Eight-line Poems 2

Parted Partners

Parted Partners

Romeo and Juliet,
famous before the internet,
star crossed lovers, they
found a way to have their day.

It might be deemed unfortunate,
despite all pleas importunate,
that fate descended to their doom -
their families just left in gloom.


Line count: 8
Rhymed couplets
For Express It In Eight, 11.13.24
Prompt: Write a poem about a famous partnership.