Robert Lindley Poet Sonnet

Fate, Imagination and Dreams

Fate, Imagination and Dreams

Failing in life, there can be but one thought
self contempt for roads not rightly chosen.
What of Fate's power that can not be bought?
Life is a stream seldom ever frozen.
To each fish its a world of contentment,
racing maze filled with all that is needed.
No past bringing on dark, self resentment,
we can change fate if wisdom is heeded.

We are not mere fish so easily led,
instead we are walking, talking creatures.
Striving to maintain dreams in each clear head,
imagination one of our features.
Could fierce spirit ever bear such deep cut,
as pleasures whose doors were so soundly shut?

Robert J. Lindley, 2-29-2016

Syllables Per Line:	
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
Total # Syllables:	140
Total # Lines:	15 (Including empty lines)
Words with (syllables) counted programmatically:	
Total # Words:	106

Note: Can our Fate be changed by any of us?
Or is it a sealed deal from birth to the day we die?

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James Inman March 3, 2016 at 9:08 AM Lovely sonnet Robert.

Tom Quigley March 1, 2016 at 11:20 AM Very nice. But can we get where we're going if we've made a wrong turn or two? Or six?

Keith Bickerstaffe February 29, 2016 at 6:58 PM That is the question my friend... can our fate indeed be changed? A splendid sonnet so well contrived and expressed! Best wishes, Keith