Joseph May Poet Sonnet

Forked Tongue Seduction

The forbidden fruit,  in a garden chaste
 Hanging  from  branches of eternity
 Forked tongue seduction, temptation's taste
 From  Eden to outcast , hard to believe
Our destiny becomes mortality
Knowledge of good and evil, we receive

Paradise interrupted, fall from grace
Redemption the solution, it's our hope
Flesh and blood deductions, human race
A lamb to the slaughter,  the full price paid
With dusty conclusions we try to cope
Forgiveness the answer, sacrifice made

The forbidden fruit,  in a garden chaste
Paradise interrupted, fall from grace
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Contest name: Cornish Sonnet
         Sponsor:  Craig Cornish

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Andrea Dietrich March 16, 2014 at 5:05 PM aha, another Cornish sonnet. I have one now but not sure I did it right because his example had different syllable counts for the last two lines compared to the other lines. way to accomplish this. I think it was not easy to write in this form.

Kim Van Breda March 13, 2014 at 2:55 PM That is it--- the all of man in a nutshell. How sad to let God down at such an early stage of the beginning of creation. How awesome that Jesus paid the price for that... unconditionally ! Loved the poem... great write. Xx~Xx

Shadow Hamilton March 13, 2014 at 11:34 AM great pen Joseph gl in contest hugs

Frederic Parker March 12, 2014 at 6:32 PM strong write, funny thing about evil and good, hard to see one without the other, where would the measurement come from, where does good start or evil end? at what point does black and white become gray?