My Dreams. - Wyleian Sonnet XI
When all the world around is full of strife;
When everywhere on earth is grey and dour,
Disease, starvation, poverty is rife
And there is little sunshine any more,
Existence seems mundane and life a bore;
My travels and romances now long past,
Yet dreams provide a haven, like a shore
Wave-washed with driftwood memories that last.
For, in my dreams I am without an age.
Loved ones, long lost, return to me in mind.
I, haply, see again each turning page
Of happier days when life and love was kind.
Leave me my dreams and let my musings be
Far from this world of cruel reality!
Hugh Wyles, August 29th. 2004.
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This is a companion to Nogenreneeded's beautiful sonnet "Dreams"
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Written August 30th, 2004
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I myself have been writing sonnets for years and I'm so happy to find a place where others also practice the craft.
I feel like I've hit upon a gold mine! I love your work! -
A very outstanding poem sir
But excuse me, I have grown confused, I read your column of Wyleian sonnets, but nonetheless, I have seen multiple rhyming schemes.
Pardon me again, but some of the rhyming schemes resemble very much the Shakespearean sonnet, if you don't mind me asking, where does the change lie, what does make these sonnets different.
The metre is Iambic as usual, the rhming plan is either (abab-cdcd-efef-gg-shakespearean)!
I mean only to understand and not critique, your sonnets are of such raw power that I wish to be knowledgable about their rules, and maybe I can use them once ot twice.
Thank you for the time,
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Dear Raven Dark,
Some sonnets are in traditional styles, others break with tradition. In the collectioon of over 180 sonnets you will find almost every conceivable variation of rhyme-scheme and examples in quadrameter, pentameter, hextameter, heptameter and octameter. Also, apart from iambic meters there are examples in dactyllic and trochaic meters as well as mixed meters.
We just try to write good sonnets - some in traditional forms, some as experimental and novel developements.
The breadth of our experimental variations cannot be judged from any one sonnet but has to be considered in terms of the whole Wyleian collection. There is, as explained in the column, no single Wyleian style.
Thanks for your interest. Hugh.
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Exceptional and lovely
Having read this beautiful sonnet, I could not help but read the one that preceeded this one and what a treat!!!
You guys are inspiring the others to try these forms, even novices like me who write nothing but free verse!!!
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Dear hugh, such a wonderful Sonnet you have written. i am sorry i have not been by before this.Such a beautiful write.
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I thought this was quite beautiful as well as your other favorites did, it had a sound to it like a letter but I guess that is how a sonnet is. I really enjoyed it Hugh, Catressa
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hugh, i loved this one. so sweet keep writing and i will keep reading your poetryfriend maryann
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a superior blend of happy and sad, lost and found, longing and long gone. But still you manage to convey a sense of hope.
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Dear Mari,
Thanks for lovely comment from chief critic who obviously never has me in her dreams!! lol.
Love and hugs, XXX Hugh. -
There is where I search for peace when all gets too much, too dark and too heavy. There isn't a safer place than in our dreams, cosy and warm no harms to fear...
Again, a beautiful sonnet my dear friends!
May your dreams be always full of joy!
Kisses and loves,
Mari
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Dear Anne and Jacki,
Thankyou for your kind comments and applauds. I am honoured that you read and liked this poem and hope you have read its companion by Nogenreneeded which is really beautiful.
Love and hugs to you both, XXX Hugh. -
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A fabulous piece filled with so much hope. Perhaps in the very near future I will return to my poems of hope, in fact I know as time passes and some of the pressures are lifted I will once again leave the dark hopeless ones behind. I know that in my soul still kindles a spark that will soon rekindle the fire. Jaki
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Beautiful
Dear Hugh, I love the sentiments expressed in this sonnet, especially the part about being 'without an age' and 'loved ones, long lost' returning. Ah - the stuff of dreams. Well done.
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Dear Bea, dear Gen,
Thankyou both for your encouraging comments and applauds. It is nice to have loyal 'fans' who signify their approval.
Love and hugs, XXX Hugh.
Edited on Aug 30, 10:06 p.m. because 'Forgot L & H.'. -
Hugh -
You have met this challenge well. I love this. Though we both have the same theme the poems are so different. It is all a matter of perspective it seems.
We will leave you to your musings as long as you promise to write them down and share them with us...
Your turn to find a picture...
Your Forever Gen -
very magnificent Wyleian Sonnet Hugh I love if for it is a very nostalgic write, with wonderful imagery. very, very beautiful. Hugh your writing lately has been very captivating.
Love~Bea~
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