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I am cleaning out my junk drawer
It's been on my list to do
My junk is over-flowing
It's now long past over-due
Inside is my collection
Of things I sometimes use
Bits and nails and thumbtacks
And a dozen odd-size screws
There's a hammer and some pliers
And a pair of worn-out snips
Rubber bands in many sizes
And a load of paper clips
Two broken pair of glasses
That I should have thrown away
I put them there three years ago
Swore I'd fix them both one day
A dull blade pair of scissors
And an un-used long nail file
Pens and pencils and two note pads
And an eraser, look-like crocodile
I keep finding things inside my drawer
That I swear I've never used
This junk has left me addle-pated
Oh my God, I'm so...(((CONFUSED)))
'Form J- Just Write Me A New Poem' Poetry Contest
Sponsor Constance La France
3/22/2022
Rejection of worldly goods has been seen
as means for spiritual growth, to lead
a life in balance with HIS will, to wean
every material thing with no greed.
It's said, the poverty of spirit freed
one to empty of self so that HE can
fill with life and love. Prayers to HIM lead
to grow each one of us in our life span.
Spiritual poverty frees one man
from anxiety about future. But
we shouldn't forget the fact, worldly "things" can
not make us rich to HIM, one can't rebut.
True satisfaction comes from HIM; Increase
in one's worth can't bring lasting inner peace.
~X~X~X~
The Spenserian Sonnet was named for Edmund Spenser 1552-1599, a 16th century English Poet.
Beyond the prerequisite for all sonnets, the elements of the Spenserian Sonnet are:
-A quatorzain made up of 3 Sicilian quatrains (4 lines alternating rhyme) and ending in a rhyming couplet
-Metric, primarily iambic pentameter.
-Rhymed, rhyme scheme ababbcbccdcdee.
-Composed with a volta (a non physical gap) or pivot (a shifting or tilting of the main line of thought) sometime after the 2nd quatrain. The epiphany is arrived at logically.
-Written with each quatrain developing a metaphor, conflict, idea or question, and the end declamatory couplet providing the resolution.
Pated from http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/forums/topic/1044-spenserian-sonnet/
Thanks to Judi Van Gorder for the resource at Poetry Magnum Opus Site.
Fed-up folks donned bearskins and hibernated
Woke up twenty years later, a bit addle-pated
They figured they'd outlived the worst
But on their devices a blurb so terse
Vote for Ivanka, she's expiated; unlike Hunter, who's dissipated