Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

Desert of Overcast Blues

Desert Of Overcast Blues

I walked in a desert of overcast blues
sandy undertow wicked and laced with red rust.
Old , worn-out and sad are my feeble trekking shoes
yet onward with flowing tide travel I must.

Treading bastions of false hope and scary tales
heaped with desperate tales I did so want to hear.
Oceans of sweet soothing lies bigger than blue whales
and me unable to stop running from my fear.

Where scolding shadows cry out my deepest regrets
red dust pulling me down into a darkened pit.
There hellish madhouse laughs and wins all futile bets
cutting into my lost soul with every hard hit.

Longing for days, when mere boulders stood in my path.
Begging relief from night's cuts of demonic wrath.

Robert J. Lindley, 5-03-2016

Poem Syllable Counter Results
Syllables Per Line: 12 12 12 12 0 12 12 12 12 0 12 12 12 12 0 12 12
Total # Syllables: 168
Total # Lines: 18 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically: N/A
Total # Words: 124

Sonnet, 12 on 12....

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Tom Quigley May 11, 2016 at 7:32 AM Great sonnet. Your use of colors really paints a vivid emotional landscape.

Jannie Breedt May 11, 2016 at 2:55 AM it seems we both share a desert! Powerful images, lovely write.

Vera Duggan May 10, 2016 at 11:24 PM Terrific sonnet Robert, sounds like our Nullabour Desert which is a long red desert dusty Road between Western Australia and New South Wales, hope you are well, take care.......Vera

Becca Teagan May 10, 2016 at 10:01 PM Wow this is an awesome sonnet! Very nice.

Sara Kendrick May 10, 2016 at 7:22 PM Enjoyed reading your work..Way to go..Sara

Jill Spagnola May 10, 2016 at 5:53 PM Oh, I forgot INCREDIBLE is the journey, you're needed persist:)

Jill Spagnola May 10, 2016 at 5:51 PM Robert, if that isn't a ~7, than I haven't read one yet! A sonnet to boot! I have yet to master. My goodness the ire you stir up inside my insides!!!!Carpe Diem I insist your cutting imagery has brought me to cease and desist!!I'll not read anymore today, for me this piece has transcended all today!!:), :). may love and light and every Angel with a free wing surround you and yours always, jill