marriage. It is the struggles that make a strong relationship. This goes with everything in life
Well-wrought in both form and theme!
Beautifully done, Dana <3
Beautifully crafted Dana, and such a lovely story 😍
Gorgeous as always. Good luck to everyone else in this challenge, however you won't need it 😁
And we learn, no matter what we endure. Beautiful sonnet, Dana.