Wreathing Sonnet

Past portraits of ancestral knowing
keep our knowing alive through folk lore,
traditional lore is still showing,
habits showing convention before.
Observance comes before each pathway,
bygone pathway shows how we live now,
what manifests now is our new day,
where each day displays what fates allow.
Customs allow us our connection,
our connection to past is esteemed,
ancestors esteemed by protection,
the protection of what we have dreamed.
We achieve what we dreamed at long last
made to last through the rites of our past.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 10/30/2010 8:47:00 AM
Congratulations on your third place win with this wonderful Sonnet. Caryl
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Date: 10/28/2010 3:58:00 PM
Congratulations on your win..Sara
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Date: 10/27/2010 4:04:00 PM
Well thank you all so much! I do not know how the contest things work here, but am pleased you all like my words!
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Date: 10/27/2010 10:59:00 AM
Congratulations Krow on your win in John Freeman's Sonnet contest. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/27/2010 10:27:00 AM
Wonderful sonnet that is really tied so well together with each line-- super congrats on your win, Krow :) -- nikko :)
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Date: 10/27/2010 12:24:00 AM
congrats on your win in the contest Krow, this is so good. Harry
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Date: 10/26/2010 6:17:00 PM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Krow
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Date: 10/26/2010 6:04:00 PM
Krow, you won in John Freeman's Sonnet Contest. Big congratulations. I don't know if I've seen your work before, but I sure am glad I had to read this one. We are all connected to the past. If we are lucky, we learn from history. This poem goes to my favorites. Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 10/26/2010 6:01:00 PM
Um, what win? I know nothing......
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Date: 10/26/2010 5:35:00 PM
Congrats Krow on your big win in Moses contest with this excellent entry luv..enjoy a super win tonight with a sweet victory luv..
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Date: 10/26/2010 5:26:00 PM
Great job you have done Krow with this worthy near th top presentation, worthy of it's honor. Agape, Moses
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Date: 10/22/2010 2:38:00 PM
This is really classic write! I loved it... All the best with your future endeavors Krow
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