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2008 Form Challenges
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Continuing with the Sonnetina theme is the Quatro , and this one has all the appearance
of a mini Sonnet. It consists of a sestet and a quatrain and as there is a variety of sestets that can be used and similarly quatrains, this gives a considerable permutation of form. As stated previously no meter is stated, but eight or ten syllables is normal.
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Sonnetina Quatro Challenge Replies
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Maryse AchongIf dreams came true I'd dream of you all night, I'd press the 'replay' button of my mind So that I can relive that special time When we enjoyed the grace of 'love and light'. But I know that we seldom can rewind The tape of life, though feelings are sublime. That said, I put my dreaming shawl away, And make the best of each and every day, Am happy for the blessings of the now. Isn't that what life is about anyhow? ----- "Fyah" "It only takes a spark to get a fire going, And soon all those around can warm up in its glowing; That's how it is with God's Love, Once you've experienced it, Your spread the love to everyone You want to pass it on." I have been blessed there's no denying it Have much to give thanks for I must admit But I know there is more that I must do And can begin by sharing this with you; This love I've got is not only for me It is one that we all receive, freely. And like wildfire spreads for miles around This love is something that we cannot hide A burning flame that will not be denied Its potency and effect will astound. ----- True Love Like a child I trust in You completely, Believe that You will never do me wrong Convinced that at Your side's where I belong; That there's no other One who can love me The way You do. With You there is a song In my heart; I am where I want to be. Though dark clouds sometimes mar the bluest skies, I know that tomorrow the sun will rise; That I can be strong just knowing that You Are there guiding me in all that I do. back to list |
Lorainne DafneyI am still learning" Michelangelo. What really makes you happy Is it the silence of the night When you hear the beat of your heart Or a new day with a fresh start As suns rays pierce clouds with sunlight Don't be sad, never be angry For there are those who go to war Never to return as before Be grateful for all that is yours Life will open many new doors back to list |
Peggy NelsonI've searched this lonely road before I've stopped, stared and explored Nothing excites me on this desolate road Tomorrow I'll wander where it snowed See tall trees reaching the sky Listen to birds sing a lullaby Join deer's, bears and humans play with snow Stop at "The Old Inn" relax by fireplace a glow See and feel beauty encircle with colorful schemes Where friendly folk gather and live along the streams ----- Our Children *a rant* This poem is for our little Angels here on earth I hope this poem will help their self-worth My heart's saddened when I read words of children today I read their poems an see their painful dismay Isn't it time to set their pains and confusions free Love is what our children need, can't you see! Their fears and confusion are to much to endure We have to make their lives more secure Help them release pain, no matter how foolish it sounds Children are crying inside don't you see they're profound? Have you touched and embraced your child lately? Wake the hell up listen to their plea They're destroying their own hopes and dreams No guidance from anyone it seems Shootings in school, I'm shocked and appalled No wonder our children are totally withdrawn Start loving and caring for them, they're a part of you! You better pray someday they'll return love too Did you touch and caress your child today? If this shooting keeps up what a price they'll pay You didn't love them with all your best Now your seeing them dead and laid to rest If this poem has upset you then you know that it's true And I have accomplished what I wanted to do I write this out of anger and I guess I'm through With writing thoughts of children and what they do I'm not writing this poem to win a prize Just wish some people would open their eyes Read their poems and you will see What's happening and Maybe; you will agree back to list |
