Sonnet Light Verse Poems

Haply I think on thee
The lark of wholeness
At break of a new day
Wipes away separation's grip
And rises in recognition of
The sullen stories which
Separate me and...

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N. Hawthorne encouraged us to do anything, something,  (heroic?) even though life brings huge discouragement: "Tell me not, in mournful numbers, that life is...

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good morning

the entry below is a "goshi" format
before anyone makes a comment on the format
for all of us who have posted on various sites
know each...

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Well, I got this aggitation
Running round in my head
Like old man armadillo
In the Missus’ flower beds

You see, a poem’s got a form
Like a critter’s got...

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O' my Lord
I love her, so
And yet I do not even know?
I know not her name

My future flame
A new, the new love of my life
She's...

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Sometimes the well runs dry
The tear fails to repeat
My muse refuses to try
I throw up my hands in defeat

My inertia a mystery to me
I cannot...

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All things can tempt me from composing words
I long to write praising these carefree birds.
A nice sonnet by noon could be achieved,
But first my bladder...

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Hi love

Your love cushions my heart like a soft pillows

Thought of him are like colorful gems held like a rainbow in my hands

AS I cuddle...

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For me you’re the only one… 
I lost you
Life spent all alone
Searching you.
I want to tell you
If I can…
You’re my light
You’re my sky -
On a...

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If rectify means to right a wrong
   Shouldn't singify mean to sing a song
Then again, there's the word, compose
   Which would...

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We are all poets 
In the same boat
The reason we write
Just to stay afloat
There's no other reason
Of that, I know
For us as poets
To stay afloat

So...

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I landed in Poet's Court
Caught me speeding in my Sonnet
They judged it a rhyme crime
According to the officer's pentometer
I was doing 50 in a 25...

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I do not get around so much
To see my friends in brand new prose
I guess I'm feeling out of touch
With all the things I've seen...

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The dust devils swirled with grit as their lacing,
and dark Sonnet storefronts boarded in despair.
The Senryu Saloon shut its cafe doors
and the Couplet Church-goers fled...

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I admit it. I’m a Lexophile.  I’m likely on some list!
If there’s a play on words somewhere, I really can’t resist.
A twist of phrase,...

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