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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)?
How Can I Forget YouTormented by the flashback of regret
Holding onto indelible memories
Vivid events of how we first met
Daydreaming of all the possibilities
My love for you is undeniably deep
Wishing, I had the power to wait
A beautiful woman,...
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Categories:
break up, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Sonnet
Age of Aquarius
Time was when illumed in a golden sun
a boy was I and a goddess was she,
and at the heart of her constellation
gazed I upon its infinite beauty.
I vowed the ends...
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Categories:
childhood, first love, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Behind the Scenes of a War-torn State
The doctor’s practice went to waste
the moment that the medic faced
A call from his reserve platoon
...
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Categories:
jewish, life, military, society,
Form: Sonnet
FadedThe heart of a man is a strong tower
A haughty mind is their disguise
Deceived by an unknown power
All of their ways seem to be wise
A flower is alone in the dark
Searching for a...
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Categories:
deep, life,
Form: Sonnet
Changing of the Guard
My wait over in my thirty-ninth year
when a life’s covet brought a life’s new lease,
and on my first watch would elated stare
upon nursling eyes shut in newborn peace.
Thirty-nine years before first...
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Categories:
baby, change, father son,
Form: Sonnet
You Saw Anew
Sundial numerals illuminate
Knowing noon narrow shadow arrow strikes
Flicks ‘round corners of maze elaborate
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Categories:
animal, anxiety, daffodils, environment,
Form: Sonnet
Letter Sealed KissTartaric acid rain of the lost calligraphy
Peels to melt the running emotions
Drains clog beneath dynasties
Commerce to no one in seas
Pourtant je vois ceasefire
See a spark of defiance
Harlequin of belle dame misery
Catatonic brutality ends within me
Phantom...
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Categories:
dark,
Form: Sonnet
No One Is LookingCadence lowers its tenebrous tempo
Dulcet to a morose Memento Mori-bund
Lachrymose ribbon garnet fountain
Ruby rivulets in wine glass Chardonnay
Bubble floats to pop
Silence yet I sway
Miasma tang vitae oh Nueva
So they swing on a rope seputchra
Momma Mia...
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Categories:
art, beautiful, beauty, class,
Form: Sonnet
The pathless pathOur pure heart invokes a gentle bliss breeze,
an offering in which our soul delights,
renewing God’s magnetic pulse with ease,
entwining with the light that lights all lights.
Benign bliss friction manifests cool heat,
which may sound like a...
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Categories:
joy, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
a grown up babyeternal infancy
enjoyed all his life
indulgent parents
a grown up baby
knowing no strife
odd predicament...
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Categories:
sonnet, parents,
Form: Curtal Sonnet
AcmeTo own the upper seat at last is blessed.
How clear are skies that shine within the blue.
No longer bound by circumstance suppressed.
Think! Are there "thanks" to someone that is due?
Joyfully feel a grateful attitude....
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Categories:
character, success, work,
Form: Sonnet
Cotton Tree
All is bright, and I betwixt God and you,
the kookaburra is in the willow,
and honeyeaters in the honeydew
flitter as I lay your breast and pillow.
You are my morning and evening star,
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Categories:
blessing, fate, love,
Form: Sonnet
Pearl Harbor IA heedless world implodes beneath the weight
and all the West lies smoldering in flames.
And nay a soul finds shelter from the hate
as dire evil seeks intended aims.
The despot waves of fire and iron roll
upon whomever...
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Categories:
world war ii,
Form: Sonnet
You Are The MessiahLike blood in flesh, with your disciples, you were united.
In your union, as though on cloud nine, they felt delighted.
Heart and mind were clear, yet were they in wisdom sure-sighted?
By your question, their cognizance, like...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Mind, a dancer on stageI picture mind as an immense seaside,
Thoughts as random waves soon to fade away
As does a rising and receding tide,
Like weeds, what they leave survive welcome stay.
At times there endures sepulchral...
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Categories:
self,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Sonnet Poems
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