Ryter RoethicleAdore her always and love her forever Cherish her ways, make happy her days Encourage her in every endeavour In the end you will see how well it pays In this way your souls will never sever And the both of you will be in love always. Later when autumn colours change their hue Remember silver is more lasting than gold. A wrinkled grin takes a more respected view And who dare say what age is old? ----- Dancing Dancing to loves tune, spin and turn The fever of love causes you to burn Inside your heartbeat skips and pounds Your eternal love forever resounds And whilst apart your innards churn. Your lover's steps you quickly learn Each night to loves dancing we return Souls locked in a heavenly sojourn Earthly bodies lie on silken grounds In a ballroom fit for loving rounds. ----- Days will come The days will come the days will go The hands of time move on and on Counting weeks as they pass anon. The years will pass not fast, nor slow And in due time our love will grow Eternity's silver torch has shone. The sun has died and there's only snow At the end of time when all is gone Our souls will smile having lived on Our love outlasted the world below. ----- I am the Wind I am the wind that whispers in the still of night, Making the rain dance softly against the window, Changing to the winter gale that hastens flight Freezing the earth and turning rain into snow. Inducing horizontal ice arrows to nip and bite That in the shelter of home causes the skin to glow. Gazing out you see the entity that is part of me Living proof that man is subject to my will. Know that his conceit is only what I permit to be And that in time, he will have to pay the bill. ----- Just for a while Going to work in the mornings Driving against fiery yellow skies I think of you, creating meanderings And my driving concentration dies The slowness of traffic is my savings As o'er the Westgate my car flies. My days take on a more serious view With only alternating thoughts of you Allowed to interfere with my day I know much later you'll have your way. ----- Just You Too many times have I lain here missing you So long it took me to discover you. And now all my waking moments are spent Waiting, until I can spend some time with you. Too often, too short it's the end of your day So I must spend more time without you. What times we spent together were magic But like any spell it had a time A thousand years would not be enough Because I want you for all eternity. ----- Mother Moon My mother moon, do you shine as you feel Do you see the sorrow and feel the pain? To meet for so short a time and join and love The subtle agony of lovers being apart again. My mother moon, do you feel my pain above And is that smile sympathy or distain? You created with each sigh in the night A fond remembered love, only a memory Creating in our hearts and souls a blight. So perhaps with time the pain will also die. ----- One Kiss From the moment I touched you, I knew I loved you One kiss only confirmed what fate had us believe From the moment you touched me I dared conceive That life and love would take on a different view. Look deep into my eyes see what's spoken by my soul A glimpse would tell you what would make us whole. Dare not to touch me now, I am yours and yours alone Do not believe this beating heart is made of stone. One kiss turned into so many other pleasant deeds We now know we can meet all our eternal needs. ----- Other Thoughts Excuse me, I did not mean to influence your schemes Rather I wanted you to carry on with your dreams. Instead I find myself conjoining with your thought In which humbly you thought of as nought And I in my conceit thought you agreed with me But too late now I realise this ideal was not to be. But seeing you again still give me hope And in doing so makes me realise That misunderstandings are not lies Wherein these thoughts can make us cope. ----- A Sailors Death And only the sea shall know them The ocean depth will be their grave The wind will tug the wet shrouds hem Like a farewell flag the waters wave. There is no church with bells to ring No flowers cover the hallowed site Neptune has claimed them all Till Armageddon makes the final call Then each sailor will rise from his bed The day the sea gives up its dead. ----- Sleep Well Sleep well my love this night Wrapped in my blanket of love My arms holding you so tight Kisses on thy brow so light Feathered softly from above Sleep well my love this night Sleep well my love this night Eyes closed, breathing so slight Your body fits mine like a glove Wrapped in my blanket of love ----- So Much So much to do so much to share To fill your life you must live again Or is love meant to drive insane Any lovers that would love dare. To live a life of love, a life of care True love helps in time of pain Be prepared your souls to bare Whenever needed always there Helping each other to sustain To fill your life you must live again. ----- When When does October become winter It became winter when you walked away. Now for my happiness I have to pay And darkness and misery I will enter. I believed autumn, is how two moved together Instead of a factual it could not happen ever. I wish that tomorrow could offer more hope But what is hope other than a foolish dream. When are dreams no more than TV soap Offering no more than an impossible scheme. back to list |
