 
|
|
|
2013 Poetry Form Challenge#09 Sonnetina Due |
|
This form is using the most basic form of poetry, the couplet. Many versions come to mind, the Mathnawi,
Ghazal, Cyhydedd Fer, Rhupunt, and Toddaid, it is possible to construct a Sonnetina Due using these existing
couplet forms. The emphasis is that it is a ten line poetry form that is constructed using any couplet form, and must be presented as a ten line poetry form. There is no set meter or rhyme sceme, but if Iambic Pentameter were used, the form could be called an "Heroic Sonnetina".
|
Sonnetin Due Challenge Replies
|
Terry ClitheroeUnder the early autumn half moon brought Forth many promises but results are naught. The ground is damp from assured treaty Like a politicians kiss, just wet and empty. The land's not angry with them, or their kin And only seeks to release the pain within. I want them to weep and release their pain So that the world can all try to be one again. But too much power will oppose the plan And who will suffer in the end...just man. II The tears she sheds are more than any tide This new widow, who was a brand new bride. For what fate gives she sometimes takes away This young widowed lass, was a bride today. But some people do not think as free as we With some faiths believe mixing cannot be. So the innocent pledge to lover forever Made evil men state, "this can't happen EVER" So she sits there weeping on the beach Realising true love for now is out of reach.  ----- Darkness Eyes open wide seeing nought but darkness Arms extend, grope out feeling emptiness. Feel safe, taste its power, savour what's black Harness what most people fear; nights attack. Gloom's often shunned; it's a creation to be used It is a place for loving, not for those confused Where all senses are heightened, but all are blind. Smell the air, gently touching, and you'll find There is a new quality to love as you ascend, As gradually the darkness becomes your friend.  ----- Earthy Thoughts A falling star streaks above the Earth The trail behind it heralding its death. The scent so strong speaks of its decay And smells of all that winter takes away. The ending that started the beginning Is merely Fate sat at a wheel spinning A rising star awakes across the Earth A sight of wonder as the day gives birth. The scent of freshness and new born life Gives man hope for freedom from strife.  Catch a Falling Star - Josephine Wall ----- Fairground The fairground that is life has many choices, And equally speaking out, so many voices. Do not laugh, do not sing, do not enjoy, Those miserable bastards are not Gods envoy. He says "Love thy neighbour, but not his wife" That's a sure way he recons of causing strife He says "Love thy neighbour, but not his Ass" I could say something, but I won't be crass. So on the fairground that is life, enjoy all you can. And equally avoid criticism by a religious man.  ----- Futility My insomniac dreams are hollow Like the unhappy winds that follow, And the day is spent in a morass, Of muddy minded students that pass Not on merit, but on exercise And reluctant drills on hardly wise. Where is that glimmer and lively spark That takes a student out of the dark Placing the engineering gal or gent Into the ranks of practical and intelligent.  ----- In Brimbank Park In Brimbank Park with its hues of green Its hills and trees are a perfect scene. On meeting we did not know that first time That love would grow to be so sublime. But as our love grew we did not mean To cause others pain, or to demean. We sat and talked on a bank of green Sadly knowing what should have been I touched your face, now no longer mine And then we parted that final time.  ----- Kinaesthesia See how rivers dance as starlight twinkles Eve's wind gently waves the ranunculales And clouds like dreams fly across the sky Almost as if wishing the dying day goodbye. Nights creatures emerge smiling at the night And mother moon arises and spreads her light. Then is the time when creatures stop and stare They rule the heavens for all those who care. Seeing the moon and stars for what they do There lovers gaze and wish as one, not two. ----- Nae One Believes A man and a woman fell in love at the fair Strangers at first, but in time, sae much maire. Och aye, and she was bonny and fair of face And he was handsome and his pulse did race. So they wed and bided in their house together She blossomed maire than flowers wi the heather. In time bore bairns blue of eye and red of hair But fate had controlled how they had met unaware. Misery was never a thing that they knew With the years all they touched happiness grew. No-one believes good things can happen Take time out, believe, leave your minds open. Happily, Jock and Jess would strongly deny And state strongly, misery is a corporate lie. He would lift his kilt and show his bare arse To think that such stupid beliefs could pass. But Jess, a lady with much maire aplomb Would call gently over to her nearest son. With a smile designed to light up humanity You realise good things are what should be.  ----- New Mates If I tell you a secret will you tell me one, Two secrets shared alone under the sun? I promise not to tell, if you confide in me, Whisper in my ear, let it drift out to sea. Bare your heart and I'll bare my soul, Let me love you from within, make us whole. I'll sing you a song, I'll write you a sonnet We'll lie on my bed and make love upon it. Your head on my shoulder, true love will cling My lips on your lips as our bodies now sing.  ----- Yesterdays Dreams As I watch a leaf whilst sat under a tree The wind is causing it to dance with glee Pirouetting in the air like a ballet dancer Possessed by the wind who's a necromancer Imagination given reign to a mystery Yesterdays dreams seem to blow from me Tomorrows like the leaf are still up in the air And yet now I'm free, no longer do I care No longer do I worry about uncertainty As I watch a leaf whilst sat under a tree.  ----- Zich Tonight My words fall dead upon the floor, Bugger 'em, they were useless, a bore. Another syllable, statement, rhyme, Destroyed by an overworked mind. Another senseless act of blubberage, Wreaked upon the English language. It was lined up against a wall to kill Then we all took aim and fired at will. Another battalion of words stepped up, Prepared for the impending stuff up. back to list |
