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List: J) Sonnets

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  • A Life in The Day of...........
    While nature hides her offspring deftly wound
    in paper shroud; seems only death befitting,
    17 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 27 12:56 PM. In Sonnet, Butterfly Sonnet, Nature., Thoughts
  • A Lost Friend
    Describe a friendship? How shall I describe? / Acceptance of what is, and equal place. / No pressure there to change, an easy pace. / No qu
    15 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 5 6:22 PM 2007. In Friendship, Sonnet
  • A Million Tears
    My tiny child of three months, almost four / will never know the joy of daddy's kiss. / Such pain to think of all the things you'll miss /
    15 lines, 16 comments, on Jul 8 6:44 PM 2007. In Love, Memories, Loss, Sonnet
  • An Empty Stage
    So now it’s time to take that final bow,
    last call; when players watch the curtain fall.
    20 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 28 4:52 AM. In Sonnet, Pain, Personal
  • Another Autumn
    Another Summer passes, Autumn too
    The leaves seem anxious now to leave the tree
    19 lines, 16 comments, on Oct 2 8:07 AM 2007. In Sonnet, Nature, Thoughts
  • Ashes to Ashes
    Vesuvius by Turner
    Vesuvius, how Pompeii would malign;
    23 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 27 3:45 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Sad, Nature, History
  • Beware the Gentle Lion
    Tread carefully; these gentle words enfold.
    Once more deceived; the truth is rarely told.
    25 lines, 16 comments, on Apr 12 10:15 AM 2008
  • Bread of Life
    My head is bowed as ill winds chase black clouds.
    I cling to life; yet life is cruel it seems.
    19 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 3 4:37 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Inspirational, Hope
  • Days
    How many hours are wasted every day?
    How many days slip easily to years?
    26 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 2 2:44 PM 2007. In Sonnet, Love, Family, Personal.
  • Dew Drop Chandeliers (Sonnet)
    Look closely at the early morning dew.
    As day awakes it magically appears.
    19 lines, 32 comments, on Sep 5 5:28 PM 2007. In Sonnet, Nature
  • Dust to Dust
    Oh lovely rose, I watch while petals fall / to tell me that my love will not return. / This wretched war, a hundred men in all, / have left
    20 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 29 3:03 PM 2007. In Sad, Loss, Sonnet
  • Great Britain
    To follow in the footsteps of the Bard
    and hear words seeping forth from Avon’s veins,
    20 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 18 8:15 AM 2008. In Sonnet, Inspirational, Lost in thought, Thoughts
  • Greyfriars Bobby
    Way back in eighteen hundred times were hard;
    no work around and workhouse numbers grew .
    18 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 28 2:41 PM. In Sonnet. Sonnet in story form.
  • How Shall I Go?
    How shall I go, when I am asked to leave?
    When death decides it’s time to bid farewell.
    18 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 4 3:06 PM 2007. In Sonnet, Thoughts, Personal
  • Irresistible
    He looked at me today as he walked by.
    A gentle look; a most beguiling eye.
    20 lines, 10 comments, on Jan 27 6:05 PM 2008. In Rubayait Sonnet, Love
  • Modern Juliet
    What chance to-day, should Romeo propose / undying love to his fair Juliet? / When seeking her agreement, he’ll compose / prenuptial regula
    22 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 17 8:11 AM 2007. In Life, Love.
  • My Aching Heart
    How can I kiss a skin as fair as this?
    a perfect peach not plucked yet from the bough.
    19 lines, 33 comments, on Jan 24 8:21 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Love, Feelings
  • My Captured Heart
    She asks of me to prove my love for her;
    if I should seek to win his maiden’s heart.
    19 lines, 12 comments, on May 2 10:51 AM. In English Sonnet
  • My Homeland
    This world is such a temptress in disguise. / She beckons me to visit every shore. / If in this life, I had time to explore, / Such wonders
    16 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 6 1:57 PM 2007. In Life, Happiness, Sonnet
  • Ode to a Mango
    Can I compare thee to a setting sun? / Thou art more luscious from warm a climate. / No winds to shake the mango buds undone, / And summer’
    18 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 28 4:42 PM 2007. In Humor, Humour, Sonnet
  • Our Meeting Place
    Reflections of the past my mind would fill.
    The depth of pain no-one can ever see.
    19 lines, 11 comments, on Aug 8 4:12 PM 2007
  • Poetry
    Words are a flight of butterflies, so that / I only have to catch them in a net. / When placed within their natural habitat, / I quickly wr
    17 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 17 9:33 PM 2007. In Sonnet
  • Real Piles Awakes Him
    Anagram: William Shakespeare
    17 lines, 34 comments, on May 20 2:55 PM 2007. In anagram Contest, Humor, Humour, Shakespeare, Sonnet
  • Scarlet Lady
    This scarlet lady cares not who receives
    an invite; which belies her countenance.
    20 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 6 3:59 PM 2008. In Sonnet, Nature
  • Seasons
    When Spring arrives inviting waking souls, / released at last from Winter’s gripping claws, / from hibernating warmth of fireside coals / a
    17 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 22 4:55 PM 2007. In Nature, Spring, Sonnet
  • Sepia Moments
    Lost faces staring back with sepia skin
    enquire "Who's this, who steps inside our past.
