Whence Are Sonnets Sung, Full-Throated and Deep

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"Behold, I am a herald of the lightning, and a heavy drop from the cloud: but this lightning is called Superman." —Friedrich Nietzsche, from “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”


Whence are sonnets sung, full-throated and deep,
     with bars of dulcet bliss sweetly echoing;
how inspired rhymes, so happily tuned, make thee weep
     within thine innermost, and lofty, being?

Such work of genius the divine inspires,
     so purely expressed are those lines profound,
that through the ages light Avalon's sacred pyre,
     and lift the lover's heart to realms heaven-bound.

But what Muse's audience can godlings know,
     tap powers bane, and forces pro-elliptic;
or with mind, bolts of inspired lightning throw,
     work miracles through prophets hypo-manic?

These strange, rare, bizarre, but beautiful minds,
are lightning loosed from superhuman kinds!

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Date: 3/22/2025 10:13:00 AM
This is beyond beautiful, and so soulfully moving how youv written this sonnet with such brilliant cadence and in such a captivating rhythm. I love also the rhymes. I especially love “ What such work of art can genius then inspire, through lines so purely expressed with profound words for the ages that light Cupid on fire, and lovers' conflagrations heaven-bound!?” And the title is catchy! Exquisite and heartfelt along with your quote! Pleasure reading this! Sending you light
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Date: 3/24/2025 6:21:00 AM
Thank you so very much for your warmth and glowing praise for my sonnet, Ink Empress! Your encouraging words of admiration and adulation are indeed some of the most beautiful expressions of love and encomium for any of my poems in recent times. And, for that, I am both very delighted and grateful to you more than you know. ~Ngoc
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