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Form: Ivorian Sonnet 20 The Erotes: Anteros, god of requited love A tumult of emotions around me And I prayed love was something you’d see Like revealed cards my hand was out on show
Arabian Sonnet Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameter Structure: 2 quatrains and two triplets Rhyme Scheme: aaaa bbbb ccc ddd
Form: Couplets Months of work coming to a final test, three-hour papers in hot rooms, it’s no jest. Classics, linguistics, fine art, all for me,
Form: Ballad Once it was you who ruled my pen And like a child I obeyed you The words at play within my dreams
Form: Gwawdodyn hir Like tears it comes to ease guilt and pain And wash away the last teary stain So exhausted I can sleep again
Form: Epistle Oh sweet I need nothing more than you to make my world complete and I wait in this emptiness until that
Australian Sonnet Notes Meter: Consistent meter Structure: Three quatrains and a couplet Rhyme Scheme: abba cddc effe gg
Form: Free Verse No warning, just attack my senses. Anger and rage
Form: Ballad Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Cunera van der Cock by Frans van Mieris the Elder, 1657/8, oil on vellum inlaid on oak. Currently located in the collection of the National Gallery, London, UK
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 21 As her voice lingered there upon my ear My eyes wandered slowly into her eyes Where the infinite of love knows no fear
Form: Arabian Sonnet I heard his whisper on that darkest night So clear it touched my soul with purest light I didn’t think to fight or take to flight
Form: Free Verse Prompt: Your favourite book in 75 words
Form: Free Verse Sir, can it be that your living flesh so ruggedly defined like the chiselled marble statue of David in the V&A
Form: Quatrains Love, a state of contradiction and such, a world of deep joy, yet agony too. Is it enough or could it be too much?
Form: Free Verse In those eyes of innocence I saw your supplication as a graceful goddess offering her hand and I see your face in all the beauty of love
Form: Epistle Hello, my sweet distraction of love and how you distract me as my mind searches for words and all my thoughts lead to you
Form: Free Verse Those nights I longed for the pain yearned for it desired it
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 20 A man cannot feel love that never was Nor can he lose his soul to a closed mind Although he may search for it just because
Haiku Prompt: a ring
Form: Free Verse Empty promises hidden in bare-faced lies our government turning another blind eye
Form: Quatrains My lads are both Portsmouth boys, and today they are full of football joys. Portsmouth have won the cup to their loudest cheers
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 19 Pothos – the god of sexual longing, yearning and desire
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 18 It’s when we touch, I catch the lust of night And feel the wildfires of want spark alight The play of my hands is moulding your flesh
Form: Balassi Stanza Skies of dusky pink clouds Where the nightfall enshrouds The river of floating dreams
Form: Gwawdodyn To walk along the forest path now Amid the vibrance of every bow
Amanda’s Dark Sonnet Meter: Decasyllabic or Iambic pentameter Structure: Two septets with the first word of each septet being alliterative Rhyme Scheme: Aabbcca Abbccdd
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 19 What does it matter her love doesn’t care Now my soul sings with a different song In the starlight the night she wasn’t there
Form: Arabian Onegin Sonnet Prompt: Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac As the warming sun comes to shine in May It is as clear as the night follows day A pattern formed, no matter come what may
Form: English Sonnet The reflections of early summer sun, Glistens again on my windows this year, They blend invisibly ready for fun
Form: Free Verse Prompt: Last person you talked to Soft words spoken to share a smile or tear
Form: Free Verse Returning youth in golden years a fragile ship upon a stormy sea that searches for the calm harbour
Form: Australian Sonnet Begin to fall in love on a Monday For passion that’s gently kissed by the moon A man must battle for his lover’s rune
Form: Free Verse The trailing kisses like salt on a wound in burning pain
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 18 I held her in my arms on nights like this Her calmness from the savage storm outside As lightning flashed on her lips placed one kiss
Form: Free Verse The choice that isn’t a choice but an unchosen decision to shed the self-imposed shell
Form: English Sonnet The hell's angels on electric scooters Race along the promenade to the pier. Make sure you move at the sound of hooters
Haiku Prompt: A present
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 17 Erotic love is easy to write now Now we’re lingering in the afterglow Of making love, our bodies breathing sex
Form: Free Verse Step by step she descends into modern style as softly sifted sunlight
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 16 The wisdom in the not so innocent kiss Of the tongue teasing while seeking its bliss And it coils itself round silky soft skin
Form: Australian Sonnet The chicken chunks sizzle in Cajun spice A dinner for two in the candlelight The signature dish to heat up the night
Form: Raven's Rovi Sonnet 17 As starlight shivers in the distance sky A poet’s pen begins to write his lines The saddest songs that bring his heart felt sigh
Form: Cyrch a chwta I won’t be back home tonight I’m bidding farewell to light Of summer days that shined bright
Form: Australian Sonnet Prompt: A Wall in Naples by Thomas Jones (1782, oil sketch) An old stone wall with no wisdom to tell No secret glimpses into times long past And the feet walk on with no questions asked
Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameter Structure: Triplet, quatrain, triplet and quatrain Rhyme Scheme: aab cddc ebe cddc
Form: American Sonnet The stiff made up face of a little doll She’s locked in the cage of candy pink walls But down her cheeks no tears will ever roll
Form: Free Verse In his name they fight their wars and throw hate on the world it is not their fault it is in his name
Form: Free Verse I have no wish to return to the days of youth when my eyes were blind to truth when innocence lacked the wisdom to understand and virtue kindled the lies of self and love I wish I had known then the reality of me and that loving you would open my eyes … Continue reading Of Self and Love
Form: Free Verse There was a time a time that is now so long ago when I gave you my heart
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 16 We stand together as we watch love’s death Once lovers, it’s only pain that we feel Still we stand as what was takes its last breath
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