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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)?
Natures Cruelty
Sitting in the shade of a willow tree
Reading, relaxing, enjoying the day
When, in the corner of my eye, I see
Soft shadows shifting and watch a stoat sway
Not moving a muscle, nerves all on edge
My eyes...
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Categories:
animal, nature,
Form: Sonnet
In the WoodsMy friend, so much like a brother to me,
has met me in these woods where we like
to hunt for pesky animals we see.
I’ve brought my bow and arrows on this hike.
Because I’ve known this friend...
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Categories:
friend,
Form: Sonnet
True Love
He first fell in love with the beautiful game, and for years that remained until Cupid took aim,
That love, though grand, was but a one-way street,?A devotion unmatched, yet one-sided, complete.
Without any warning and to...
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Categories:
destiny, fate, love, soulmate,
Form: Sonnet
Beyond my reachAnother time, another place…
Beyond the life, in different space,
Where the Sun goes down on the faraway East,
And the Moon rises high above Western feast,
I saw you in a mask made of silver and silk:
Hair is...
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Categories:
crush, fairy, longing, loss,
Form: Sonnet
Enlightenment in an instantHeld captive in space and taunted by time,
impressions graze soul as senses entwine,
where recognition dawns betwixt love’s chime,
in that instant when head and heart align.
Blink and we’ll miss it, that flicker in space,
beheld if our...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH YOU
In love with You always is my heart’s aim
to stay, nestling in Your presence sublime
serenely guarded midst assurance claim
marked by Your faithful caring all the time.
In our relationship, trust does prevail
sealed by Your...
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Categories:
blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form: Sonnet
EntwinedI watch the dawn’s first light softly caress
your sleeping form. My heart is overcome
with feelings, oft-forgotten I confess,
of how entwined our lives and love’s become.
Time, like a river, wears our passions down
as life distracts us...
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Categories:
love, relationship,
Form: Sonnet
When twilight fallsBeneath the moonlit sky, our hearts align
Each whispered vow, a bridge between soul and soul,
A bond as endless as the stars that shine,
Two halves united, forming one whole.
Your touch ignites a fire within my...
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Categories:
kiss, love,
Form: Sonnet
Ways of WayneBeneath the sapphire skies A love poem we dedicate To you, our secret star
Longing for your sight Our hearts beat like thunderclaps In trochaic rhythm
In every sunbeam's sway And moonlit whispers We see your painless...
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Categories:
adventure, appreciation, beautiful, bible,
Form: Sonnet
SANDPIPER SONNETThe briny’s ebbed and now far out of sight
And all around a vast expanse we see
With debris left by the retreating sea.
And stretch of golden sand, a real delight.
On rocks are barnacles there clinging tight
Waiting...
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Categories:
animal, beach, food,
Form: Sonnet
Within this lucid dreamAbstractions rely on the manifest,
as immanent souls too seek transcendence,
providing for presence a merry fest,
realising life’s interdependence.
Negating nothing, embracing the all,
in is-ness of the now, we just allow
influx of bliss mists wherein we stand tall,
knowing,...
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Categories:
spiritual,
Form: Sonnet
HUMANITYTheory :
Conservation of Energy :
" Energy and Matter are convertible."
...
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Categories:
11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Sonnet
PRECIOUS PLANETOur precious planet plundered and poisoned.
We bite the hand that feeds us day on day
And hide our waste hoping it goes away. ...
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Categories:
ocean, planet, sea,
Form: Sonnet
LADYBIRDWinter has gone and summer’s getting near.
Ladybird eggs warm up in the sunlight ...
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Categories:
insect,
Form: Sonnet
HavocTries to be ambitious
At Least once in a lifetime to be called precious
Society taught to be cautious
Uncertainty was seemed
Everyone thought that they were schemed
Couldn’t fit in the field
Plasted with a smile
Thought to...
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Categories:
anxiety, career, child abuse,
Form: Sonnet
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