Captain Benwick seemed to draw the most inspiration this week along with some lovely ones on Anne's regained bloom. Tough choices this week!

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1. Gentleness, a glow,
   Some tenderness of the past,
   She blushes - how sweet.
2. Morose Benwick mourns
   Poetry weighs down his soul
   Through darkness Anne dawns
3. "Wentworth, catch me, please!"
   Says Louisa on the Cobb.
   Crack! She hits her head.
4. Mary Charles Sisters
   Frederick confused in love
   Anne so capable
5. Town in offseason,
   Sad men and women at meals,
   All unescorted.
6. A new friend at Lyme
   Captain Benwick likes his poems
   Anne offers more prose
7. Poetry is fine,
   enriches love, longing too.
   Captain, read more prose.
8. The brazen sea-breeze
   Re-awakens Anne: blossom
   Anew and shimmer!
9. Lyme, the Cobb, the sea,
   All must linger, gaze and sigh.
   Anne regains her bloom.
10. Fine winds restore bloom;
    Anne seen anew? Jealousy
    Stirs with stares on stairs!
11. A heart aflutter,
    Joy, thoughtless joy, and such haste;
    On cold stones, bereft.
12. It may be unsafe
    to read so much poetry.
    Try a bit more prose.
13. A bird of sorrow
    sat on the captain’s shoulder.
    He fed it poems.
14. Wallowing in grief
    Selfish misery for you
    You must try… like me.