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For Miltonic Sonnet Contest sponsored by: Craig Cornish

Awarded: FIRST PLACE

The Miltonic Sonnet is:
A quatorzain, enjambment is used to tighten the sonnet,
leaving 14 lines unbroken by stanzas.

It doesn't have to be one sentence but mostly use enjambment
metered, iambic pentameter
Petrarchan rhyme scheme abbaabbacdecde
pivot evolves slowly after line 8

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The Memoir

Here in the final pages of her life			
She stops to rest a spell on empty lines		
Reflecting on the chapters left behind		
In valleys of a mind deep in contrite		
Where shadows battle with a blinding light		
Conflicting egos fighting on through time		
Their argument life’s reason and life’s rhyme	
They battle for the end that she must write	  	
Two equal pens held tightly in her hand		
Tears mingle with the ink spots on the page			
One pen telling truth one pen telling lies		
Her bleeding words like footprints in the sand		
On lines between a novice and a sage					
One pen she puts to death before she dies

                     ~~~
	
Author:  Elaine Cecelia George
Written: April 20th, 2014

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Robert Lawrence

Date: 3/20/2015 4:00:00 PM

awesome man, you have the gift of words.

John Lawless

Date: 7/5/2014 2:23:00 PM

WOW....just reading some poems that I missed and came upon this gem. I think I shall remember that last line every time I sit to write another poem. Belated congrats on he win.

Pandita Sietesantos

Date: 5/16/2014 11:11:00 AM

Congratulations on a well-deserved win!

Michael Dom

Date: 5/15/2014 4:01:00 AM

This is brilliant to me. Congratulations Elaine George.

Elaine George
Date: 5/15/2014 5:10:00 AM

Thank you so much for your very kind comment, Michael. Lainie

Michael Dom
Date: 5/15/2014 4:01:00 AM

fav.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 5/14/2014 3:52:00 PM

wow, a very profound one and I see it did first place in Craig's contest. big congrats to you, Elaine!

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 5/13/2014 8:13:00 PM

A wonderful return..I admire your work so much. BG

Elaine George
Date: 5/14/2014 5:40:00 AM

Thank you for your very kind comment, Barbara. It is nice to be here again among friends. Lainie

Joyce Johnson

Date: 5/13/2014 7:57:00 PM

Congratulations on great poem and win. Love, Joyce

Elaine George
Date: 5/14/2014 5:29:00 AM

Thank you dear Joyce. Lainie

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 5/13/2014 7:28:00 PM

Very very deep! So nice to read your work again Laine. Congrad's on your win Light & Love

Elaine George
Date: 5/14/2014 5:28:00 AM

Thanks Deb. it is nice to be here again among kindred spirits. Lainie

David Mohn

Date: 5/13/2014 6:58:00 PM

Congrats Elaine…I can see why Craig set this above all the rest. It is so smooth yet so conflicted…beautiful writing – thanks also for your kind comments on mine

Elaine George
Date: 5/14/2014 5:27:00 AM

Thank you for you kind comments, David. Lainie

Roy Jerden

Date: 5/13/2014 2:52:00 PM

Ahhh! Now THIS is poetry! Loved the Ying and Yang conflict here and the mystery at the end. I see some folks think truth survived, but I disagree. Diaries should be burned, not read.

Elaine George
Date: 5/14/2014 5:26:00 AM

Thank you for your very kind comments, Roy. Lainie

Carrie Richards

Date: 5/13/2014 1:53:00 PM

First of all, it is with such pleasure to see your name. I've always admired your poetry, Elaine, and some of us who have been here a long time, have roots in Poetry Soup..... The melancholy feel of this one, I think is real, rich with depth of true disappointment, but also rich with beautiful insight into oneself. You are so gifted!