Divena CollinsCome now my little one hold tight my hand For I'm going to take you to animal land There's a big striped tiger and ocelot too A large tusked elephant and a kangaroo Monkey's and apes are there by the score Huge game elks, along with a big black boar Zebra's also with wide blackened stripe Or maybe their black with stripes of white. Camels with two larger bumps called humps Maybe Dromedaries have one or two lumps. Croc's and alligators with wide open jaws Eagles and buzzards with sharpened claws A wolf howls to a hyena your having a laugh Can I join in too said the long neck giraffe While Hippo the potymus bathes within mud Submerges for his meal chewing the cud Bellowing forth a great thundrous yawn Frightening the deer and her bambi fawn. A long way from their home is real bad news Two crocodile's saved from croc skin shoes. Ant eaters stretch a long snatching snout Snakes bite venom so you better watch out The king of the jungle he'll be there too Don't stand too close or he may now eat you Jumbo the elephant he might give you a ride If you throw him a bun when jaws open wide Ignore a shy ostrich his head buried deep He's had a busy day and he's fallen asleep Come now my little one hold tight my hand Were gonna have fun here in animal land.  ----- Artemis Goddess/Dryad Long evening shadow's are scented of musk As the Goddess Artemis descends at dusk Amidst a sunset that stands out so bold Shading earths carpet with red and gold Goddess of chastity and dryad of the wise Who hypnotises all within spell bound eyes Such the extremes of her mystical calm Within her touch of earths enticing balm Goddess of the ancient derived from lore A Dryad from the woodlands earthen floor.  ----- Blissful Silence She hides all alone behind the screen In the hope that she will not be seen Not a thing she has got to do or say Shall hinder where she needs to stay Hidden behind her imaginary wall She shall not heed a beckoned call Companionship is never her choice Such boredom to hear another voice Blissful silence within this thought Is something that cannot be bought.  ----- Born Free Deep in the womb of a wolfs lair Hidden from man who has no care But if only their hearts could see Her cubs were born to be free Oh if only they could understand Never to persecute them from land Devoid of their rights to survive They have every reason to thrive To return once more what was taken For a future generation to awaken.  ----- Country Mouse (Variant) Small I am more frightened than most I live in a hole in a field But when the farmer ploughs it up I am much too much revealed Decided I would take to the roads and hitched a truck for a ride For there would be rich pickings much more than the countryside The truck had stopped I jumped off near busy high street shops A great big bus near squashed me flat so I scuttles runs and hops I hunted around to find me a home to recover myself from shock And I found a dustbin with a lid plus food that was fully stock'd I couldn't of found a better 'des res' all things here I may need Slept in an empty tin of baked beans my tummy overfull with greed. But in the dead of night I was wakened, company visited my flat I had found myself face to face with a great big fat black cat So I jumps and scuttles and hops,and ran like the wind to escape Close by in a store I settled down but that was my huge mistake It was a tea shop with gentle folk and I hid in a ladies hand purse But when she went to pay her bill, she screamed and I did curse The owner of the shop gave chase with a cleaver as big as a house Why cant people be more kindly for I'm only a terrified mouse So home I went back to the fields to the country home that I love Never again shall I roam far away Cities and towns they can 'shove'.  ----- Forever Lasting I recall the time when just you and me Kissed neath the shade of willow tree We were so young then and mystified Within our spiritual spell ne-er denied What pleasure gained from each kiss Just being close together meant bliss The soft gentle touch of a lovers hand Was all that we both could understand This love we had we could not disguise It was ever revealed within the eyes. Years went by when a spell was casting This was a love meant for everlasting That shall never suffer a broken heart Forever together shall not drift apart Time after time lovers shall be proven That spiritual hearts remain as woven It is the closest that we ever shall get An experience that we shall not forget One day it is soon we may return again Upon a spiritual trip down memory lane.  Tree Lovers. Fairy Art - Liza Paizis. ----- I who Hath Failed If I shalt not sin within the masters eyes Let it be that I slumber within paradise When all of my life shall be over and past Through the past may my fortune be cast If I return on this planet once more Shall it be the master may close the door Should I pass the golden door to my fate Or go back to face reality much too late An unsafe future my superiors once said Mayhaps I should close my eyes instead.  ----- Natures Release Towns and cities from an old country lane What shall the country folk forever regain When there is no more trees in the forest Nowhere a tawny owl may build her nest With only so many places so wild and free All there is left are the waves of the sea But it may be again this planet shall spin It shall be wild life not humans that win Times shall then change with no pretence When it is the owl who outwits defense.  Art by Vladimir Kush ----- Old Man Crocket Towns and cities from an old country lane What shall the country folk forever regain When there is no more trees in the forest Nowhere a tawny owl may build her nest With only so many places so wild and free All there is left are the waves of the sea But it may be again this planet shall spin It shall be wild life not humans that win Times shall then change with no pretence When it is the owl who outwits defense.  ----- Youth Awakening Shall it be a practise the eve before She never danced on a ballroom floor Never within a gown of satin and lace That yields to an orchestra with grace But this was to be her very first ball When a fine gentleman came to call He was all in her dreams come true And feelings towards him were new Was it this that they called romance That leads her forth to a merry dance How she danced within imagination Her heart beats from joyous elation Such were images within her dreams Awakened senses forever it seems For this love and affection she had Was never to be thought of as bad This was a time that her life unfurl`d From adolescence to womans world But how her steps once had faltered And how her life of love had altered.  back to list |
XXXXXXXXXXZZZZZZZZZZ  ----- YYYYYYYYYY ZZZZZZZZZZ back to list |
XXXXXXXXXXZZZZZZZZZZ ----- YYYYYYYYYY ZZZZZZZZZZ back to list |
|
|
