Susan Woodrow Poet Sonnet

Sol Invictus

Hollow odes lament where waves crash depthless

Oh! How ocean lacking light spills woe so!

Lackluster grays wail unkempt longingness

Lone stander bleeds the dreams of times ago

  

 O'er the screaming wind, a seagull's bleak cries

weeps of cloudiness usurping the day

Heaven's warmth obscured, and now coldness vies, 

overwhelming where vast emptiness slays

  

Left purposeless, wavering dark takes hold

looping tight a lynch-like corrosive noose

Otiose life sucks vim where sharks enfold,

wrecked in sunless abyss of night let loose

  

But Sol, unconquerable, beams once more

and the lighthouse sings, full of birds from shore!

  

(6/10/18)

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Joe Maverick February 16, 2022 at 10:42 AM I have tried to add more on my blog, as to Morrissons junta.' He has ceased to run a Lawful government now he sent, he sent' so called army/police into the protestors camp Women and children witnessed these thugs Run to a 72 year old man on a deckchair and Pepper spray him full in the face causing him a Heart attack and hospitalization its all videoed They don't care' he doesn't care.) that to me is terrorisam. ' Susan Woodrow February 16, 2022 at 3:58 PM I googled it and there was a time I knew the prime ministers of the leading Commonwealth countries...now I don't know much at all as the news is so depressing - that's sad and is terrorism for sure.

Joe Maverick February 16, 2022 at 10:19 AM Hello Susan, this is very visceral write deeply Evocative, encouraging thought from the reader Leading intelligent interaction by study And I must say even I enjoyed the bright end As balance to the darker tide ides you put Down in the main body.' Susan Woodrow February 16, 2022 at 3:51 PM thank you Joe...glad you enjoyed it.. there's always the hope for happy endings :)

L Milton Hankins December 17, 2021 at 9:27 PM Susan, this is such a fine, well-written sonnet. I love the way the lines flow so smoothly, and your rhyme scheme is marvelous. Excellent job; good writing. Susan Woodrow December 17, 2021 at 9:49 PM thank you Milt...it's a repost for the sonnet contest :)