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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 Eternal Pine Forest, An Unofficial Love SonnetI love the winter, the way it whirls my breath
Away; reminds me I am alive, there's hope.
I love the ferns bejeweled in snow, the heath
As it patterns our legs, walking forest-roads.
I love the spring, that...
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Categories:
beauty, body, change, extended
Form: Sonnet
You and BeelzebubLike the stray dogs that bark at the elegant elephant
The pessimists taunted you with matters irrelevant
They expounded your wonders as works of the head of Satan.
Did they not know that their hearts were brim-filled with...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Teach Us To PrayJust as a child talks to his dad, talk to the Supreme Lord.
He'll fulfil your needs and show you the heavenly abode.
Praise him. Worship him. Glorify his name as it's holy.
You are a co-heir of...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
LostOh my dearest where o where have you gone
Please don’t be as far that I won’t find you
I lost you and then found you like a pawn
But you have found again a place anew
In shadows...
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Categories:
loss, lost, love, love
Form: Sonnet
To You Who Are LostOh my dear where o where have you gone
Please not as far as where I won’t ever find you
I lost you before and now again like the dawn
But you have found yet again a place...
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Categories:
loss, love, love hurts,
Form: Sonnet
Who is happy this year - 2025Who is happy this year?
Aries, self-watching shows the way you should go.
Taurus, you can find the truth you need to know.
Gemini, belief lets you keep the vision clear.
Cancer, your true result leads you to the...
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Categories:
happiness, happy, hope, humanity,
Form: Sonnet
Martha And MaryAs human, with humans, like milk with water, you mingled.
In you, love for anyone and anywhere got kindled.
Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were your friends and neighbours.
They from you, and you from them, bestowed and received...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
It is strife that life is rifeFrom scorching heat if come cool spells of rain,
Lotus allures if from mud should arise,
If joy springs forth from deepest pits of pain,
Sorrows I feel are just sent, us to size.
No...
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Categories:
life,
Form: Sonnet
Where Tides once GossipedWhere tides once gossiped for many an hour
about what lovers share; like grapes gone sour,
the strong opinions o’ friends will minds devour.
A reputation guarded against smut
and smiles that’s ever radiant abut
the cultivated, fertile soil...
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Categories:
emotions, imagery, inspiration, metaphor,
Form: Sonnet
Romantic PoemHe's the classic busiest bummed bee,
Work members close enough not to swallow,
Some business pursues far from his body,
Their thoughts cease, naught his, she always, follow.
She soar the skies as her duty's promise,
Perpetuity o'er her trusting...
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Categories:
analogy, death, extended metaphor,
Form: Sonnet
Walk The TightropeDon't Walk blinks RED screaming; Staying Alive,
Life Ark two by two -- save/spend and start/end,
Better Safe Then Sorry -- Don't Drink and Drive,
Catch phrase that forewarn--protect and defend.
Sea's calmness, falsely trains expert yachtsmen,
Stop and look...
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Categories:
anxiety, confidence, faith, inspirational,
Form: Sonnet
For One Who Was - small edit
For one who was my first most precious love,
who drifted into my life like fresh snow,
he’s still the guy that my impressions of
remain like snow untrod upon although
it was late summer when he stirred in...
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Categories:
romantic love,
Form: Sonnet
Who Is My Neighbour?Who is my neighbour? Asked you, a supposed expert in law
Did he know that testing you is like a Babelian flaw?
Being Christ, you knew well that his faith was like a dry reed.
With a breeze...
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Categories:
jesus,
Form: Sonnet
It made me twist and turn in bedMy mind could well from a million alts choose:
Marvel at beauty of that moonless sky,
Re-live that meandering slow boat cruise,
Recall fragrance from her love wafting by,
Re-enjoy bluebell blossoms of late springs,...
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Categories:
irony, night, psychological,
Form: Sonnet
My love for youDo I love you like the sun loves flowers,
or like the swans that synchronize swimming?
Do I love you like parrots love showers
for their chattering preening and primming?
Is my love exciting and dramatic;
does it stir up...
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Categories:
romance,
Form: Sonnet
Specific Types of Sonnet Poems
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