A Shipboard Romance (A Sequel.No.2) Poem by Valsa George

A Shipboard Romance (A Sequel.No.2)

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After divorce, each sought each one's residence
With taste and decorum, they toiled to improve its ambience
A complete makeover! That was then their pursuance
The new found freedom, was to them, a flower of exotic fragrance
When friends approached them with passionate words of condolence
And urged them for an unconditional compromise,
They announced, marriage was a farce
Neither of them expressed any sense of remorse
And said, their decision was of mutual concurrence
The man found his friends' continued persuasion, a nuisance
And the woman openly resented their interference
Each expected that singleness would grant them a new allowance

But as days passed, they started feeling some annoyance
That gradually grew into deep repugnance
From what has been expected, they found things at variance.
Into their lives, monotony and loneliness were crawling in alliance

The songs they heard, no more had any cadence
The sunsets, they watched didn't have any brilliance
While life around dallied in great ebullience,
For them, it tarried in deep turbulence
Adversities in hordes plagued them like pestilence
And everything around seemed to growl at them in belligerence
Day by Day, they found life going adverse
And their loneliness growing fierce
Deep down, they felt a great annoyance
And longed for an immediate deliverance
(to be continued)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Xelam Kan™ 10 February 2013

it would b good if the sequel stop here caz i dont wanna c them pair again..... how truly these words are; marraige is a Farce.... how can a soul b fetter in such chains? nicely toned a dilmma of socail life Man r born free..... let him/her enjoy

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Headed towards an end unexpected, but still giving a chance for practicality of things very much assumable their story proceeds... Your interim works too might have a say over here Madam

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Chandra Thiagarajan 09 February 2013

Again a wonderful monorhyme poem, a sequel to the first Shipboard Romance is enchanting! Awaiting the continuity of the poem.

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Neela Nath Das 09 February 2013

Really you will keep me waiting for the next part.Very interesting.

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Danny Draper 10 February 2013

They have spiralled in displeasure and in discourse could this not lead to some remorse where in each others company they are forced to retreat and perhaps a rapprochement could rekindle an old spark. The third instalment will be keenly sought.

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Julia Luber 05 July 2019

entertaining and clever poem with an excellent sense of redundancy " in the 'acne'" of various words- creates a song of a repetition made of a grammatical function of language- very clever!

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Dr Antony Theodore 01 December 2018

hey found things at variance. Into their lives, monotony and loneliness were crawling in alliance. the songs, the sunsets.. annoyance.. thank u for a factual description of a life after divorce. love is always a mystery. if one finds a proper love relationship, it is already a wonder. thank u. tony

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Kumarmani Mahakul 16 November 2017

But as days passed, they started feeling some annoyance That gradually grew into deep repugnance From what has been expected, they found things at variance. Into their lives, monotony and loneliness were crawling in alliance. . ....nice expression. A thoughtful poem shared.

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Edward Kofi Louis 28 October 2016

The songs they heard! Thanks for sharing.

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Akhtar Jawad 23 December 2014

Day by Day, they found life going adverse And their loneliness growing fierce Deep down, they felt a great annoyance And longed for an immediate deliverance A thoughtful poem................10

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