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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)?
When Silence SpeaksInelegant, the silence wakes and yawns,
pretending not to notice or to care;
while symphonies of chaos greet the dawn
and ashes of our Banner fill the air.
The few, with vacant visage cry the creeds
~march on with signs...
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Categories:
history,
Form: Sonnet
Love Your EnemiesAll gods, each god-man and god-woman, have preached love on earth.
But who, except Jesus, has taught love for the enemy?
Do good to those who do good—this we've learned from our birth.
Love, He said, and do...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Woe To YouYou live in sapphire-decked castles. You wear soft muslin clothes.
The snugness of mundane wealth, like the termite, eats you up.
Though you care less for God, in his name, you dare to take oaths.
With your vanilla...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Show me GodBeginning with body-mind we ensoul,
our heart tells us our true form’s love and light
and so do ancient scriptures we extol,
but what is the path that bestows clear sight?
Concepts serve no purpose, so we must see
directly...
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Categories:
god, spiritual, truth,
Form: Sonnet
Love"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
Quote by Sophocles, Greek Poet
I had fallen in perfect love with you."
Found my perfect future soul-mate show through.
I embraced...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Sonnet
The Hope of the HicksThe last best hope, the redneck pope the hicks
are counting on, won’t need his travel kit
when he’s on Ricker’s Island. Gavel it!
He orders bedroom windows made of bricks:
aspires to nothing higher than Stevie Nix.
The break-up...
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Categories:
destiny,
Form: Sonnet
Blessed Are YouThe poor, as though dogs abandoned by masters, suffered pain.
Hungry, thirsty, and sickly, they existed like rats in drought
The cognitive compass gone, they felt a drain on their brain.
You're blessed, Jesus said. With life-bread, he...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Healing On SabbathAs apes that muddled the streams rather than quenching their thirst
Pharisees went to the temple for mischief; not to pray.
Like death-stalker scorpions, in stinging, they were well-versed
In the man with a drooped hand, the predators...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Pheasant HuntingThe sun has brung out a low spinescene
against the brush housing thrush and pheasants
My father moves as death, silhouetted
A proper Shropshire lad I hang my neck
In shame and solidarity. The brittleboned,
the sky-minded, evicted from...
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Categories:
bird, death,
Form: Sonnet
Electoral Apathy
A Petrchan sonnet)
The. Dems or ‘cons two sides of the same bit
Vote I would never do. A waste of time
I have better things to do‘on my dime
Both parties suck ass and they stink like s*it...
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Categories:
america, anger, angst, political,
Form: Sonnet
When Silence SpeaksWhen silence speaks there is no human word
or mouthing from an uncontented tongue.
Yet voiceless cries from hungry eyes are heard,
to those awaiting caring for someone.
The silent sound will echo from the heart
throughout a world now...
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Categories:
humanity, life, silence,
Form: Sonnet
When Silence SpeaksAmidst cruelty, bigotry, and hate,
silence amplifies a crocodile tear.
The sound of silence can influence fate;
it speaks loudest in the presence of fear.
You observe a drunk abusing his wife,
sizing you up; he glares as you pass...
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Categories:
anger, angst, anxiety, fear,
Form: Sonnet
When Silence SpeaksThe leader, philosophical and wise,
Ends his speech after a long silent pause,
His true followers with half open eyes
Responding with admiring oohs and aahs.
Turn up the mic on the silence to hear
A leader's lust for worship...
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Categories:
perspective, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
Love“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love.”
-Sophocles, Greek Poet
Out of the shackles of turbulent night,
Through...
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Categories:
inspirational, love,
Form: Sonnet
LOVE"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love."
...
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Categories:
christian, faith, forgiveness, god,
Form: Sonnet
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