Aotearoa - Shakespeare's Monkeys

Aotearoa

Tödliche Liebe

Icarus stole me today
Taking me away from my love

She knew this of course
For she wept profusely at my leaving
Dousing some of his mischief

She was hidden from my view
Though not from my vision

The long white cloud
Conspired against us

One

Last

Fleeting glimpse

Then

She was gone

Does she weep still

Perhaps

For I feel that like me
She is maudlin over this loss

Such is love at first sight

Sinnaminsun -

I'm not sure if the characters in this are based upon

Greek mythology, maybe a brief explanation of would be

helpful for the readers in order to understand the basis

of your intent. Overall I got the impression that life and love

is fleeting, and because of that it can create a very

solemn mood.

Mosquitobyte -

Aotearoa is of course Maori and translates as "Land of the long white cloud", New Zealand as most of us know it.

Icarus is that famous character who flew too close to the sun, I was in an aeroplane, seemed kinda obvious to me.

Then again, I suppose I do specialise in obscurity......lol

Leanne -

Well... I was going to say that the Icarus myth is bordering on overuse in poetry but I guess it's not as well known as I thought And since Aotearoa is on every second bloody bumper sticker here on the Gold Coast I've no excuse not to know that one.

My reading is ambition, perhaps a job offer that was too good to turn down, even for love (if such it was) -- although you have "love at first sight" so I actually thought you might be talking about the land itself rather than a woman, or maybe the two are inseparable. Anyway, not a bad little poem.

Mosquitobyte -

Ladies and Gerbles, we have a winner!

"Love at first sight" does indeed relate to the land itself. Such a beautiful place from the sky, all those fabulous creases in her flesh.....fabo!!!

Mos.