Variegated Feeling

Does love come in varying colour shades And do these colours shine vibrant and proud Or gently humble in pastel cascades...

Dare to Dream

Dare to DreamForm: Balesian Sonnet She left me standing here without a chance,alone, no light to see within this place.Yet still, I dream beyond this night's disgrace,no words of love to guide my heart's romance.I long to hear her voice caress my ears;she is the blood that surges through my veins;my love complete, in faith …

Men of the Docks

The collars turned against the icy chill A huddle of dockers stand the long wait In hopes of work, a day’s wage pays a bill,,,

Fragmented Nightmare

How does love speak within the silent soul That lies shattered beneath a broken dream Where no human words can reach to cajole...

To Be a Poet

To write a poet must first read they said So sat alone with Shelley, Byron and Keats I let their words play freely in my head Picking up their rhythmic romantic beats...

Truth of Darkness

There is no beginning without an end A flower can’t bloom unless winter dies And the seed awakens from dreamy sighs And tendrils of life through the cold earth wend....

Morya’s Double Lock Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Two quatrains plus two tercetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abba baab cdc dcd Example Truth of Darkness by Jez Farmer There is no beginning without an endA flower can’t bloom unless winter diesAnd the seed awakens from dreamy sighsAnd tendrils of life through the cold earth wendFor deep in …

Ways to Say It

In what ways can a lover truly speak Without uttering the words ‘I love you’ Is it the faint flush that blushes the cheek...

Crimson Cloud

He stands alone in Europe’s field As clouds of poppies summon dreams. The days of war a human shield, He stands alone in Europe’s field. Alone in trenches men concealed, So few remain who knew war’s schemes...

Mirrored Seven Sonnet Notes

Mirrored Seven Sonnet NotesCreated by: John ThompsonStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: 7 syllables per lineRhyme scheme: abab cdeedc baba Example Venice by Jez Farmer Echoes of love reflect in stillnessWhere else but here, this place of art and loveAnd memories still dance in their shrillnessAs lilies float by holding my dreams ofYou and I, and …

Mulling On It

Some cover the things that we cannot speak Expressions the pen is unable to find For blanks on a page have no mystique...

Venice

Echoes of love reflect in stillness Where else but here, this place of art and love And memories still dance in their shrillness As lilies float by holding my dreams of You and I, and all that we should have been That sweet joy of love, of you and of me Here in Venice I said give me your pain....

Pushkin’s Sonnet Notes

Pushkin's Sonnet NotesCreated by: Alexander PushkinStructure: Two quatrains and a sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abab ccdd effegg Example Hedonistic Psyche by Jez Farmer Take hold my hand and let me lead the wayAnd whisper in my ear of all you desireAs if my kiss can tell you what to sayWhen lips linger longer to …

Celtic Warrior

My soul stands as a Celtic warrior king Defending my world, my kin, with my life And with his spirit my strength will bring As to my saddened heart he shows my worth...

Pope John XXXIII Sonnet Notes

Structure: aaaa bbbb cc ddddMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrain Example Beloved by Jez Farmer The love you gave me like golden sunshine;You kept me safe and taught me ways divine,My rock when only darkness felt like mineI pray my hand is still held within thine.Those days, beloved, when …

Discovery

There is no beauty in a looking glass Where vanity rules the dreams of the mind Just an image without beauty or class...

Polynesian Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aaxa bbxb ccxc dd Example Divine Horses by Jez Farmer Where wild horses thunder she can be foundBestowing to our kings the royal ground,Their oath as solemn as any marriage vowIn ancient rites by which they are still bound.If flowing …

In Red, White, and Pink

As symbol of love dressed in vibrant red Of passion fuelled by an intimate lust Expressed in the words that the poets said...

Pastures Green

Grass cavorts with the breeze across the field In serene surrender to nature’s wield...

Love In the Ink

Tattooist leave your mark beneath my skin In ink, you trail your art of love to me. Deep colours echo affection within Hypnotic gun is buzzing like a bee...

Wildness of Ecstasy

In the wildness of ecstasy we dance Fulfilling the call of sensual romance...

Persepolis Sonnet Notes

Created by: Leny RooversStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octave 11 syllable lines, Sestet decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: aabbccdd efgefg Example Taking Chances by Jez Farmer A doorway to where, a mystery to goA ready-made adventure and who’s to knowWhat lies just beyond this, an unopened doorI don’t know as I haven’t been there beforeYet anticipation tingles …

In Love’s Consummation

How are we divided since we have kissed Are we not now two souls united as one Is there some deed or word love I have missed? And like paper cats shredded and undone...

Hyper Sonnet Notes

Created by: Marnie KanarekStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: varied meterRhyme scheme: axa axa xaa xaa aaExtra Notes: A chain of four tercets wherethe first line is iambic pentameter,second line is iambic tetrameter,and third line is iambic trimeter,and ending with an iambic pentameter couplet Example It’s Our Fault by Jez Farmer Only the ancient ones …

Innuendo

The open sea and the long sandy shore That lie beneath the moon’s silvery glow As gentle waves ripple to find their roar...

Little Gift

His eyes cast along the well-trodden road But always she was there within his gaze As into his camera her eyes glowed...

