Photo of me writing a sonnet in a movie line by Sarah MultiverseTwo years of sonnetizing; I shall reach
A thousand ere the year is done. Is that
Enough? Has this grown stale? Do I not leach
Some value with high quantities? I'm at
A point where 'tis an automatic thing
To write a sonnet. People photograph
Me doing so quite on the fly; I fling
Them forth in movie lines, just for a laugh
Or sometimes scribble them out over drinks.
In truth it's become something of a stunt,
And other pastures beckon now, methinks.
So: shall I follow where I'm led, or, blunt
And hack-like, cling to this well-mastered form?
Tell me, dear readers, d'you prefer the norm?
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I'd like more sonnets (also cups of tea);
ReplyDeleteI hope I find the sonnets on your site.
You fill a long-felt need, it seems to me,
I'd like it to go on, if that's all right.
Another cup of tea, another sonnet.
I think the teacup may contain a storm.
It's rare to find a blog with poems on it
and rarer still to find them in this form,
and rarest of them all to find them good,
as good as yours. I hope you keep it up.
At least, you'd make me happy if you would.
Please, pretty please? And have another cup.
So yes, I like your sonnet blog a lot.
Don't stop it here. Go on and drain the pot.
Read your own words — they show you're eager to move on, it seems to me.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous -- I'm immensely impressed and flattered!
ReplyDeletePaul -- I think you're right. It's become quite a habit, but we like breaking habits, don't we?
Love anonymous' response and second it in my own fashion* (except maybe you don't have to do it every day. But do blog in some form, please.YODPM
ReplyDelete*A sonnet a day
Is much fun to see
Newsy in its way,
You can keep the tea.
Bring on the book! YODPM
ReplyDeleteA girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!
ReplyDeleteA weekly sonnet, perhaps? :-)
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I think this blog is incredible and admirable - a beautiful exercise, a measured contemplation, almost unheard of in these barbaric times. But maybe there is another genre calling?
ReplyDeleteOf course, it doesn't have to be all or nothing — you could always step down to every other day or twice a week… after all the original mission is well fulfilled.
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