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6 months ago

Details of "Portrait of Edna Barger of Connecticut" by Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836–1911)

A Sonnet for You

If I could, I would compose sonnets for you.

You told me you love poetry, now I’m a poet.
I’ll write you a world of odes and ballads;
I’ll leave a bouquet of haiku on your doorstep.

If I could, I would compose sonnets for you.

Tell me all your fears. I want to know about
everything that’s ever caused you pain. I want
to write them all down on a piece of paper.

Then I’ll fold it once, twice, thrice until it can
no longer be folded. I want to make your fears
small enough that I can hold them in my hand.

I’ll take them far away from you, so that you
won’t ever have to be afraid anymore. I swear
nothing will hurt you again—myself included.

If I could, I would compose sonnets for you.

- L. V.

L. V., i found this poem on the wall when the paint started to peel off

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literaryvein

9 months ago

Detail of "The Grasshopper (La Cigale)"
by: Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1872

The blink
of an eye.
The snap
of a finger.
The beat
of a heart.

- L. V.

Detail of "Edith Caroline Warren Miller"
by: Jules Lefebvre, 1885

Detail of "Mignon"
by: Jules Lefebvre, 1886

Our bodies
are counting
down
the days ‘til
we meet
again.

- L. V.

L. V., i found this poem the day after you left