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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)?
The IncarnationHow elegant was the world you had made, God, my Father
The sun, the moon, and the stars, as fully alive, functioned.
Herbs, shrubs, plants, trees, flies, birds, beasts, and humans had their honor
Each speck, as though...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Man On A Roller Coaster SonnetIt jolts and shakes as it carroms around,
my joints seethe at the pressure exerted,
it rips upward until high off the ground,
I hear the excited cries of my kid.
Oh, to be young, and has such a...
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Categories:
age, child, endurance, how
Form: Sonnet
Bitter Sweet ThoughtsLoneliness seeps within my inner soul
I ponder of today and yesterday
Lost to the past my future ever-lasts
Alone, thinking I keep my thoughts at bay
How long will I stay in my room and think?
And...
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Categories:
beautiful, day, faith, feelings,
Form: Sonnet
FOXGLOVE AND BEEWhat joy it is watching pink petal bell
As it attracts the buzzing bumble bee,
For he is lured by its sweet nectar smell
And squeezes in to claim a meal that’s...
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Categories:
animal, nature, pollution,
Form: Sonnet
Raining in Summer
Perfect summer rain does softly descend
Like heaven's tears on beautiful flowers
A Poet's inspiration could well be penned
As eyes feast on beauty for many hours.
Bougainvillea such flamboyant sight
Uplifting in its faultless perfection
Wisteria-perfumed hot torpid night
Happiness reigns...
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Categories:
garden, rain, summer,
Form: Sonnet
Let go of to get toWith heart dissatisfied, my hands were tied,
for though I recognised bondage to form,
controlled by ego, which to soul had lied,
with whispers of love, I could not conform.
Head and heart linked, yet I lived by instinct,
surfing...
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Categories:
heart, joy, silence, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
Just before we exhaleAlthough demons of darkness have been slain,
since we tread softly with a mindful eye
and no longer think about loss or gain,
perhaps it’s too late since we will soon die.
Is it regret or remorse we emote,
as...
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Categories:
remember, spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
A Touch O' LightMine o’ quick heart, 'neath powdered mist o’ light,
Before dawn's chance to sway thy command,
Hold me here, still, delay this cloak o’ night,
And return my love with thy gentlest hand.
Tell the story o’...
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Categories:
devotion, emotions, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet
DauntlessTitle 4/ Dauntless
Quote:
"Put on the dauntless spirit of resolution." William Shakespeare
My daring and intrepid knight so strong,
this message is an urgent plea to you.
For your sweet kiss and fond embrace I...
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Categories:
courage,
Form: Sonnet
The Black HouseThe Black House A Childhood Memory
In the black house where memories reside,
Middle childhood days of carefree delight,
Warm sunbeams upon sweet shrubs at our side,
A haven where no worries in sight.
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Categories:
childhood,
Form: Sonnet
Raining In Summer
Torrential downpours drown this summer day;
huge puddles forming, filled with tears of rain.
No sun and sky of blue- my heart gives way
to sadness while my mood reflects past pain.
Amazing, how a summer storm will bring
old...
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Categories:
emotions, rain, sad,
Form: Sonnet
Raining in SummerThe warmest kiss came in the Summer rain
when our kisses were hungry and raindrops fell
passion lived in the moments we'd sustain
that carried our hearts to a lover's well
to quench the longing thirst a kiss restores
as...
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Categories:
love, passion,
Form: Sonnet
Too Close To The Edge
I am standing much too close to the edge,
the abyss knows my name and is calling
to me like a lover making a pledge;
darkness I promise is soft and enthralling.
My heart is pounding out thoughts in...
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Categories:
angst,
Form: Sonnet
MistiAs I lie in bed alone
the moon shines through the window.
There’s a sound of feet sliding
through the hallway softly gliding.
I sense a touch of lavender scent
something so sweet, heaven sent.
As she sings, I hear the...
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Categories:
dream, inspiration, inspirational, love,
Form: Sonnet
Untitled SonnetI'm coming as storm shadowing your grief,
The atmosphere bursting where you need me;
We're in the middle of the push of rain
That is streaked between inches of our pain.
A whirring draft of the glass on our...
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Categories:
angst, dark, identity, innocence,
Form: Sonnet
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