Stories tagged “sonnet”
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Creative Rebel (sonnet)
We’re not allowed to think outside the box, Thinking at all is frowned upon out here. Forget creating anything, no dear. They only want us sitting there like rocks. They keep all books under the keys and locks, And try t’enstill pervasive s...
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Inspiration, or Lack Thereof (sonnet)
As far as my inspiration will go, Right now I do beweep its dried-up state. I wish that I had more to share and show, But oh, alas, it’s all I have to date. They call it Writer’s Block out on the street, Although, to us, it’s torture,...
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True Love
This is the product of a class of AP students let loose to write their own poem. It all fits to form and is correct in theory, but in practical application it is very, very screwed up. A cold inferno chilled my lonely heart A day in which my stomach gr...
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Warrior's Sonnet
Low and fallow ground below us may lie To seek that soil’s embrace, cradle of life Humble aspiration, kingly reward Take part with yon god, gods or some goddess Urge and shelter, worship green creation Tis not for us this peaceful endeavor Climb ...
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Hamlet
To be, or not to be, the prince proposed To no-one, or the universe at large. But still, the cosmos seemed quite ill-disposed To answer that great question and take charge, Lifting the burden from his anguished frame To give this troubled mind some sma...
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Hamnet
Hamnet, The dearest kin of mine, you I address. Together we did live from womb and birth, and though the loss I always shall possess I cannot cast away the years of mirth. Amidst the happy years we sang and play’d, the hazy afternoons of Henley S...