Whenever life's colorful mosaics appear to fade,
reach for hopeful dyes and create the desired hues.
Halt the path of scary vultures who try to invade,
tell your will's giant scarecrows to bid them adieu.
Life presents mirth in various masquerades,
eradicate dulling thoughts, for smiles you pursue.
They're grounded by gravity, still trees propel higher,
emerging through bitter and pleasing climes,
growing in abundance is what many beings desire,
garnering self-belief helps to successfully climb.
God always listens, humbly his blessings you acquire.
Do what is right, don't lose your morals over the time.
Let the carpet embody all negative shards outside the door,
terminate all sorrows, don't summon sadness anymore.
Author notes
Form: Harrisham Sonnet
Harrisham Sonnet poetry form was created by Indian poetess ~ Harrisham Minhas.
Harrisham Sonnet is written in 3 stanzas consisting of 2 sestets and a couplet.
For each of the stanzas, the last letter of the first word of each line is the first letter of the first word of the next line.
There is no restriction on the starting letter of the first line in each of the stanzas.
There is no restriction on the syllable count in this form, but it is required that the poem should have a good rhythm to it.
Rhyme scheme:
First stanza : ababab
Second stanza: cdcdcd
Third stanza: ee
A contest entry
- Form Poetry & Options by Cyclical.
900 points, ended August 25, 2008, 6 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Something About... Anything! by Nostalgic Moon.
450 points, ended September 1, 2008, 15 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - ....prewrites now allowed (I want it all) by IamRemy.
550 points, ended October 2, 2008, 15 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - No rules just Write by catalyst..
320 points, ended September 22, 2008, 23 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Let your muse run wild in pre writes, He He! by Topaze.
1100 points, ended September 24, 2008, 14 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Upcoming Surgery Uplifting. by Poetryintheblood.
510 points, ended October 2, 2008, 8 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Keep holding on by Beauty Of Silence.
800 points, ended December 18, 2008, 16 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Sonnets! by fluffatron69.
540 points, ended April 2, 14 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Prewriten poetry - rhyme only by Sonja.
4250 points, ended July 17, 11 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Soliloquy,Haiku,Sonnett PW by Rhythm Child.
400 points, ended October 26, 32 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Form Poetry by KnightOfTheRose.
700 points, ended October 29, 69 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Yay! I love sonnets
I was hoping to get more of these 
my favorite form. Thank you for taking the time to enter. Excellent work and I wish you the best of luck in my contest
-Steve-
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This is one of the most spiritually uplifting pieces I have read in a while.
I've read several sonnets in this form you created. I'm working on English sonnets right now, so I will be taking a shot with this form. I like that you can stretch the meter.
Your poetry is some of the VERY BEST I've read on AP. 
The language you use is nothing less than elegant.
Don
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Awww...thank you so very much!
Your kind comments are always very appreciated.
It will be great to see a poem from you, written in this form.
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This is a beautiful poem; dear poet. It is so easy to lose one's self within the beauty of your words. Congratulations on the many different honours you have received; they are most deserved.
Blessed be,
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I'm not really a fan of sonnets, but good job. Thanks for your entry. I appreciate it.
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Very nice sonnet, with a beauty of rhythm and flow. Good luck.
~Sonja~
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wow...that was filled with positivity...and great usage of the form...
good luck
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Excellent poem, wondeful rhyme and rhythm. Thoroughly enjoyed the read.
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By the way, thanks for reading mine. It means a lot.
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Pretty darn fine.
I'm guessing you've been at this for awhile. Or, that you write older than you are. Perhaps we'll meet, next time around. -
love the last stanza very soul dcatching i love it keep up the great work...thank yhou for your entry...
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Flows beautifully! This is the sort of poetry I was looking for, without a doubt!
The rhyming of "climbs" and "climb" at first, I hated, but after reading the rest of the poem, I can see why it was needed, it was contextual.
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wonderful mix of east and west imagery, verse and philosophy good one poet
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what a great take
as usual a charming intelligent write
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This is truly inspiring Harrisham Minhas and it is very worthy of the trophies it has won. Wonderful & beautific is all I can say and I hope those two words go close to doing this wonderful poem some justice
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wow, you have won alot of gold
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A great sonnet. I like your choice of words, and the way they work together to create such a profound, yet simple message. Keep writing. Merry Christmas, and God bless!
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Very pleasant reading!
Lovely sentiments, lilting rhyme...
"Halt the path of scary vultures who try to invade,
tell your will's giant scarecrows to bid them adieu..."
brought a smile to my face!
Thank you for the explanation of the Harrisham Sonnet, Ms.Minhas...I note you are and Indian poetess: Please have a look at my contest "I...is for India"!
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Wow, I'm impressed that you invented your own form. Do you feel that forms are restricting or liberating? T
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Wow, all I can say is that this write truly deserved all the trophies I see that it has aquired. The rhythm was amazingly perfect, and it flowed beautifully as I was reading. Made me grin; I'm also giving you majob props for being able to write in that style, must have taken lots of time to perfect that. Theres not much else for me to say without Gushing a whole lot more, so I'll leave it as I absolutely Loved it!
Crazy-Love♥
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A near perfect write
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omgosh!
This piece is precious i really loved it sooo much. and congrats to you on winning so mnay awards for this poem. it deserved it all The rhyme was so smooth and the word choice here is incredibly clever. every line was great, and the imagery here was perfect. you started the poem well, and ended it very well as well. omgosh, i'm in love with this piece, keep penning, and thanks sooo much for the entry
All the best
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this poem flowed beautifully and had an equally beautiful message. sometimes people get too bogged down in sadness and forget to see the important and happy things in life. great job with this poem, and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it. my favorite lines are the last two, the last stanza. so true.
