Retrieve the dusk and draw the doves in flight,
then stencil in the crowds that celebrate
this era of creations and delight
and let the summer sounds reverberate.
This festival will reaffirm our worth,
and fireworks can weaken nighttime's hold.
The sky accepts these presents from the earth
and cries with joyous tears of red and gold.
The doge emerges past the paper door,
once again surviving nature's wrath.
The time's arrived to start the yearly chore:
to set his feet along Palazzo's shore
and cross the floating makeshift pontoon's path,
his journey to the sacred Redentore.
Fill the cheering masses' heads with reasons,
no matter if they're definite or vague;
simple as the pleasures of the season
or massive as the passing of a plague.
The city will not sleep a wink tonight,
indulging in this tribute to the skies
until the summons of the morning light
splash on the street and soak The Bridge of Sighs.
He leaves the final boat as daybreak beams,
an elder separated from his wealth,
but sanguine still, for he's what Venice deems
a leader, not as fragile as he seems.
He offers humble prayers for his health,
and enters sanctuaries built from dreams.
A contest entry
- I AM A SUCKY SONNET WRITER SONNET CONTEST by Swan song.
850 points, ended January 4, 2008, 24 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Rhyme - Sonnet, Villanelle, or Pantoum only. by ecrivain01.
450 points, ended July 31, 2008, 17 entries
Honorable mention
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very creative write here. makes me to think of Texas and those dogs that got astray from their homes, for some reason, blessings.
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This is very good ...
but it's a double sonnet and you need another space after the Redentore line, so it's more obvious that it's a double sonnet.
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Excellent just flat excellent good luck in this contest I enjoyed the read
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Gorgeous. You make the most complex poem form look so damn easy.
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You rock, friend.
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