Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET OF STRANGE SIMILES, by STODDARD KING


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First Line: My love is like a stick of spearmint gum
Last Line: Or a dress-suited freshman at a hop.
Subject(s): Love


My love is like a stick of spearmint gum --
The flavor lasts -- my love is like the tune
My neighbor plays each morning until noon
(That is, it haunts me always); mute and dumb
My love is, like a punctured kettledrum.
'Tis brightest after sunset, like the moon,
And, like the onion, strongest during June;
My love is ardent as forbidden rum.

Sometimes my love is diffident and shy,
Like a Ford car seeking a place to park,
Or like a husband in a corset shop;
Sometimes it struts and holds its head up high,
Like a Knight Templar or a meadow lark,
Or a dress-suited freshman at a hop.





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