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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)?
SpringThe sun turns into honey in the spring.
It pours down golden syrup on the trees.
With stickiness it covers everything,
so bees collect the pollen on their knees.
The bees keep bumbling into blossom rooms.
Their noise...
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Categories:
hope, spring,
Form: Sonnet
To Which Image Should We Cling?Springing like a drop of water from the Supreme Brahma
I've mingled with wells, lakes, seas, and oceans. With streams, I've flowed
I've played the role of soul of a river in life-drama.
As an element, I've followed...
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Categories:
god, humanity, life, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Sonnet to the Empty Grave - a Spenserian sonnet
The love of God is a priceless blessing
An affection mightier than fire
Empty grave; the saints, forever singing
To die for me was his greatest desire
Shall I liken Christ to any desire?
The nails and stone couldn't retain...
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Categories:
mystery, religious, thanksgiving,
Form: Sonnet
NO RED LIGHT DO WE SEEWhat reckless joyride we humans are on,
For we know not what greets us at the end.
With brain-washed minds we need not comprehend.
So in ignorance we just speed along.
We tell ourselves all’s well so need not...
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Categories:
destiny,
Form: Sonnet
Resonance An American SonnetThe resonance of the old vampire’s voice
holds the soul of the French Quarter;
Thick as a rich pot of red beans and rice
just waiting to be devoured;
You can hear the succulent sound of jazz
in...
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Categories:
dark, emotions, feelings, horror,
Form: Sonnet
Yesterday
Categories:
today,
Form: Sonnet
Yearn"So I lived my life in a dream world
For the rest of my days
Just you and me walking hand in hand
In a wishful memory"
from It's Sad to Belong by England Dan & John Ford...
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Categories:
passion,
Form: Sonnet
Yellow"The world is God's pure mirror clear to eyes when free from clouds within"Rumi
Yellow sunrise illuminates night sky
It chases darkness away to the west
Goldfinch sent in to feed by Adonai
Each morning, in so many ways,...
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Categories:
storm,
Form: Sonnet
Yellow
Spring is painted the most vibrant yellow
Magical blooms unfurl to our delight
After harsh winter months, all is mellow
Nature created such beautiful sight.
Along hedgerows, daffodils unfold
Yellow primroses raise their dainty head
Yonder on hillside gorse glowing so...
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Categories:
beauty, nature, spring,
Form: Sonnet
Sweet Morning Dew DropsDew, to Dawn, to Dusk, to Dust: (pause)
A sacred cycle turns, while love endures.
At dawn's first light, beside you,
Where my soul finds peace and rest,
In your presence, fears, like fallen leaves,
Are truly comforted and blessed.
Within...
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Categories:
beautiful, devotion, love, wife,
Form: Sonnet
The dawn when breaksSomnolent truth waking with life,
Lo, dawn breaks into light from dark,
Birds welcome it from nearby park,
The greyish sky gets red-blue rife,
And when a tender green leaf sprouts,
Which, I hope to...
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Categories:
morning,
Form: Sonnet
Thy prodigal sonA begging bowl, I scarce can pay thy debt,
So I choose all life in debt to remain—
To bounties of thy kingdom, to my fate,
What if at all can I give, what ye...
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Categories:
prayer, son,
Form: Sonnet
Oh Edith Love, Refuse Me Not
A Sonnet Without A Usage,
Doth not this piercing soul go down
with timeless songs unsung by you?
Besmirched like coal this old clown
feels singed, moreover feeling blue
Fork the mile come...
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Categories:
appreciation,
Form: Sonnet
A Spring Sonnet About Birds and Butterflies
Velvet wings of brown, blue and ebon midnight hue
farfalla butterflies that soar close to magic colugos
spring is here hanging in with wonder, life renews
as the sun shines soft, from here to...
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Categories:
appreciation, spring,
Form: Sonnet
The Turning of SpringWhen the chilly nights begin to subsides
every flower begins to open up
The weddings begin, producing spring brides
Now, the birds who left begin to fly home
The merry times ended with the winter
So now every child returns...
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Categories:
spring,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Sonnet Poems
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