Child of My Spring
[English sonnet]
As sweet as wine into our life you came,
O' child of spring, a loving birth of heart.
A budding rose you set our lives aflame
I knew with you we soon would have to part.
Tall as a willow tree we watched you grow
yet knew that you would want to be set free.
Sweet smile of yours could melt the winter snow.
As we grow old our needs of you we plea;
Though leaving home sweet child, don’t leave our life.
Many a beaux will pass this way in vain;
To one you will consent to be his wife
so do not look on them with such disdain.
You soon will need to go and seek your fate,
then life shall write your story on new slate.
Summer Child
[Kyrielle sonnet]
Where is this child
of thee and me
who laughed and smiled
Summer child running free.
Climbed like the wind
on ‘n off my knee.
N’er had you sinned.
Summer child running free.
Now you are gone
my lil’ sweet pea
as night follows dawn.
Summer child running free.
Where is this child
Summer child running free.
Autumn Child
[Spenserian sonnet]
A child no more you live your own sweet dreams
holding your own sweet babe as I held you.
The perfect life together so it seems.
You thought you were one of the perfect few.
If only I could tell you all I knew;
But should I tell you all would you believe
and tell him finally you are all through.
You can not live with one who will deceive.
Alone, a life you will work to achieve
and raise your own sweet child as we raised you.
Though you are strong you may for him still grieve,
you will forget and to your self be true.
You are my child who learned young to beguile
and many hearts still melt when you would smile.
Child of My Winter
[French sonnet]
I stand here in the winter of my life
your arms embrace, I've waited for so long
as I once held you, soon I'll hold my song
of angel's choirs. Our time at last is rife.
Through tears I see you now beside my bed,
how long it’s been since I beheld your smile.
O child of mine with charms you can beguile
Cry not dear child no tears for me be shed.
To keep you from a life of pain and hate
living with one who treated you so wrong.
My soul to God above belongs….
Go now my child before it is too late.
Stand tall, be strong but most of all be wise,
My winter child we now say our goodbyes
Darlene Sperber
September 5, 2009
Author notes
This is the requirement for my last sonnet class... to write a sonnet sequence using my choice of forms. It was a very hard class for me but I learned a great deal and enjoyed it so much..Now I am going to join the graduate group. 
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Matchless!
Did you write this for your own? Beautiuflly rhmyed and moving.
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Thank you Wesley ...I did this Sonnet Sequence to complete the Gentle Introduction to Sonnets class. It was a challange and I am very proud of it...Thank you for stopping by to read it
Darlene
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Dear Darlene,
I KNEW you could do it if you persevered !!
When I compare these sonnets with your earlier attempts, I am simply astounded at the progress you have made, especially with your grasp of iambic meter. Only in line #11 of the last sonnet is there an iamb missing. Otherwise your meter is perfect throughout as is your adherence to the various sonnet forms.
I know how hard you must have worked through the classes to achieve such a high standard in the difficult sonnet form and this sonnet sequence alone, with its storied progression through four seasons, each using a different form, is a poetic achievement of which you may be proud.
It is also a splendid testament to the excellent guidance of your class teacher who, I am sure, is proud of you as her pupil.
The standard of inspiration and writing in this sequence is such that I cannot better congratulate and commend you than by inviting you to have it included in the WYLEIAN sonnet collection. If you honour us by accepting my invitation, please add a suffix to your title so that it reads as follows:
"A Sonnet Sequence - Wyleian Sonnet CCLXIII"
I shall then add the entire sequence to the Wyleian Sonnets Chapbook as a most worthy inclusion.
Please pursue your sonnet endeavours in which I see tremendous and most worthwhile potential.
With applause, admiration, love and hugs, XXX Hugh.
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Thank you Hugh for reading and giving me a 'thumbs up' on my endevor to write this sonnet sequence...I guess if nothing else can be said of me it is always that I am persistant...to the point, at times, of being stubborn...and that's a good thing!
I knew there was an iamb missing in line 11 of that particular sonnet but for the life of me I just liked the way it read and finally decided to leave it 'missing'...sometimes less is better...I am very proud of my achievement with this class and owe it all to the wonderful teachers I had. You included. So thank you for all the help you have given me over time and though sometimes it may not seem so, I welcome any other critiques you choose to give me...
Now that I am home from vacation and finished with this class with only one more class to finish I may have time to enter a contest or two again.
I will be most proud to accept the honor of having my sonnet sequence added to your WYLEIAN collection...thank you
Darlene
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Your sequence is now added to the Wyleian Chapbook collection and I have printed it out and added it to my library.
Have you tried a Petrarchan (Italian) or a Sicilian style sonnet yet?
A challenge awaits.
XXX Hugh.
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I like that you tackle classes. I remember the haiku class and now sonnets. Did you ever do your siser's story class? Shame if you didn't!
Wow, what an endeavor, and creative too. Not only because it is beautiful but because there is a lot of work here, not only with the sonnet themselves but with making them unified, into that sequence. I know I'm impressed, bopefully the Sonnet host is...of course he/she is looking at elements that I am not, as a simple reader.
Like Catz said, "something to be proud of."
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Hi Yem,
Here are the classes I have completed..I still need to finish one on meters...I think thre are two more lessons to do...
Advanced Study of Haiku by haikumonk
Beginning Haiku Class by azure85
Gentle Introduction to the Sonnet by Ceridwens Soul
Theory Of Rhyme Part 1 by JM Kenyon
Writing For The Child Reader by Granny Goose
Writing a sonnet was my hardest class and required the most work on my part...mostly because it took a while for the style to soak into my numbscull. I have been invited to join in the sonnet graduate group...Will give it some thought before I do. Need to learn what is required of me first...I tend to get over whelmed with committments if I am not careful...and writing poetry takes a lot of time since it does not come easy for me.
I got an excellent critique from my teacher on this sequence of sonnets...
Thanks so much for reading and commenting.. ..
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So this will be six. Wow, how cool. I always think about trying one but part of me is chicken and the other half worries I won't have time. The rhyme one sounds like something I could maybe do without too much commitment.
I don't know anything about sonnets but this one certainly reads nice.
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This work of art is something to be proud of, Darlene I love this and I'm looking forward to reading the others.
You've come from not even knowing what a sonnet is to writing them beautifully. A wonderful set of sonnets, Sis
love and
Dee
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Thanks sis, I am very proud of my accomplishments in sonnet writing...hopefully I will get better over time...
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What a lovely sequence of a variety of sonnets. I greatly enjoyed reading these!
A~
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Thank you Aeiten, I am beginning to enjoy writing sonnets...never thought I would say that but it is happening...
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Sonnets are fabulous- I love to read and write them. Glad you are beginning to enjoy writing them!
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