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The HexSonnetta Form was created by me more than seven years ago. Here is the link to Shadowpoetry forms and its description if you are interested in trying one!

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/hexsonnetta.html

The poet’s world I’d read about in English class has faded, and alas! It’s very nearly dead. Its golden notes have fled Like blooms from winter’s grass. I’m in a modern time where poets’ lines run free. Although there’s imagery, there’s little use for rhyme, and what was once sublime is now shunned poetry. I long for grass turned cold again to blossom gold. May 22, 2017 For John Hamilton's 'Best rhyming poem May-July 2017' Poetry Contest See "About Poem" for definition of this HexSonnetta form.

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Sneha Rv

Date: 8/7/2017 10:16:00 AM

How pretty! I love how you used this form and the message of this poem. Congratulations on your wonderful win :))

Afzal Nusker

Date: 8/6/2017 11:05:00 PM

So true...so very true. Love this poem, Andrea. Congrats!

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/6/2017 8:36:00 PM

Congratulations on your win Andrea. I want to try this form as soon as I can get some extra time. This poem is very beautiful : )

John Hamilton

Date: 8/6/2017 3:39:00 PM

Great rhymes Andrea, so true modernists feel non rhyming is superior, but we know better, rhymes will never go out of style for me, great win!

Robert Lindley

Date: 7/4/2017 10:13:00 AM

This truly magnificent gem addressing the sad reality of what modern publishers are demanding. To me such action is akin to shooting holes in ones own boat. Your sonnet, sets in me in awe, with its depth, flow, message, heart and rhyme! A fav!!!! TOP CLASS...

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 6/21/2017 11:41:00 AM

Very nice. So I see now that it's still fourteen lines, but six syllables per rather than ten. I've written it on my list of things to attempt in addition to Ottava Rima and my sonnet. I'm back in school all over again!

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 6/21/2017 10:22:00 PM

It's my own invented form, DAle, but I was noticing that many people have tried it already on other websites. I was quite surprised that it has been tried by more than a few folks!!

White Wolf

Date: 6/19/2017 7:54:00 PM

I wanted to check out your latest sonnet, Andrea! What a gem! I'm going to check out that link now! Thank you very much! I just love the sonnet form and hope that one day I'll do it justice! But learning is half the fun! Enjoy your day/night

Robert Lindley

Date: 6/19/2017 8:21:00 AM

I would fav this gem if I never fav'éd another by any poet here. Never let it be said that you are not a true poet and a fine sonneteer too.. Love your note and agree in its sad, sad truth. This shunning of rhyme and even classic poetry of old, is a sad tale/reality and borne of folly in my opinion as both are core parts of poetic foundation. This I believe with all my heart and soul.

Robert Warlov

Date: 5/30/2017 12:09:00 PM

An artist friend once told me that art is a game with no rules. Billy Shake broke the rules. The Vatican considered English crude; the language of the unwashed masses. So? So write 'till lightning strikes!

Dale Gregory Cozart

Date: 5/28/2017 1:05:00 PM

I like the meter of this very much.

Jennifer Walker

Date: 5/26/2017 2:54:00 PM

Rhyme is sublime. Also rhythm, it creates a song in my head.

Vladislav Raven

Date: 5/25/2017 8:00:00 PM

Hi Andrea, i love rhyming poetry, i think people may like free verse better for it is easier and it does give you more scope within a write. Although that does seem very funny for many people only like short poetry also. I'm just old fashioned i guess. An excellent write Andrea, showcasing your poetic skill again. Your poetry does blossom gold in all you do. I do like to try many different forms these days but i like to return to rhyme. A 7 and fave. Hugs....Mike. XX

Pashang Salehi

Date: 5/23/2017 7:31:00 PM

Another magnificent sonnet...

Pashang Salehi
Date: 5/25/2017 2:59:00 AM

I don’t write a poem without any rhyme The poem with no rhyme is just a wasted time.... Here we go I said it... they can blame me..

Carol B.

Date: 5/23/2017 4:50:00 PM

Andrea, That is really neat that you created a new poetry form. I will have to try and write some poems in rhyme. :)

Jack Horne

Date: 5/23/2017 4:02:00 PM

yes, sadly so true that rhyming poetry is 'out of fashion' - I prefer reading & writing rhyming verse

Semih Bilgic

Date: 5/23/2017 11:50:00 AM

Nice and very important a poem

Wilfred Aniagyei

Date: 5/23/2017 11:32:00 AM

It's nice to know there exist some blessed souls who hold the dying art, not in its adulterated form... But its pure golden beauty. Thank you, Andrea

Probir Gupta

Date: 5/23/2017 9:20:00 AM

Beautifully said in rhyme about the modern trend in favour of nonrhymed prose poems ... though this very poem of yours can be be made a nice prose by just combining the lines ... So powerfully beautiful ...

Darren White

Date: 5/23/2017 2:28:00 AM

You are indeed right about that Free Verse and publishers. I enjoy writing Free Verse, but I like my rhyming poetry as well. I have however only sent in Free Verse poems to contests for that reason. I love your HexSonnetta (trimeter) sonnet. It is beautiful Andrea, and I wish you good luck in the contest. And... I LOVE to write sonnets ;)

Kudzai Mhangwa

Date: 5/23/2017 2:04:00 AM

That's so beautiful Andrea! Well done

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/22/2017 10:24:00 PM

A wonderful example of your form Andrea. It should do well in the contest. : ) 7

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 8/5/2017 8:26:00 PM

it didn't . hahaha.