Prosody
...Let me try to go by pioneering heroes' spirit
That motored their antique tides of phrase,
And treat rapt souls to a mild sublime ode,
Forged to rhyme with old sonneteers' pace.
Now where do...
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Categories:
sonneteers, allegory, allusion, art,
Form: Epic
A Poet's Sincere Surmise
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silent, sparkling, saturating,silver
streaked-sky...
sleeping, sonneteers,in states of
sky-castles snore...
sanguine, self-assured,and so sunset-sur...
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Categories:
sonneteers, poetry, poets,
Form: Alliteration
A Weeping Willow Mourns
...Stardust clusters scattered over seas
Moonlight caressing everything in sight
Balmy breeze eager to appease
Droplight for love by candlelight
Broken hearts swooning languorous lament
Until daw...
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Categories:
sonneteers, emotions, loneliness, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
A Tribute To Sandra Haight and Daniel Turner
...When I crave lines to take me to new “Haights”
with perfect form and themes that make me smile,
I find that Sandra’s poems satisfy
my need. I so admire this lady’s style!
When I seek sonne...
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Categories:
sonneteers, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Clear Vision
...CLEAR VISION
In a distant crowd innumerable
Our friends - like stars - look rather similar.
Their very sameness seems immutable:
Bland and unused days on our calendar.
Some dimly fill the ni...
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Categories:
sonneteers, family, stars,
Form: Sonnet
A Squirrel's Life
...The crouching cat in stillness looked above.
Without a sound or motion there he watched.
That predator beneath the tree ditched love.
Another victory would soon be notched.
A squirrel scurried ...
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Categories:
sonneteers, animals, cat,
Form: Sonnet
Poison
...Blood drips from a rose thorn in the spring rain,
your words resonate, humming in my ears.
Love, the cruel word, seeps from my lips in shame
while the bite from your lips has brought me t...
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Categories:
sonneteers, angst, hope, lost love,
Form: Sonnet
Saved By Her Love
...I have feelings of supreme loneliness and hate
I can’t imagine being without them now
Heartache and extreme pain I know as of late
The happenings of forlorn I feel exactly how
I’m a product o...
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Categories:
sonneteers, life, love, uplifting, heart,
Form: Sonnet
A Siren's Serenade
...The sun is slowly fading and it’s almost twilight time.
The ocean’s strong vibration beckons me to rise from deep.
The ship announces its approach, its horn an ocean chime.
Waking me from slumber...
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Categories:
sonneteers, fantasy, me, ocean,
Form: Sonnet
A Fellow Sonneteer - the Linton Lassie
...Here’s to Margaret - the Linton lassie.
She hails from the lovely land down under.
She’s a sweetie, and I bet she’s classy,
since she pens her poems like a wonder.
I met awesome poets when I came he...
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Categories:
sonneteers, friendship,
Form: Sonnet
Poetrysoup I Love You
...A Vishyssoise of poets
Chicken soup for the soul
A site for we, who use it
Our talents to extol
A borscht of bards and artists
A consomme of flair!
Sonneteers and writers
Who with our pen do...
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Categories:
sonneteers, inspirational, passion, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme