Don’t Protest

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Don’t protest my love
Let me love you true and real
Let not the word no, trip from your lips
To fall on my pleas
Remonstrations against me
Like darts thrown against my heart
Pierce and prick, bleed my feelings
Don’t protest, say yes

This is for a dVerse prompt: Write a poem of exactly 44 words including the word protest. Hope you enjoy!

I did a whole other poem with the word protest and forgot it was Quadrille Monday so it is quite a bit over 44 words. Haha.😳 You can read it here https://theauthorstew.ca/2026/08/24/doth-thy-protest-too-much-or-too-little/

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C. Stuart Lewis creates poems with feeling, intelligence and sex appeal. His short stories and books focus on characters that feel real in real world situations. Originally from the United States he now resides in Ontario, Canada. Check out his webpage at TheAuthorStew.ca

10 thoughts on “Don’t Protest”

  5. Well done for finding romance in the prompt word, Stew! I love the allusion to Shakespeare’s “The lady doth protest too much, methinks”. I can also hear the Bard in the lines:

    “Like darts thrown against my heartPierce and prick, bleed my feelings”.

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    1. Funny you mention that, in the original poem I did, Doth Thy Protest Too Much or Too Little, I quoted that scene and line. After I finished it I remembered it was a Quadrille so I modified the beginning for this one. 😄 Thanks for reading Kim!

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