A Perfect Gent Poem by Ernestine Northover

A Perfect Gent

Rating: 4.6


He was a perfect gent,
Who having thus been lent,
This, Oh such precious key,
With which to view a property,
Which he hoped she might like to buy.
She'd deemed him a lovely guy.

He was a perfect gent,
Who seemed to be intent,
On making so sure that she,
Felt absolutely free,
To look around the place,
And, perhaps, consider it her base.

He was a perfect gent,
Who seemed to be content,
To follow just behind
Her, whilst she was thus inclined,
To take her time to survey,
Each room along the way.

He was a perfect gent,
Who smiled at her and sent,
A shiver, down her spine,
Which to her was quite divine,
Leaving her with a special kind,
Of fascination, in her mind.

He was a perfect gent,
Who hoped that she'd consent,
To become his future wife,
And to travel so, through life,
Hoping too, that this property,
Would hold the vital key.

He was a perfect gent,
Who in the time they spent
Together, in this prime location,
Made her feel such wild elation,
That, standing entranced by his side,
She consented to become his bride.

© Ernestine Northover

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 04 November 2016

Wonderful poem, Ernestine! A perfect gem of a poem and well worthy of being poem of the day. Congratulations!

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Lucy Burrow 10 November 2005

Lovely idea. Autobiographical? ; 0) I love the way they stay almost detached through each verse 'till the last couple of lines, sor of, no, no, no, yes! Well written Ernestine. Regards, Lucy

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Uriah Hamilton 10 November 2005

I think we need a lovely little love-hope, happy-ever-after story sometimes.

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Simon Whild 14 November 2005

A nice story with a refrain that kept telling me 'this is going to end in tears - he's going to turn out to be a crook or something', but I was relieved when he didn't. good use of refrain here. good control of narrative.

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Steve Armstrong 21 November 2005

Hi: -) I loved this, all through, i thought, it's going to turn out, that he's the estate agent, and nothing more would come of it. How nice that they found love! ! If only life was a little more like this!

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Unnikrishnan E S 04 November 2016

Hi Ms Ernestine, Congrats on being selected the poet of the day. This lovely poem, on how love blooms, definitely deserves the credit.

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Dr.subhendu Kar 04 November 2016

Congratulation dear old friend Earnesteine, wonderful story of love hat happens to happen as it says Together, in this prime location, Made her feel such wild elation, That, standing entranced by his side, She consented to become his bride.,10++

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Malcolm Two 04 November 2016

Wow poem of today that's awesome. Well done Ernestine...

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Charlotte Gunther 04 November 2016

i like the way they reverse following & leading

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Anil Kumar Panda 04 November 2016

You have given a sweet finishing touch to the poem. After so many twists and turns she agrees at last to become his wife. With nice flow and rhyming it gives nice feeling when reading. Thanks for sharing. Congrats.

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