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By DressedInPoetry
26 January 2008
Basically, I took lines from a lot of different poems and stories and threw them together.
The first part is absolutely horrendous to me, with the word "love" being repeated over and over, but with the lines I choose, there was no other way to string them together that I was satisfied with.

I choose love.

All I loved, I loved alone.

Let me so love

At the gate of Bethlehem.

I continued my sprint

With an autumn tint of gold.

I’m never gonna tell a lie or hurt you.

We could live through these letters.

 

Why do we fantasize?

A magician will practice his performance for years.

Living out these lies,

This broken reality.

 

Thou wouldst be lov’d.

There’s one thing I can do nothing about:

A demon in my view,

Tapping at my chamber door.

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Written by fellpony (1702 comments posted) 26th January 2008
" with the lines I choose, there was no other way to string them together that I was satisfied with." 
 
You could have chosen other lines, then?  
 
Interesting exercise. I quite liked the last stanza - conjured up the idea of the imploring lover and the unattainable beloved from the beloved's perspective, which is novel.

Written by DressedInPoetry (23 comments posted) 26th January 2008
The poems and stories were read aloud, and we had to pick out lines that jumped out at us. Technically, I could have chosen other things, but I didn't. 
 
Thank you!

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