Gershon Wolf Poet Sonnet

I Think I'Ll Try To Write a Sonnet Now

I think I'll try to write a sonnet now
They say it takes a while to learn the ropes
Yet while it's true that no one's taught me how
Still something deep inside me whispers, "Hope!"

I'll seek a subject that will reach one's soul
Like faith or love, or flower's bloom in spring
The meter and the rhyme should surely flow
While metaphors and similes need ring

The start must grab the reader, hold him fast
So that his blood is coursing through his veins
Engage him from the first word to the last
Addressing his emotions and his brains

I see it's almost time this sonnet ends
Hope you've enjoyed this poem, dearest friend 



             ~ Iambic Pentameter ~

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Caren Krutsinger October 19, 2020 at 1:19 PM I think you wrote an amazing sonnet my friend!

Heidi Sands October 16, 2020 at 2:35 PM I enjoyed this for sure Gershon. Well done! :) Gershon Wolf October 17, 2020 at 6:38 PM Thank you for letting me know, Heidi. Here's to a happy weekend. :) gw

John Watt October 15, 2020 at 6:14 PM GW, it appears we're on the same wavelength again... I just wrote a sonnet about writing a sonnet. Hope to post it later tonight (busy watching baseball now). Personally, i like yours better! I really enjoyed reading this, and I hope you write many more. A Fav. God be with you ~ John Gershon Wolf October 17, 2020 at 6:45 PM Let's play three. If doubleheaders are only 14 innings, let's make triple-headers 5 innings apiece, 15 innings total. Why not? Bring back Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal, and they can pitch all three. Remember that 1-0 16-inning duel between them in 1961 or so? Wow! Spahn won, and he was over 40. Today if they go 5 innings, they get a quality start... Signs of the times... Go, Cubs and Sox! :) John Watt October 16, 2020 at 1:29 PM I like the way you think, GW. Baseball sonnet is now in the bullpen warming up, lol ~ "Let's play two!" (Mr. Cub) Gershon Wolf October 16, 2020 at 6:20 AM Thank you so much for the FAVE, John. Always an honor for me... As for sonnets, how about a baseball sonnet from your talented pen. You say that it's not about love? -- Oh, but it is!! Awaiting your masterpiece... ~ Peanuts and Crackerjacks