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A sonnet is a form of lyric poem made popular by poets such as William Shakespeare. Sonnets consist of 14 lines that usually have one or more conventional rhyme schemes, but there is more to a sonnet. What is sonnet in poetry (complete definition)?
Love Story
My voice was mute like featherless songbirds,
without vocal chords to sing doting tunes.
Sleeping spirit yearned for amorous words,
composing twin flames to ignite from fumes.
Glance of her eyes and embers kindled bright,
like gold moonlight kissing indigo...
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love,
Form: Sonnet
Love“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.”
—Sophocles, Greek Poet
Love
The strong intensity, of primal love,
He’d tossed from a tree, choice gift from above.
She caught the apple in...
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love,
Form: Sonnet
Amor Vincit OmniaHer day is passed in sweet insouciance,
my own debilitated by this pain:
I lack all satisfaction: no disdain
is motivating her. No piercing glance,
no hurtful word, contemptuous, askance,
perturbs my consciousness. Against the grain,
she wounds me by her...
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love,
Form: Sonnet
Love
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.
The word is love” - Sophocles, Greek Poet
Walking on lone path, wind in wasteland paves,
reach shimmering sea where cobalt dusts drip.
Embraced, I...
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Categories:
analogy, love, uplifting,
Form: Sonnet
ConfidenceCruel fate has twisted and bent your shape?
Your DNA has cast you as you are?
There is no way you can ever escape
The parental abuse which left a scar?
You're tired of ev'ry guru and preacher,
Who for...
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Categories:
confidence, identity,
Form: Sonnet
Short Letter to myselfHey girl!
Sleeping with a heavy heart still?
Unquestionably, I understant!
I understand the anxiety,
the pain, the depression
of things not going your way.
Unquestionably, I understand!
I understand the weight,
the suffocation, the desolation.
But hold up still,
Wipe off tears still,
And Hit...
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Categories:
anxiety, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Sonnet
Love~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tanked temps pools inky smears ere striking lights,
nightstand shelved as bed post warming invites,
facade postpones ceiling beams gold strike streaks,
soleless soul flits swarming countenance cheeks,
dance preps off-Broadway show and a bit more,
mirror laughs hushed, smiles aloud, assured score.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hogwarts...
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Categories:
allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Sonnet
SONNET FOR PRECIOUS PLANETCan we not show some love for Planet Earth
for it is suffering from our brutal way?
From it we plunder everything of worth
as our numbers grow more and more each day.
We turn resources to polluting waste
that...
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Categories:
earth, environment, planet,
Form: Sonnet
Spring
Categories:
appreciation, seasons, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Love Sonnet"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
-Sophocles, Greek poet
One word unties all the shackles and pains
Of a world that's spiced with bitter and...
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love,
Form: Sonnet
PESKY INSECTSWe see them as an enemy to kill
Cos they eat crops and spread disease galore.
But soon their numbers we’ll reduce to nil.
Using new pesticides we’ll declare war
And so these evil ones will disappear.
We spray and...
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Categories:
nature,
Form: Sonnet
manifest destinymanifest destiny
pros say 'tain't reasonable expecting
change overnight involving much money
besides military needs more funding
to destroy north bear and make days sunny
peace is not exceptional agenda
when free market needs secret stimulus
what you expecting us to surrenda
this...
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Categories:
america, anti bullying, conflict,
Form: Sonnet
LOVE"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
Sophocles, Greek Poet
Love is a sparkling flame that guides and leads
Lending a divine spark to all our deeds
It is...
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Categories:
appreciation, love,
Form: Sonnet
FOXGLOVE AND BEEI love to watch the purple petal bell
When it attracts the buzzing bumble bee.
Being tempted by the sweet nectar smell
He squeezes in to claim a meal that’s free.
On his...
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Categories:
nature,
Form: Sonnet
Love"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." Sophocles, Greek Poet
In a garden of whispering twilight
Silent love story swiftly sprouts and grows
The lilies sway with secrets each...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Sonnet Poems
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