    20 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 29 2:48 PM. In Petrarchan Sonnet, Prompt
  • Sire, It Was Not I.
    My King, My Lord, I must to thee declare, / I know thou art both truely wise and brave. / 'Tis said that thou dost treat thy subjects fair.
    17 lines, 8 comments, on May 24 10:51 AM 2007. In Humor, Humour, Sonnet
  • Soul Mates
    If it be true that each man has a soul
    and likewise for each soul there be a mate,
    17 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 21 11:05 AM. In Sonnet
  • Sunflower
    It’s just before the dawn when grey dreams fade,
    my eyes adjust to focus on what’s real.
    20 lines, 31 comments, on Aug 12 6:09 PM 2007. In English Sonnet
  • The Joy of Nature
    When shadows fall across a closing sky, / the nightingale sings out his evensong. / A hedgehog sniffs the air and scurries by. / The wily f
    17 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 12 9:02 AM 2007. In Nature, Sonnet
  • The Knave
    Oh foolish eyes, why dost thou search in vain? / Her laughter ringing still, tormenting ears. / Each second strives to pierce my empty vein
    21 lines, 10 comments, on May 9 1:57 PM 2007. In Lost Love., Sonnet
  • The Loudest Voice
    How blind the man who always thinks he’s right.
    The sound of his own voice is all he knows
    17 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 16 10:59 AM 2007. In Life, Society, Angst
  • The Merry-go-Round
    You came into my mind again to-day / While watching golden horses spinning round, / With open mouths but nothing left to say, / a fairgroun
    17 lines, 25 comments, on Jun 19 5:11 PM 2007. In Lost love, Memories, Sonnet
  • The Merry-go-Round 1
    You came into my mind again to-day / while watching golden horses spinning round. / Open mouths, but with nothing left to say, / a fairgrou
    18 lines, 13 comments, on Jun 16 6:31 PM 2007. In Love, Lost love, Sonnet
  • The Poet's Hand
    A simple glance at nature should inspire
    For now she tempts us in her Autumn dress.
    20 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 4 5:01 PM 2007. In Sonnet, Nature
  • The Sarabande
    Her castanets announce the start / of plans to capture young man’s heart, / and soon his senses will depart. / Fast flows her wild demonic dance. / Her dark seductive Latin eyes / will promise with a simple gla
    17 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 26 6:42 AM 2007. In Creative, Emotion
  • The Setting Sun
    How often have we watched the setting sun / and waited breathless for a bright new day? / And did we count our blessings one by one / or ta
    17 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 18 10:46 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Sonnet
  • The Setting Sun (mkii)
    How often have we watched the setting sun / and waited breathless for a bright new day? / And did we count our blessings one by one / or ta
    17 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 19 6:05 PM 2007. In Lost in thought, Sonnet
  • The Sonnet of Double Cream (Revised 31.08.07)
    Compare me not to fresh cream bought to-day? / I am more ripened, and less temperate. / My smell doth seek to take one’s breath away.
    18 lines, 7 comments, on May 19 2:46 PM 2007. In Humor, Humour, Fun, Sonnet
  • The Tears of The Rose
    Hush now red rose, for tears your beauty hides,
    Don’t cry for me because I've gone before.
    25 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 9 9:22 AM 2007. In Sonnet, Sad, Creative, Imagery
  • The Thing of Dreams
    Oh busy mind, why do you like to keep
    the darkest hour for wandering around?
    18 lines, 9 comments, on May 27 2:33 PM. In Sonnet, Form, Life
  • There’s a Driggly in Yon Moat
    Oh, Sire there is a Driggly in the moat, / and he’s eating thy stummly poppin fricks. / and though yon Driggly wears a chuddy scote, / Yond
    18 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 12 6:10 PM 2007. In Nonsense, Sonnet
  • When I Awake
    This world can find no sun now thou art gone.
    The birds now mute, remember not their song.
    17 lines, 40 comments, on Aug 18 9:20 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Love, Sonnet
  • When I Awake ii
    This world can find no sun now that you’ve gone.
    The birds now mute, remember not their song.
    19 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 12 5:11 PM 2008. In Sonnet, memories, Love
  • When Passion Dies
    Don’t offer words to warm my hardened soul. / No soft caress can bring me back to life. / I’ve stayed too long, with thoughts of death my g
    17 lines, 51 comments, on Jun 14 3:38 PM 2007. In Lost love, Sad, Death, Sonnet
  • Whisper My Name
    Whisper my name and you’ll find me there,
    together again like we always were.
    17 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 14 5:54 PM 2007. In Animals, Pets, Loss, Sadness, Love
  • Without Our Dreams
    How silent is the night when I can’t sleep, / and thoughts retrace the paths of yesteryear. / Sometimes an uphill climb, forever steep, / I
    17 lines, 31 comments, on Jun 7 6:55 PM 2007. In Life, Sonnet
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