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Short sonnet poem by Raul Moreno | Go to this short poem

Mockingbird

Imitated verse,
Plagiarized midnight sonnets:
Late night melodies.


Short sonnet poem by Raul Moreno | Go to this short poem

Aquatic Sonnets

Rainbows in the mist,
Booming falls compose sonnets:
Roaring poetry.


Short sonnet poem by Raul Moreno | Go to this short poem

Autumn Sunsets

Romantic sonnets,

Scribed on vast poetic skies:

Written by the sun.


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

WORD PICTURES

A
ballad
of mood swings-
a sonnet that
sings

The Poetry of Moonlight by E Blakelock


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

OUT FOR THE COUNT

17 syllables in a haiku
33 to an epulaeryu
11 makes a lanterne glow
10 helps a sonnet flow


Short sonnet poem by MC MC | Go to this short poem

Soulful Sonnets

soulful sonnets 
soothe sorrows
pointing one to 
more tomorrows.


Copyright McCuen 2008


Short sonnet poem by jack horne | Go to this short poem

I Tried A Sonnet

I tried a sonnet
fully encouraged to write
love poems for her

*For an ex girlfriend

The Right Time: Jack Horne


Short sonnet poem by Matthan Atherton | Go to this short poem

Cricket

The sonnet crickets hymn Can awaken life in a day The darkness of night dim Lonesome cricket in the hay


Short sonnet poem by Suzette Crous | Go to this short poem

Andrea Dietrich

Andrea Dietrich In talent quite rich The queen of prose and classic sonnet A lady every inch, deserving her coronet


Short sonnet poem by jack horne | Go to this short poem

reading sonnet 29

reading sonnet twenty nine and trying
to put my love into words 
once thawed an ice cold heart

For David’s contest
Jack, 23rd December


Short sonnet poem by Rollo West | Go to this short poem

Life

Summer breeze, sun shine Swinging on the garden seat A Robins sonnet The school bus arrives out front Honey, I got some time off


Short sonnet poem by J B | Go to this short poem

toi et moi

a love story that needs written
a sonnet of all that I feel
a poem not yet indited
an unpublished heart
un histoire d'amour
you and me


Short sonnet poem by Andrew Crisci | Go to this short poem

SONNET

Sing weeping heart of woe
Of something too precious
Never found that sonnet
Numbed this memory
Ensued much sadness
Towards twilight of loss


Short sonnet poem by Michael Grugan | Go to this short poem

Cave Canem

The bleatings of the silver tongue-
Such sonnets it would sing!
But know that should you give it ear,
'Tis an empty, self-filled thing...


Short sonnet poem by Albert Ahearn | Go to this short poem

If I were...

If I were a sonnet poem
A lover would read my proem
she’d recite all my lines
and would stress my end rhymes
and love the syllables iamb.


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

TWO BUDS THAT KISS

Poems
of childhood-
our yesterdays',
buried deep within our
todays'.


Inspired by Georg Eliot's sonnet,Brother & Sisyer (see m latest blog)


Short sonnet poem by David Williams | Go to this short poem

Life


My 
Love 
For
You

Is
Pure 
And
True

When
I
Am
Dead

Nought
Said

©2/5/2012
This is classed as a Monosyllabic Sonnet
Check out Noel Petty  ‘Air-Raid Warning’


Short sonnet poem by Billy Bob | Go to this short poem

Sonnet 18 and a half

Shall I compare thee to a piece of clay?
Thou crack and crumble in light of the sun.
Thy beauty’s all but washed and burned away
All of my love for thee has been undone.


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

tabb-SUDDENLY

Out of nowhere,an idea
   Then image;
Out of this picture,a sentence,
   Then a page;
Out of the verse,a sonnet,
   Then a rhyme;
Out of this art,a hobby
   So sublime


Short sonnet poem by mrj ltw | Go to this short poem

Sonnet 18 spin off

Shall I compare thee to a winter’s tale?  
Thou art more chilling and more turbulent, 
Rough winds do shake the nightshade buds so pale,
And summer’s lease hath gone too far distant. 


Short sonnet poem by julie Cottingham | Go to this short poem

SUMMER SONG

Summer Song

Serenade slowly sweet songstress,

Sing soft sombre sonnets,

Something, somehow, someone  shares,

Seduced somewhat, songbird spirit,

Steadily sending summer sprung.


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

A demi sonnet

No noise,silence,
the beating of my  heart,
alone,with my thoughts;
Without,I see the breeze,
soundless,active,alive,
slowly I awake,arise

to another day


a free form half sonnet


Short sonnet poem by Charline Wan | Go to this short poem

Your Sister

Many a day your sister’s face doth shine,
And never has her complexion dimmed;
Every time I see her, your beauty doth decline.
Your hair unruly like a tree untrimmed.

Inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 18


Short sonnet poem by J B | Go to this short poem

a new song

love plays a new song
and it is soft and sweet
although I can't read music
I can feel what is played for me 

this beautiful sonnet
with its own special score
I hear in my head
and lock in my heart


Short sonnet poem by Joel Hunt | Go to this short poem

in

a nursery home.
from cradle to heavenly home.
we roam the sea , froth doth foam.
battles we've fought, how many knots
gone yee.   Bees in a bonnet, birds sing a sonnet.
Heavenly home , free to roam , sea no more.



Short sonnet poem by Vesna Kovrlija | Go to this short poem

A Famous Poetess

With her timeless sonnets, timeless beauty 
And flames which engulfed her and encouraged her, 
She spreads her wings across the centuries 
Flying, asking the whole world, not to let her verse 
Disappear and disperse 


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

vignette- A POET' S POET

London born,Lancashire bred
Into Chaucer's footsteps,others he led
Medieval prosody,his 'little song' said-
Long may such sonnets be heard
Of the fountainhead of English poetic words.

Tribute to Edmund Spenser 1552-99


Short sonnet poem by Duffy Laudick | Go to this short poem

To Give and Receive

One thousand rose petals I offered to you
one thousand pieces of music I have played to you
one thousand sonnets I wrote for you
one thousand “I love you” I have said to you
are nothing compared to the love you have given me.


Short sonnet poem by Doris Culverhouse | Go to this short poem

Wanting

Need
Revisited before and again
Dreams as pain
Longing like rain
On desert's dry sand,
Breeze in the heat
Refresh and hope
Words come like rain, flowing so naturally
Puzzle together a Monet
A sonnet
Wanting a dream come true.


Short sonnet poem by Raul Moreno | Go to this short poem

Morning Odes

On wings of sunlight, Enchanting sonnets of peace; Composed by the morn. · Rustled by the leaves, Carried by the footless winds: Echoed by the breeze. · Poems of the dawn, Written by the morning dew: Passionate...fresh odes.


Short sonnet poem by Michelle Mac Donald | Go to this short poem

Poet Tree

A leaf that tumbles in the air
And drifts upon the ground.
A person who sighs and smiles
With eyes that speak no sound.
Poetry is rooted in the earth,
And flies upon the wind.
It is not a sonnet nor a verse,
It’s a feeling from within.



Short sonnet poem by Rick Parise | Go to this short poem

Joy Through Suffering

______________ In this trial of lessons fared for wisdom aquire though pain lay near with a tear a spirit rejoice for through thy storm blue sky appear ___________________________ A Solitary Sonnetist Contest


Short sonnet poem by Johnette Loefgren | Go to this short poem

the Second Time Around

  Take time ,
sweetly burning
pass our days
through the dew
of bright memories,
in a flight of prisms
guilded with a quiet desire,

Write 
golden thoughts
soft 
with aged words,
old sonnets
brought to life
again 
on 
the new page
of our love.


Short sonnet poem by Sara Kendrick | Go to this short poem

Just For Fun

Rhyme Royal is half as long as sonnet
Maybe more intriguing for brevity
What can be written from under bonnet
With only seventy syllables, test one's ability
Writing rhyme royal during aridity
The C rhymes could be a short summary
New idea to share that's arbitrary


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

YOU HAVE MAIL

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

ONE ode
TWO sonnet
THREE limerick
FOUR fibonacci
FIVE epinikion
SIX diminished hexaverse---

SEVEN epithalamium
EIGHT prothalamium
NINE epulaeryu
TEN crystalline
ELEVEN haiku
TWELVE rhyme

and a ps


Short sonnet poem by J B | Go to this short poem

pen

you want to carve a fountain pen
with your hands in your wood shop
for me to write my poetry
in beautiful flowing script
you ask that with this pen I write
my poems and sonnets for you
I'm not ready for that kind of promise
we'll have to wait to see what the future brings


Short sonnet poem by MC MC | Go to this short poem

O Come to Me

O Come to Me
Sea of Tranquility

Thou art Lillies
Thou art  Trees
Thou art Lilacs
Thou art a Breeze

O Come to Me 
Sea of Tranquility

Thou art Sonnets
Thou art a Rose
Thou art  Lyrics
Thou art Sky-bows

O Come to Me
Sea of Tranquility


Copyright McCCuen 2009


Short sonnet poem by Ernesto P. Santiago | Go to this short poem

Poetry, Craving...


‘Bout
you, I’ve 
penned so much, 

my
fingers 
ache, typing
 
in 
countless 
forms, such as:

rhyme, sonnet, acrostic,

verse,
quatrain,
and free-verse---

just
to name 
a few, though 

they’ve
bled, but 
not fed up 

...from craving, for your lips!