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Wonderful flow. With nice imagery, loved the rhythm as well. Thank you very much for sharing.. Well worthy of all the trophies..
Angel
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Wow~
This is one Brilliant Creation and of course in such fine form
Oh My look at all the bling bling-
my eyes
j/k
Well deserved and such a Powerful message my Precious Friend!!
Love it!
Congratulations on Your Trophies!
-Throws confetti-
Woooooooooo Hoooooooooooo
[time for another shelf]
Thank You for sharing Your Heart and Spirit~
Many blessings to You in all You do Sweet One
Best wishes too
with much love & light~ Desire~*~
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Life/death scenarios are always great to read and this was not failing in that quest. Lovely read, and it looks like I have my work cut out judging,
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The poem has a great rhythm to it and the flow is excellent, I thank you for sharing this and bringing it towards the readers.
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Thank You 4 Entering Project Un-Cliche
Hello there im a judge for the contest mentiopned above and anyw ays I am ds0own right impressed with this thriller fo a write. Iam not at all suprised you placed in the cobntests above winning trophies congrats on that. I do like the form you took up and really appreciate it when a poet explains the form. anyways good work all round & good luck in the contest(s)
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Yes, this is an inspiring write to always look for the silver lining, and a new form for me to learn. Thanks.
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very nice i loved it best of luck and keep up the nice writes...
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Nice poem.
Best wishes in my contest!
Magikal Fairy Poet
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Thank you for your beautiful entry, good luck in my contest, Josie
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A fine piece, thank you for this wonderful entry in the contest.
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the rhyming in this was great. It wasn;t forced but it wasn't just hardly rhyming either. Its flowed very well. Great write
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this is good, i love your style of writing, maybe you could adopt me as teachers pet?
very good writing.
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Very interesting form! I was fascinated by the xplanation in the author's notes. The first letter/last letter thing was quite subtle, i wouldn't have otherwise caught it.
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A good write and message. Lovely depth of feeling. Good flow, rhyme and tone. Nice imagery. An enjoyable read.
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Let the carpet embody all negative shards outside the door,
terminate all sorrows, don't summon sadness anymore.
wonderful ending!
i love it,
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I really liked the sort of "mind over mood" tone to this. I believe strongly that as long as we keep our thoughts positive good things will come our way. Very well written with a great message.
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This is uplifting in it's optimism. I especially like the ending and it has a nice rhythm to it. :j
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sweet a cliver write
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Very uplifting and encouraging!
Kudos.
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Colourful
This flowed beautifully, art and life are two of my favourite subjects, though I think it could have done with out the mention of God, but I despise religion despite my spiritualistic veiws, so that is most likely just a personal opinion.
Just thought I'd point out a typo:
emerging through bitter and pleasing climes
I think you may have meant climbs.
Overall a good write, you should be pleased.
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Oh wow. I love this. What splendid imagery. . . The form seems really hard but you did such a good job. I love the final couplet:
"Let the carpet embody all negative shards outside the door,
terminate all sorrows, don't summon sadness anymore."
Good luck!
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This is very lovely. I enjoy sonnets but find them rather hard to write. You did an excellent job.
~Amy
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I needed this! You've inspired me to pick up my feet and keep going. Sometimes life throws hard things at us and times get tough, so beautiful words like these will always be needed to encourage whoever's turn it is for the storm. I've never tried this form, but you write it well. Thank you.
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wow
sonnets are my favorite form of poetry..this is amazing..this write makes the reader think...about what is their part in life..philosophical with a great flow and rhyme..absolutely amazing..you have this form down to perfection..thanx so much for sharing..and best of luck in the contest..blessings..namaste..
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Good
This is a strong piece, asks many questions, and the last line, is a killer for me, excellent. It is a fairly emotional piece There was no error. No typos. Nothing to change. I look forward to your next
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Excellent pice
I'm not sure what else I could say, this is beautiful in every way...
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Oh. THis is a very nice little poem that you have going on here. I really have a thing for form poetry so I'm glad I ran across it. I'm not an expert on forms or anything though, so I can't tell you if the meter's perfect but it sure looks solid to me. I thought you did a good job in expressing yourself on this one.
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Very good Poem!
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Superb
Most excellent indeed. Imagery,rhythm and rhyme are just fine. You write quite well. Hope you are on AP a long time. -
Harrisham Sonnet is not easy to write effectively... you have definitely grown into a very wise and eloquent poet...this was a captivating read, the imagery and flow work so well in this piece...
Good luck in the contest...
mina
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I've never seen this style of sonnet before, but you did well with it. I dig it. Your rhymes were not forced, and really were rather thought out and non predictable. Usually with sonnets on AP they seem to have cheesy fifth grade rhymes going on, but not here. Oh and the requirement of good rhythm you talked about in the author's notes.....trust me, you nailed it.
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Beautiful!! Simply beautiful. ~ Wow ~ I love so much of this ~ word for word you have created a lovely piece of poetry that will carry for years to come!
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I like the concept of the long lines and there is some lovely imagery in here. An interesting poem all round
Jeff
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Whenever life's colorful mosaics appear to fade,
reach for hopeful dyes and create the desired hues.
Halt the path of scary vultures who try to invade,
tell your will's giant scarecrows to bid them adieu.
How wise!
What a beautiful poem.
Thank you for sharing it.
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wow
this pome is great and it sound like you are a native american if you are or not i have a pome for you to read and love it the pome is a indian wishper come and check it out and once again this pome is great and i loved it much thoughts and emotion when't into the pome and keep it going someday save your pomes and it into a book.
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