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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)?
Road Trip SonnetGas station snacks piled in the free seat,
windows half-cracked to catch onrushing air,
velocity cools the day’s outer heat,
blowing around my girlfriend’s auburn hair.
Avoid dull highways, take the scenic route,
the country unfolds, villages and farms,
small valleys...
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appreciation, engagement, farm, imagery,
Form: Sonnet
Spring BirdsHummingbird’s perch sipping fresh liquid gold,
while their wings flutter in luminous green.
Soon to be zipping, zooming, flying bold.
Sunlight brightens their tiny plumes to sheen.
Purple finches feed on sunflower seeds,
while joyously singing their whistling song.
Songbirds join...
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appreciation, bird, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Love
Written: April 28, 2024, For Constance la France Contest
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
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analogy, love, pain,
Form: Sonnet
LOVE"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants fires in our hearts and brings comfort to our mind, body, and soul." Nicholas Sparks
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I am the...
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love,
Form: Sonnet
Life"One word frees us from the weight and pain of life. That word is love"
"Sophocles, Greek Poet"
Scatter my thoughts inside the heart...
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life,
Form: Sonnet
The Sick And The PhysicianHe was not hungry, but, he knew the hunger of each soul.
He knew, many were physically and mentally ill.
The liberation of each soul from their bonds was his goal.
In him, the poor and the downtrodden...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Broken ChainI love you earnestly,
That it takes my breathe away.
I love you passionately,
That it clouds my sight.
Honestly!!!
I love you fiercely,
That even my heart can't carry the weight.
But, unfortunately
I gotta let go...
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Categories:
break up, cute love,
Form: Sonnet
MathewTraitorous tinges were seen in Levi. Did he love Rome?
Could patriots ever bear their disloyal citizens?
As a tax collector, he's a stranger to his own home.
Amidst selfish motives, Matthew had his magnificence.
Guilt boiled in his...
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life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Spring Dusk
Still, cool colors, drifting on the spring skies,
Dew kissed promises on the gentlest morns,
Behind floods, bursts of pulsing blooms will rise,
Even roses have their portion of thorns.
Puffing crooning’s from the birds in soft song,
Comforting souls...
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spring,
Form: Sonnet
Trips Around The SunDays come and days go, again and again
rushing forward, knowing it'll never slow.
Modus long before first life could begin,
crossed the cosmic face of sun's starry glow.
Time turns into weeks and melts into years.
Years form a...
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Categories:
god, journey, life, star,
Form: Sonnet
Love
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.
The word is love.”
Sophocles, Greek Poet
So, what is life without the gift of love;
an empty shell to face it all alone.
Without it, we...
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Categories:
appreciation, love, thanks, tribute,
Form: Sonnet
The PhariseesWhen some men of faith brought a paralytic to be healed,
Opening the roof when they placed his bed before Jesus
When the forgiving grace of the almighty was revealed
The fault-finders placed before him, their malicious thesis
Could...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
The Healed LeperA contagious illness regarded as being caused by sin
Like a rag soiled by sewage filth, meant only to be thrown
The sick suffered each moment like a fish without a fin.
He did not have, even in...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Washing The FeetStewards washed the feet of their masters to make them relaxed.
Master, dignity-filled, bestow blessings on these small ones.
Did Jesus, as a master, make his disciples feel taxed?
His love for them made them feel like they...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Communion CommunesThe memory of an agape lasts. communion communes.
Was this why he desired to dine with his dear disciples?
It's not a meal for a meal or a tune for other tunes.
It's a psychosomatic soul beyond birth-death...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Sonnet Poems
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