Geoffrey Brewer Poet Sonnet

Sonnets of Tyranny and Freedom

Some say mankind’s a blight upon the Earth
That left alone would be a paradise
But sucks its blood and lays on it a curse
Destined to burn or freeze in waste of ice
 
Cassandra voices preach in latter days
To craven souls, increasing sad despair
In strange alliance then they focus gaze
On tide of opportune chance to ensnare

Emotions raised from hopelessness to rage
Seduced by siren songs assuring virtue
Awarding promises of guilt assuaged
Enabling dominion, cancel, curfew

But do all men to tyranny conspire
Does nature lone and wild itself admire

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Yet there are those perhaps in greater number
With faith, they constitute a wider legion
Then true virtue and goodwill, now in slumber 
May be awakened to become a beacon

Unmired in apathy of victimhood
We humans coexist, sister and brother
With all parts of existence, spurred for good
In co-creative hand, one with another

The world we know, we play part in begetting
Perhaps as agents all, of Providence
A diverse panoply conveys our setting
With free choice to make certain its defence

No! tyranny need not unchecked conspire
Our world could prove a backcloth to admire


N/A in contest: ALL YOURS (MAR 14)

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Christuraj Alex May 7, 2021 at 11:31 PM Congratulations! Geoffrey Brewer May 8, 2021 at 2:47 AM Thank you, Christuraj

William Kelii Kekaula May 7, 2021 at 11:07 PM Opportunity favors hope inspired by those who survived, well-penned, Geoffrey, my gratitude for your participation, and my compliments on your well-deserved placement my friend, Aloha! Geoffrey Brewer May 8, 2021 at 2:46 AM MNy thanks for the placement, and your kind comment, William.

Quoth Theraven March 16, 2021 at 7:55 PM Geoffrey, Quite a challenge in two Sonnets, and quite a feat. I'm also envious of the given name that carries a poet's soul on its own. -Richard Geoffrey Brewer March 29, 2021 at 1:35 AM Ah! But what is more evocative than ‘The Raven’! Thank you Richard.

P.S. Awtry March 14, 2021 at 9:01 AM “May be awakened to become a beacon”—may it be so! I am surprised by how tolerant of tyranny a recently free people are, myself included. I’m afraid that if we don’t begin to speak up/stand up—that it will get much harder to later. Your sonnets are truth and reason and elegance. Geoffrey Brewer March 14, 2021 at 3:12 PM Thank you, Paula. Your comments are always most welcome with your encouragement and perceptive observations.

Quoth Theraven March 13, 2021 at 9:15 PM Geoffrey, 'But do all men to tyranny conspire Does nature lone and wild itself admire'.. It recollects to itself what does, or was, or ever shall be...a brotherhood left shaken, yet standing. -Richard Geoffrey Brewer March 14, 2021 at 1:22 AM Many thanks for your thoughtful feedback, Richard.