Craig Cornish Poet Sonnet

Moonlight on Meadows

Now starved of sleep I watch the shadows creep,
this selfish heart now seething with desire,
beats and beats - relentless thrums grow deep-
they hide, oh how they hide inside the fire!
Then...peaceful in the meadow is this gloom,
in lunar lumen's self-defining light,
that cowers from the truth that dwells at noon
in one forgotten moment of its flight.
Precocious shadows sweep the slumbered fields,
like children of the day that tease the sun,
to loose the resurrection that it yields
while owls of conscience watch which way I run.
    As moonlit meadows wander in my dreams,
    my peaceful posture's not quite what it seems...

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Jerry T Curtis October 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM This is an awesome piece beautifully done

Andrea Dietrich September 13, 2024 at 6:02 AM Very beautiful and well deserved win.

Crystol Woods September 6, 2024 at 12:06 PM "that cowers from the truth that dwells at noon" Brilliant! What darkness hides, light reveals. Congratulations!!!!! Xo

Lin Lane September 6, 2024 at 5:45 AM A very well written Sonnet with just the right amount of Alliteration so as not to make it taxing to read, Craig. "Precocious shadows sweep the slumbered fields"... that's poetic sagacity. Craig Cornish September 6, 2024 at 7:01 AM Thanks so much Lin!

Ink Empress September 5, 2024 at 5:13 AM Dear craig, the way you express and write is so achingly touching and beautiful! To the heart and soul of the reader! Brilliant flow and cadence as well as rhymes are on point! I love your subtle use of alliterations as well as the way youv written “ this selfish heart now seething with desire,l ah the depth there! “ children of the day that tease the sun,” soulfully moving and the ending is impeccable! As always emanates that evocative touch i find in your words! Congratulations on your win. A fave this is for me Craig Cornish September 5, 2024 at 4:20 PM You're a gem Inky....!

Suzanne Delaney August 18, 2024 at 7:56 AM Beautifully captured, Craig: Hard to turn our minds off at night with so much in them. A real feeling of elusive dreams and that feeling of not having slept much. Best, SuZ Craig Cornish August 20, 2024 at 1:34 PM Right there Dear Suz - thank you!