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Category: Sonnets

It’s funny, I put the word “Sonnet” in the title, and automatically fewer people view/read it, like it’s going to be some sort of “academic” chore to even click the link. It’s unfortunate, because while these are among some of my least read stuff, I am easily most proud of many of these. It’s a wonderful form, and I think I keep getting better at it.

Sonnet XLIII – Unsparing

Whatever form that functions is the thing
That proffers wisdom, be it balm or sting.

wisdom

Sonnet XLII – Dreamscape Verses

Sometimes at night we’re better than we think; Or So. Much. Worse. when dreams push to the brink.

Sonnet XLI – Christmastide

It’s “Boxing Day” which means the season’s o’er? In ‘Murica, again, we have it wrong.

boxing day, Charity, giving, selfishness, selflessness

Sonnet XL: Refocusing

The bad’s still there – I’ll let the best abound.

perspective

Sonnet XXXIX: On Advent – VI

I wait for joy. Again, this year, I wait.

advent, hope, hopeless, joy, waiting

awash in truer song – Sonnett XXXIX

My yonder wild still calls, don’t get me wrong; some days its Sirens all that fill my ears.

petrarchan

Ardently Reject the Counterfeit – Sonnet XXXVIII

Confounded why such phases bring sere blight; I ardently reject the counterfeit.

The Curtain Crashed – Sonnet XXXVII

The curtain crashed before the show was o’er, / So no one got to see the very end.

The Palette of My Life Some Colors Short – Sonnet XXXVI

These metaphors diverse I do intend; Results remain remote unto the end.

The Seinfeld – Sonnet XXXV

I’m trying to do a sonnet straight from heart; No edits, tweaking, change of any kind.

amusing, entertaining, meaningless, seinfeld

The Paradox – Sonnet XXXIV

Why fail to act when acting holds the key? This riddle I have just begun to solve.

This Thing Called Hope – Sonnet XXXIII

So pushing on, I live my Best Todays / And Trust Tomorrow’s Hope will Suit our Ways.

hope, optimist, pessimist, realist, reality

The Ageless Song – Sonnet XXXII

For Fear just serves to keep us in The Dark; Embrace the Verse and on New Paths embark.

The Unmatched Song – Sonnet XXXI

I hear the cardinal whistling in my morn / And wonder what he’s thinking as he sings

Life Uncovered – Sonnet XXX

The unexamined life is not worth living, / And Life Uncovered – Hidden – Unforgiving.

hiding, Life, opening up, shame

What Once Was Known – Sonnet XXIX

I wake to see the chrysalis transluce

butterfly, caterpillar, chrysalis, timing, transformation, waiting

Sweet Sixteen – Sonnet XXVIII

And while I knew well it would not be a dream / I expected a little less grinding of gears.

moodiness, parenting, sweet sixteen, sweetness

Sonnet XXVII – formed in space

Some bits and bytes of sound and light combine

control, fire, heat, trust, waiting

Sonnet XXVI – An Independent Spirit’s Shaded Hue

The day which marks our freedom dawns anew, but just what freedom’s for is in dispute.

disagreement, fourth of July, Independence day, Racism

Sonnet XXV – better love for you

when I focus on myself, not others, the benefits flow to sons and mothers.

Glennon Doyle, self-care, Untamed

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