Trust the Fish

Two bubble floating upward in the glass Born apart while lovers were the toast...

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Saw

The queues were so long that day And we stood gulping fear...

Simply 6 Minutes – Time and Space

In ancient wonder I found sacred peace Fair Selene, called my name, I’m not alone...

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Rio

The one who keeps me going when I can’t And sees through my darkness to see me shine...

Simply 6 Minutes – Fools and Kings

For the love of the queen he said I should And for her heart, of course, he knew I would...

Quatern Sonnet Notes

Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: 8 syllablesRhyme Scheme: Axxx xAxx xxAx xAExtra Notes: The Refrain is the first line of the first stanza, and becomes the second line of the second stanza, the third line of the third stanza, and the last line of the couplet Example Clipt by Jez Farmer She stole his …

Until…

A love exposed within a gentle kiss Beyond the reach of that orgasmic bliss...

Simply 6 Minutes – Trompe-l’oeil

Vision of beauty too good to be true And I wonder did I really see you...

Clipt

She stole his heart and clipped his wings His will fades out to nothing much...

Fight Back

Is there hope in shadows of death The wondering is this that breath...

Simple 6 Minutes – Tracking Truth

Now Mother Nature has covered the past And old truths lie hidden in moss and vines...

Kiss Lightly

Her sweetest kiss lingers there on my neck Just beneath where the clippers closely cut...

Ceramic Love

Your fingers shaped and moulded in the clay Pulling and pushing it into your way...

Simply 6 minutes- Moonlight’s Song

Mother of tides lend me your song Over the seas echoes of grace...

Prince Amongst the Gods

In darkness fear surrounds a lonely soul And all's lost where no light can penetrate...

Tuckerman’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abbabcab adeced Example Resurrection by Jez Farmer The rain is crying outside the steel gates;Inside there is no loving forgivenessAs evil dines on our righteous progressWe’re naught but pawns as love disintegrates.The father sky sheds tears of pure duressHis naked bride is torn of all but prideAs …

Simply 6 Minutes – Sweet Dreams

‘Good night, my child, may all your dreams be sweet Let the day go to shadows of the night’...

Minerva

Come to my garden where a dryad dreams, we're chasing fairies to where rainbows end...

Triolet Sonnet Notes

Structure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: ABaAab ABaAab AB Example In Scrying Pools by Jez Farmer Silently sat beneath moonlightthe air is sweet with jasmine's scentI look into the waters of night.Silently sat beneath moonlightand there I see you in my sightmy lady hears my heart's lamentSilently sat beneath moonlightthe …

Merrydown

The moonlit glade where fairies dance tonight, as pipes and harps deliver songs for all...

Twilight Scent

A kiss in the sultry air of twilight The summer air possessed by jasmine scent...

Philippine Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. Reyes Philippine Sonnet 1Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaaa bbbb aaaa cc Example Whisper to the Trees by Jez Farmer The late autumn sun kissed the forest floorAnd glistened between fallen leaves and sporeThe vibrant colours of woodland décorPerfect beauty no man could ask for …

Against the Wall

In the realms of love I whisper your name And I feel you near igniting our flame...

Whisper Okay

Baby, as you hold me my senses clear As vibrant as the starlight in the sky...

Sea Dreams

Last night I fell asleep upon the shore My dreams with the stars thus begin to soar...

Seagulls Calling

Bewildered reflections echo twilight Like ripples of light on the ocean’s wave...

Tennyson’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: A1bA2bcddc efeA2A1f Queen of Night by Jez Farmer Despite the worst of me, I feel her loveA gentle kiss that stole my lonely tearsTo ease my mind from storms that rage aboveThe night; yet still her hand calmed all my fearsOh sweet the love that brings me …

Butterfly Blues

Where shadows commune with the summer breeze The pulse of nature in the summer breeze...

Companion

As you read my mind like no other man With your words leading where no one else can...

#writephoto – White Blossom

Beneath the white where we danced on that night Inhaling the scent of our wedding day...