It’s Our Fault

Only the ancient ones recall clear skies And the fluffy white clouds that drift Slowly on breezy sighs....

Because the Night

I yearn for the long shadows of twilight While the summer sun rages up on high For the cool of night waited for through heat On the horizon dusk comes into sight...

Passion Sonnet Notes

Created by: Victoria SuttonStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Pentameter or DecasyllabicRhyme Scheme: a1ba2B bcBc Bdbd a1a2 Example Pure Love by Jez Farmer This moment of love so long waited forWhen all the pain and fear melt into timeA moment when life is simple and pureThe world is silent for his sound to chimeA baby’s …

November Frost

The rusty gold oak leaves litter the trail With autumn’s hues rustling beneath our feet As we walk again through the woodland vale...

Pantoum Sonnet Notes

Created by: Terry ClitheroeStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Tetrameter or octosyllabic linesRhyme Scheme: A1B1A2B2 B1C1B2C2 C1dC2d A2A1 Example Tears of Rain by Jez Farmer My heart encased in carapaceNo longer can love cause me painMy eyes are blind to all that laceWhilst tears are only caused by rain.No longer can love cause me painAs …

Wind and Rain

The sweet shelter found on a stormy night While pondering the road so far ahead Beside the blazing fire of warmth and light...

Nightingale Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jez FarmerStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Nine syllable linesRhyme Scheme: axxb axcb xcxb ac Example Oracle by Jez Farmer The quest for answers lost over timeInquiries made in realms of darknessWaiting for the voice of wisdom to speakAnd solve the mysteries of the heart.She sleeps through the years biding her timeDark lady …

Malayan Wave Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaba bbcb ccdc dd Example On Travel Sickness by Jez Farmer The night before brings those feelings of dreadNightmares started before I go to bedIn queasy visions involving the carThey swirl in dizzy thoughts around my headNo matter how near, …

Waves of Tides

The marine world. A place beyond Man's eye When life was free from Man's destructive way. The waves of tides marked time with a soft sigh In peace as oceans smiled, a perfect day...

New Zealand Sonnet Notes

Structure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abab bbcc cdcd ee Example The White Stag by Jez Farmer Beside the dreamy streams he stands alone,The fires of lightning sparking in his eye,As the white stag comes to the sacred stoneThe Sun-god smiles wherever ravens fly,Like a mountain reaching for misty skyProudly stands …

Stormy Landscape with Ruins

Alone except for the gathering cloud The moody sky darkening above me Buffeting winds roaring loud in their glee And I pull my coat tighter like a shroud...

Jittery Jottery

The odd notations from a poet’s pen That cross the lines that once were read between His random thoughts that visit now and then...

When Eyes Meet

Once we were just strangers out on the streets Two lost souls seeking the promise of love You sipped wine, I drank beer to music’s beats...

Mathlish Sonnet Notes

Structure: Triplet, couplet, triplet, couplet and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: aaa bb ccc dd abab Example I Know You Are There by Jez Farmer The calm before the storm, I feel the fearThat presence drawing closer, drawing nearWith silent footsteps that I cannot seeI feel its icy breath move against meAlone in darkness …

Cymraeg Soned Notes

Created by Jez Farmer, the Cymraeg Soned reflects traditional Welsh poetry with the quatrains written as awdl gwydd and the couplet as a cyhydedd fer Adwdl Gwydd Each stanza is a quatrain of seven syllables. Lines two and four rhyme and lines one and three cross rhyme into either syllable two, three, four or five …

On Travel Sickness

The night before brings those feelings of dread Nightmares started before I go to bed In queasy visions involving the car They swirl in dizzy thoughts around my head...

Taking Chances

A doorway to where, a mystery to go A ready-made adventure and who’s to know What lies just beyond this, an unopened door I don’t know as I haven’t been there before...

Kal’s Wondercloth Weave Sonnet Notes

Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded de Example Good Without God by Jez Farmer Does his soul still linger on the BeagleAnd does he still sail to far away islesWhere scientific truth spoke on a finch’s beakAs we look at religion with knowing smilesCreationism …

Stolen by Time

If I could have one wish, just one, come true To relieve emptiness as I forget And to recall the day I first met you...

Not Quite Past It

Years go and sex becomes a passing thought Yet my heart skips when I feel your touch Are my senses acting in ways they ought....

Mirrored 18-Line Sonnet Notes

Structure: Octet, couplet and octetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cc abbaabba Example Ancient Drum by Jez Farmer Across the savannah echo ancient drumThe spirit of nature dancing on grassYet mankind comes invading en masseHe’s taking her beauty and still He comeAcross the plains where the dry grasses humWill this invader e’er run out of …

Hell’s Kitchen

In the kitchens of hell the oven hid, Trembling with fear from the glowing furnace. Anger and rage were brewing under war's lid A storm stewing in the depths of darkness...

Good Without God

Does his soul still linger on the Beagle And does he still sail to far away isles Where scientific truth spoke on a finch’s beak As we look at religion with knowing smiles...

Miltonic Sonnet Notes

Created by: John MiltonStructure: QuatorzainMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbabbacdecde Example On His Blindness by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent,ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with the useless, though my soul more bentto serve therewith my Maker, and …