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Sonnet In Bondage

My sonnet has the temper of a screaming child because I'll not allow it to run free and wild Mired on a pad, it damns me. "I want to fly free!" "You're not ready," I whisper. "Put your trust in me." It cried, trying to hold on to its pregnant dreams blaming me for aborting expressive rhyme schemes "Ask your muse to find more decorous selections." On her advice, I began to make corrections. I purged all the rhetoric and made a new start resulting in the birth of a sonnet with heart I danced for freedom I'd granted to my verses No longer do I hear the yowling of curses I will continue to write with a pliant quill and an open mind with the ink I choose to spill

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Mark Koplin

Date: 9/13/2021 12:31:00 PM

Nice one Jenna!

Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2021 4:21:00 AM

Thanks, Mark.

John Gondolf

Date: 9/3/2021 5:28:00 AM

Nicely done, Jenna, I enjoyed reading this cleverly written piece. It seems that lately my muse has totally abandoned me. Have a great holiday! Hugs, John

Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2021 4:21:00 AM

Replying to these wasn't working 3 months ago, and they're still not in the right place, but I hope your muse has returned. Thanks, John.

Joanna Daniel

Date: 9/2/2021 2:16:00 AM

A superb sonnet on writing one, Jenna, hope you are doing well:)

Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2021 4:20:00 AM

Thanks, Jo.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 8/29/2021 7:15:00 PM

Delightful fun. Bravo! Hugs Rick. Thanks for your visit. Hugs Rick.

Jenna Logan
Date: 12/2/2021 4:19:00 AM

Thanks a lot, Rick.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 8/26/2021 12:23:00 PM

OH OH ... LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Such a creative masterpiece.. genius!!! A fav. God bless you lady. Love, Gina

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 3:29:00 PM

I appreciate your kudos, Gina. Thank you.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 8/26/2021 11:49:00 AM

A muse that is not amused can be of great benefit! Enjoyed!

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 11:54:00 AM

She'd had enough and wanted out, so I obliged her. lol Thanks for reading me and giving your thoughts, Rico.

Jenna Logan

Date: 8/26/2021 11:32:00 AM

NOTICE: All of my replies to commenters are insisting on showing up as a new comment. A glitch or a gremlin?

David Kavanagh

Date: 8/26/2021 9:28:00 AM

A temperamental imaginative write here Jenna, the maternal language works so well developing the sonnet, whilst bringing it to fruition with the muse in parallel, exquisite poetry, cheers David

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 11:31:00 AM

Thanks, David. I'm not sure which of us invoked the mother figure here, but it all worked out for the best in the end. lol Thank you for the glowing remarks.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 8/26/2021 8:18:00 AM

Marvelous sonnet, I say. Jenna, you have expressed so well the struggle that often goes on between the muse, the quill, and the poet. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 8/26/2021 6:05:00 PM

Jenna, though I didn't have it specifically in mind, I suspect that your poem subconsciously contributed to my latest poem, "Poetry," which consumed a good deal of my time today.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 11:30:00 AM

Thank you for enjoying my sonnet, Milt. I haven't written one in a while, so perhaps my muse served me well. I appreciate the comments.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 8/26/2021 8:10:00 AM

Good for the muse to dictate to you what you should write. Wish I had a dictator for me too. Hugs.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 11:28:00 AM

There are times when that voice whispering in our ear needs to be heard. Thanks very much, Victor.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 8/26/2021 7:07:00 AM

Now this is one that Bill would be impressed with Jenna.lol Keep spilling your talented ink. Tom

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 11:55:00 AM

Thank you!

Tom Cunningham
Date: 8/26/2021 7:51:00 AM

Haha love your comment me lady.

Jenna Logan
Date: 8/26/2021 7:28:00 AM

Salutations, Sir Thomas. Thou are most generous with felicitations. To be found worthy of impressing the one true bard is an accolade to prevent my well from running dry. lol Thanks, Tom.