Spenserian Sonnet Notes

Named for Edmund SpenserStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abab bcbc cdcd ee Example Cherry Blossom by Jez Farmer I see your face before my waiting eyesHow does my pen such beauty thus convey?The cherry blossom floating in blue skiesOutdone, as smiles upon your lips now playThe summer sun is not …

One Time Only

It’s not painted in crimson red Nor could it ever be called sweet...

Paulo Comitatu Sonnet Notes

Created by: Larry EberhartStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: See additional notesRhyme Scheme: abbb accc deee ddAdditional Notes: This sonnet is composed of 3 quatrains, the first line of each being iambic pentameter or tetrameter, and the next three being one foot less (tetrameter or trimeter). Example Lunchtime Blues by Jez Farmer In the queue …

Lunchtime Blues

In the queue while waiting for lunch And hunger invades thought...

Sonetto Rispetto Notes

Structure: Octet and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abababcc defdef Example And All Because by Jez Farmer The sweetest velvet in a tempting kissThat coyly hides behind a crispy shellYet it beckons one’s heart beat to missFor delight entices desire to swellCan a friendship lead to better than this?Is a single truffle enough to tellWhat …

Valley Dreams

In the green valleys that I wander in, beside Welsh mountains where I long to be...

He’s Not Me

Is it love or an overwhelming lust Or something else within a stolen kiss...

No Solutions

I walk the path of life alone again, after goodbye, the road seems longer now...

Soneto Cinco Cuatro y Cinco Notes

Structure: Quintain, quatrain and quintainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abbaa ccdd eeffe Example The Poet's Song (in tetrameter) by Jez Farmer A distant echo over timeThe single voice that none could hearThe whisper silenced by my fearA voice which called me out in rhymeAs ink revealed the hidden crime.Two voices that should speak as oneYet …

Shelley’s Sonnet

Percy Bysshe Shelly seemed to have a fondness for interlocking stanzas, possibly a nod to French literature. In his sonnet, he follows the continental octave and sestet format, but he also links the first four lines into the second half of the octave, again the second half of the octave links into the first half …

It Goes So Fast

A gentle sun rises in early spring To bid farewell to the cold winter days And the garden shines in daffodil haze Where bluebells will glow and the songbirds sing...

Schupan’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Two sestets and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: abccba deffed gg Example Silver Willow by Jez Farmer The willow leaves take on a silver glowAs lunar light foretells of love tonightThat speaks without uttering worldly soundAnd leaves the senses rippling to the groundIn lucent passions the soul makes its flightBeneath the boughs of …

Sweet The Voice

I walk the lonely streets of hopeless dreams, Where love has closed my bitter destiny, The dwellings echo children's frightened screams...

The King of Goth

The Sussex lad, to title and land born, an alumni, now he stands proudly tall. In Oxford students pass at future’s dawn, for some the inspiration was his call...

All Night Long

It’s not quite skint, just making the ends meet But still counting each and every cent Tears of relief, there’s enough to get by...

Turning the Page

Wanton desire to find my pleasure in the comfy nook Inhaling fiery delights hidden in the mystery To then aspire to the intimate touch of true romance...

Requiem for Love

Beneath the moon you came and broke my heart, when promise turned to poisoned curse, the clouds of pain remain, they never part...

Nevada Sonnet Notes

Structure: QuatorzainMeter: heptameter or 14-syllable linesRhyme scheme: Any or blank verseAdditional Notes: Consistent internal rhyme occurring at the same syllable in each line Example Turning the Page by Jez Farmer Wanton desire to find my pleasure in the comfy nookInhaling fiery delights hidden in the mysteryTo then aspire to the intimate touch of true romanceHeld …

Nature in Love

Every new leaf upon the spring time trees Shares its echo as a soft spoken voice Expressing a new thought, a new chance to be Enchanting the soul with that soft whisper...

No Treasure Trove

When love is done there can be no more pain For there’s nothing left for the heart to hold Those worn out senses have nothing to gain...