Short sonnet poem by chris bowen | Go to this short poem

body earth

girls want some jerk to whats worth the picks on strings,many things give wings 
but this,this is free,body earth allowing me my girth,without worth do i splert the 
four corners of viona's and belong to a song sonnet,be on it,this train aint 
stoppin.no more floor moppin,right,cuz?


Short sonnet poem by daver austin | Go to this short poem

DREAM CATCHER (for Andrea)

DREAM CATCHER (for Andrea)

Lover of the sonnet she
And fond also of Etheree
Has her certain way with words
That one may catch semantically

I ken she is a kindred soul
Our lineal eddies mingle    flow
And seek out those who listen close
That we all might dream-catching go
 


Short sonnet poem by MC MC | Go to this short poem

Verse Lines

Verse lines designed to delight
O, how these can ev'r cure
 the sorrows in the night
A sonnet to slip you into a dream
A limerick for laughs and a healthful beam
your soulful eye yearning to dance away defeats
as you hustle to absorb the rhymes and little upbeats.


Copyright McCuen 2008


Short sonnet poem by stephen clarke | Go to this short poem

Albatross


 
Masterfully mounting ocean winds 
unperturbed by turbulence.
Vibrant in the charcoal skies, 
looming o'er cream tipped surf.
Hear his song a shrill sonnet, 
a beckon to those lost at sea.
He pilots only eyes observant,
a luminescent visual cue.
Ushering hapless tide swept souls
 
Into the lands embrace


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

A sonnet-my God for me

A SONNET-My God for me
My God for me-
set me free
never cease
to bring me peace

My God for me-
eyes to see
truth,from lies
or hope-less lives

My God for me-
life anew
wholesness,joy
none can destroy

My God for me...
Hung on a tree

inspires by phrase from C Rossetti's poem-Long Barren


Short sonnet poem by Thomas Stanton | Go to this short poem

Donald, who wrote me a sonnet


 Epiphany 

I 

Was 

Born 

An 

Insect 

Resurrected 

Mind 

A 

Shell 

Military 

Eye 

Ebb 

So 

 

Wanda 

Sauce 

On 

The 

Salad 

And 

Rye 

Nibbling 

Every 

Little 

Wafer 

Comes 

By 

Nights 

Blue 

Twigh light 

You 

Knew


Short sonnet poem by Anthony Onyeka | Go to this short poem

charles melody

I know a charles called melody
like the melody in my heart
the ink in my pen
A lighten ink
to ignite their passion 
A passion for change
the man in the center 
He's not a mentor
but an icon 
he bears the mark of the most highe
people call him charlse
but i call him sir
these is just a sonnet
but for him charlse melody


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

A Mutual passion

No words, can true love express,
nor verse,fine sonnet or song,
the need,the longing to give;
No touch, can true love relieve,
nor kiss,cuddle or caress
the desire,to quench this fire
to have,receive and believe;
No comfort,can true love keep,
in letter or token lock
our longing to receive.


Brian Romance  22 Dec 11


Short sonnet poem by Katherine Stella | Go to this short poem

Tall Tales

With muse in hand I must come up with great stories
That it keeps it's seeker longing for more of it's caption
free verse sonnet haiku or just stopping on by
I'm sure that there's something you may find very interesting




Tribute To Writers Here At
P.S.

Also Entry For 
Brian Strand's
Poulter's Measure
GL All


Short sonnet poem by Matt Ancient | Go to this short poem

A sonnet of love


As the lion searches for it prey 
So have i long for thee 
Sorry my anger drove you away 
For with you behind me 
Made me more comfortable 
Why did i act a fool 
You are adorable 
But i betrayed you 
I was carried away 
Like a feather 
I was discourage 
By the bad weather 
You were a good pair 
But i did not treat you fair


Short sonnet poem by Brian Strand | Go to this short poem

kuhlmann-SPRING

Come Day:warmth,white,blooms:
                                            at play


kuhlmann is a verse poem of two phrases interspered with three related monosyllabic stem-
words(nouns,adjectives etc)with an integral title.The label and form is derived from the 
baroque poet Qiorinus Kuhlmann's sonnet form Love-kiss XLI


Short sonnet poem by Keith Bickerstaffe | Go to this short poem

Shades

the order of the iambic pentameter,
the chaos of the totally unmetrical,
the logical conception of a piece by Bach,
the frenzied wailing of the later John Coltrane,
the predictability of the sonnet form,
the convoluted voices of free verse,
the yin the yang, the shade the sheen,
and all the vibrant shades that lie between!


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