Leny RooversI listen to the silence in my house, It's loud and clear, a fertile soil for thoughts that rise up from subconscious worlds of dreams to find their way to words, by Muse aroused. I'm witness to this process, never sought to catch and hold the flight of words in streams. Having received the joy of words thus formed, I find my inner world has been transformed. Each word is born from seed enriched with time- some days it wears free verse- and sometimes rhyme.  ----- Calling Your voice echoes within my soul; as body's hollows fill with sound, vibrations touch my inner strings, uplift my heart and give it wings. Your love envelops, circles round, it leads me straight towards my goal. I feel your hand rest on my back, to steady me when I might fall; my feet move forward as you call- I will not falter on life's track ----- Cleansed Within the rebuilt silence of my home, I break down walls- erected when undone. In grateful solitude I search my mind, let go off pent up anger I still find. I cleanse my house till all cobwebs are gone, then burn sweet incense, to light rooms and dome. Inside the peaceful chamber of my soul I'm laying down my burden, borne as toll. A rose unfurls her leaves and flowered face, I bow and smell her fragrance, touched by grace. ----- Come close to me Come close to me, my love and flee the cold, as we can kiss and cuddle all night long. Our bodies fit so well, my dearest heart, we've shared one breath and life-blood from the start. In harmony we'll write our future song and melt the frozen bonds our past still holds. Come close to me, my love, I'll keep you warm, enfold you in my arms and in my dreams; both sun and moon send their protective beams to lighten day and night, in love transformed.  ----- I Want I want you close to me and feel your skin, I want to see your eyes and drown therein; I'd lay my ear against your chest and kiss each heartbeat I would hear, not one I'd miss. I'd revel in the smell of you, your taste, why can't you be beside me now, such waste… I'd love to hear your laughter, catch your smile, the way you tilt your head, holds me beguiled. I want each kiss to last at least an hour, I want your arms around me when we shower. ----- My Light You add a silver lining to each cloud, evaporating them with just your voice as flows of warming words reach out, enfold. My ears are finely tuned to catch its gold and my heart opens wide, I'm yours by choice. We'll build that bridge to heaven as we vowed. Though storms might darken our sky, there's light, within the coldest night, your fire is bright. I live each day in freedom and in peace, In you I'll find my ultimate release. ----- Nightfall Enfolded in pink feather down's embrace, young Evening went to sleep in skies ablaze. Half Moon looked down on her and winked an eye. In heaven's sea, waves crested with smooth grace; as leaves reflected light of sun's last rays, Moon hid her face behind a cloud and sighed. Blue velvet turned to black in just one breath, as night faded away into day's death. From the still hours of time in between, I'll watch a new sun ride the sky- her queen. ----- Preparing Trees' leaves shine brightly in the autumn sun, in reds and yellow, with last green entwined; abundant berries act as season's bloom, display a grand buffet that birds consume. The world seems in a frenzied state of mind, both men and beasts are trying to miss none. Birds eat their bellies full, with winter near, while humans prepare gardens for next year. The goldfish in my pond want more to eat, to fatten up before their long retreat. ----- Octobers Gift Today October's sun smiled down on us, with temperatures as mellow as in May; people had coffee in pavement café's, or waited cheerfully for the next bus. A few white clouds sailed by above my head and I was awed by Nature's gorgeous spread. Outside my office, on the lawn below, two dogs were playing with a cut down tree, while barking loudly and I shared their glee- October's sunny gift set all aglow. ----- Thoughts You live within my heart and in my blood, part of my thoughts and bones since time began; you're in spring's first new burgeoning small bud, part of each dream that flowers in your span. If you're no longer in this world, you'll live in each and every breath I still will give. Death never will erase you from my soul, I need no special place to hold you dear- alive, you made me grow till I felt whole, your memory I will honour through the years. back to list |
Nia WynneThrough chill of night and forever's cold hand Those many winters snowy sights, fond dreams Of childhood beckon me still, demand I recall warmer moments, for it seems Only a day since past was present and Loves keys kept thoughts fairest ideals for free. Now ghostly remnants of yesterdays show The tricks of life can bring you very low. I'll treat those demons with light and honey, Give Halloween treats to make them sunny. ----- Remembering Us I awoke from our dream, and died, Not a little death throe, mere sighs, But a bygone time now not mine, Reached out to take me back, so fine. Reverie of a lost souls cry- Evil rooted, dropping death signs. Where once a life had been now bides All wrongs in karmic bundles, tied. Knots I can't undo come to mind, Daily death is all I can find. back to list |
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