Love Letters and Cigarette Ashes. [Italian Sonnet]

by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG   Dec 5, 2006


Love Letters and Cigarette Ashes.

Grey smoke filled the hazy room cluttered in lies,
As ink was splattered amongst torn pages today,
And between the lines, there was talk of your betray -
Hidden by the scarlet tears in her sky blue eyes.
Torn photographs chant out long forgotten good-byes,
To this tragic affair that she mourns to display;
And the stars in her eyes continue to decay,
As the burning angels sing her a lullaby.

Faded lipstick stains burned cigarette ashes,
And she signs her letter with an ex and an oh;
As she looks to her disguise of fake eye lashes -
And a past that she hides behind her face of snow.
She whispers: "Our love was like silly car crashes,
What really happened to us, nobody knows."

© Jenna Elphick
December 4, 2006

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Italian Sonnets have 10-11 syllables per line and is composed of an octave (rhyming abbaabba), and a sestet (rhyming cdecde or cdcdcd) or in some variant form, with no closing couplet.

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  • 17 years ago

    by Angel Of Death

    Omg i love all your peotry, and your quotes as well. You write all your poems so beautifully. Excellent work, write more,
    xox

  • 17 years ago

    by disturbed one

    Ooh i wanna write something like that now =)

    You are very inspiring haha...

    LOL!! You are young and inspiring =D

    5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Wasted Fake Smiles

    Wow....that type of poemis confusing. yet you seem to understand well, because you pulled it off great! i loved the detailing and what not. 5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Gem

    Wow...
    I hate starting a comment with wow, lol. But that is the first word that came to mind when i read through this poem.
    I had to read it through twice to try and find anything that could use some work on it but to no avail.
    I don't have much experience on this kind of poem but from reading this, it seems an interesting style that is easy to read.
    You chose some interesting words in this which in turn created some beautiful images for me..
    A fabulous write
    *Gem*

  • 17 years ago

    by Virna Estella

    Hey Jenna, you're really such a great writer.. and i admire your vast knowledge 'bout poetry.. continue to touch our hearts with your poems.. :-)

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