Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Oldest Love Poem

The oldest love poem is said

To have been written by a bride,

Apparently soon to be wed

And be a queen at her king's side,

The Sumerian king, Shu-Sin,

Who ruled in 2000's B.C.

"Bridegroom," the poem does begin.

No where is said "Your Majesty."

The fact this poem did survive

In tablet form through so much time

Has kept the verse debate alive

Whether or not poems should rhyme.

For this bride, for better or worse,

She chose to write love in free verse?