The Missing

Through silent misty eyes I look for you I am missing you, it’s hunting me down As without your kisses my heart is blue...

Busta Sonetto 1 Notes

Meter: No meter requirementStructure: 2 quintains and a quatrainRhyme Scheme: abcba defed ghhg Example: Danish Prince by Jez Farmer A soliloquy questions life or deathOne man’s desperate plea seeking choiceAs he utters ‘to be or not to be’The strain echoing in his troubled voiceAnd again, as he draws into his breathHis crying eyes blinded by …

Melodies of Lust

Come join me where the river sings desire And oceans play the melodies of lust For here is where I build my heart of fire...

The Trouble with Tights

I haven’t forgotten the annoyance Of tights; the fear of snagging on the gate In the rushing out late to get to work...

A Mystic’s Dream

The murmur of waves echoes in the trees Like breaking ripples caressing the beach As twilight shadows mingle on the breeze...

By the Seine

And by the river on those summer days Where so many have flirted in the sun Before we came along with hands held tight...

Bush Ballad Meter Sonnet Notes

Created by: Lawrence Eberhart.Meter: Lines1 through 12 alternate 15 and 11 syllable. Lines 13 and 14 each have 15 syllablesStructure: Octet and sestetRhyme Scheme: ababcdcd efefgg Example: The Magic by Jez Farmer Only lovers share the true secrets of love that touch the soulThe mystery hidden betwixt stars and moonAnd none may know why the …

Magical Sleep

At last you sleep, so peaceful as the night Begins to drift its way across your dreams To push back shadows the day left in sight...

Somnolent Heat

She snuggles close into a sleepy sigh And I feel her skin brush against my thigh My breath awakens at the gentle touch...

Lunar Blessing

She hangs in the sky almost full tonight As the clouds scatter to release her light To the summer grasses on which we lay...

On Cheese

I have seen sonnets devoted to most things From women to sex and all things between But poems for cheese I have never seen...

The Shame of It

Independence of thoughtless mind Government feeds the fascist mind With news reports of hate defined...

Burns’ Sonnet Notes

Created by Robert BurnsMeter: No meter specifiedStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletRhyme Scheme: abab cddc efef gg Example: A Sonnet upon Sonnets by Robert Burns Fourteen, a sonneteer thy praises sing;What magic myst’ries in that number lie!Your hen hath fourteen eggs beneath her wingsThat fourteen chickens to the roost may fly.Fourteen full pounds the jockey’s …

Cummingtonite

A solid rock in its mineral state The strength of lust in the romantic state For love began on the very first date...

When Earth Meets Water

Your eyes are like the ocean waters deep That swell with mystery as waves rise And the essence of you flows as you weep...

Lunchbreak

As silent as memorial statues sit As still as a marble carving they sit A time to relax for just a wee bit...

Give Me Wings

And in all those times I have watched you fly I’ve never asked the questions how and why How I wish to find my own set of wings...

Don’t Be Afraid

If you take my hand, then let me guide you I’ll speak of my heart, always love is true Please whisper softly of all you desire ...

Serenade in Blues

A vow of love made with a ring My promise given in a ring My heart says this is the right thing...

Great Mother

Her nature swells in the waves of the sea For she is as pure as the waters there And she rolls on the tide for you and me...

Explosions of the Mind

In glares of light that explode in the sky Just don’t speak to me, don’t you dare touch me Another squealing flare disturbs the night

Suspension of Consciousness

You moved silently like the gentle air Without sound to disturb my sleeping mind As I wake I wonder if you were there

Wilted Roses 2

Worn are the faces of aged stone graves Sun, wind, and rain have beaten all to dust. Words lost to time in twilight’s damask waves

Wilted Roses 1

Our love died at the setting of the sun, As the day darkened along with the heart. Like unwinding string our embrace is undone

Time

The instant world of everyday life Has little to share with the time gone by As pausing for breath is being too weak

Les Grandes Baigneuses

The white emptiness of a cold blank canvas So naked without the stroke of the brush The gentle caress of creative thought

Street Mog

On cold windy nights I remember you You said I was cute while tickling my ears You best friend forever, no matter what

Philotes’ Touch

We sip on white wine to the sounds of night Our glasses glimmering in the moonlight No clouds obscuring the soft silver rays

Blues Sonnet Notes

Meter: Decasyllabic or pentameterStructure: Four triplets and a coupletRhyme Scheme: AAa BBb CCc DDd ee Example: Esbat Sonnet by Jez Farmer My Lady shines between the land and sea,Her lunar light that shimmers on the sea,In her fullness I see my destiny.Her guiding hand to lead the ebb and flow,Her gentle touch that brings natural …

Seductive Power

The sweet words enticing the ear to love Handmaiden, goddess smiling from above In the persuasion of lyrical verse

Transitory Night

In these, the darkest hours, I feel so wrong Alone and longing to look in your eyes To find the answer of love, my heart’s song

Flirting Messages

What is wrong with you, what is wrong with me What is this thing that has us in its grasp Like captives in bondage, yet we are free

Sonnet of Pan

He plays his flute where forest and glade meet Songs of love and they come on dancing feet From the rivers and from the distant seas

Oh Aphrodite!!!

Her beauty captivates my heart in chains Of sweet lust rushing through my raptured veins My nemesis of illicit desire

Nightfall

As twilight shadows dissolve in the sand And echoes of day drift out to the sea Your lips flutter on the palm of my hand

From a Crazy-Assed Poet

My gift to you that your eyes cannot see To lift your heart so I may kiss your soul With love pronounced by delicate decree

Dinner Date

Just like the warm embers love glows within It’s waiting like we do for the weekend And time to rekindle flames, skin on skin

A Beach Walk

Love, don’t let your soul drift so far from me Not even for a day, that is too long Yet I will wait ‘til you desire to be

Wasteground

And how empty is this world without you There’s no breath of air and no sound of joy Just lonely darkness, alone without a clue

Country Life

Her nest is snug, perfect for a small mouse A place to sleep and store the nuts and seeds Her face twitches as she looks at her house

She Sings My Soul

The keys that hold the secret sounds of art To please the soul with the beauty of song Each note touching love while we are apart

Hedone

The pleasure of feeding your hunger and need In your moment of want and sensual greed With her mind floating on your unclipped wings

The Erotes: Hymen

Safe in the dark and sacred space of prayer But can the promise of love be found there When love is more than a memorised vow

Jigsaw Puzzle

I stare at the pieces for one to fit A broken picture and nothing is clear Impatience waiting for one to appear

Just One Night

In the vague morning light I look at you And question the lust of the night before I look at you and I see nothing new...

Love is Victory

I hear them say that love is mortal sin If that is the case, I accept my fate A curse that’s made at a devil’s chagrin

The Erotes: Hermaphroditus

There is more between the blue and the pink ‘Ambiguous’ as was written in ink A word that says the binary is wrong

The Erotes: Hedylogos

Form: Ivorian Sonnet 24 Hedylogos – the god of sweet talk and flattery He whispers words to make her feel desire Romantic and sweet, inciting her fire

Fashion Parade

Form: Beginning of the Line Rhymed Sonnet Smiles are infectious, a beautiful pox Styles may change but a smile will never fail To set a mark in the high fashion stakes

Sapphorically Speaking

Form: Sapphic Ode Sonnet Now what am I to write today? I have to get my coursework in, my lovely girls can splash and play