No angels wait in god’s heaven for me Nor do demons wait in a devil’s hell From that unholy torture I am free....
Freedom of Love
Category: Sonnets
On Italian Shore
In clouds of topaz see the native girl She walks barefoot over the amber sands. Soft tendrils of auburn hair twist and curl...
Korean Sonnet Notes
Created by: Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Sestet and OctaveMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aaaaaa bbbbbbbb Example Azure Blue by Jez Farmer Cast the soul adrift upon the oceanAnd let it feel the waves of emotionAdrift but safe in a lover’s devotionWhere just one kiss can cause a commotionOr as calming as a soothing lotionFor each wave … Continue reading Korean Sonnet Notes
Breeze Whispers
She gave me a reason down by the sea So long ago like a whispering breeze I can hardly hear what she said to me...
Bloody Admin
The desk is lonely as dawn breaks And outside morning chorus how it sings In the lazy rays of an early sun....
La Cheminée
In summer sun the grate lies cold No embers left to warm the night Yet summer blooms beauty behold....
Crushing Love
I once fell in love when I was a child Unrequited love, she never saw me I was just a kid, spirited and wild...
Abertawe
So many years have gone on by the by Since we watched the ships going out to sea And I watch them now, a tear in my eye...
Daily Bread
A grain to grace the farmer’s field An ocean of green on a breeze It waves gently between the weald...
The Tuna Fish
Recalling old days, the Sunday market You and me strolling the stalls, hand in hand Picking up Sunday lunch, should we forget.
Time to Grow Up
When I was young and thought I knew it all With an attitude that built a brick wall With nothing to learn and always so right...
Kindergart Klas Sonnet Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abca bcab cabc dd Example Achievements by PK Roy On personal achievements everyonefeels too satisfied, nothing wrong, no sore;But, when one allows success to definewho she's, leads to misery as outcome.To feel good too much attention goes foraccomplishing bigger things and … Continue reading Kindergart Klas Sonnet Notes
Remember, Remember
Tonight, the silence beautifully blooms With the blaring echoes of blasting booms And I wait for the full light of the moon...
Another Old Chestnut
From within autumn’s dying leaves it fell Hidden from view among the blades of grass It’s glory encased in a prickly shell...
Kangaroo Pause Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab ccdd efef gg Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Lawrence Eberhart Should you be moved to speak in anger, dear,I ask that first you test your words alone.You’ll want to be assured your meaning’s clear.If anger stems … Continue reading Kangaroo Pause Notes
A Dapper Gent
He is not a clown, nor is he a child But he amuses me in innocence In the watching I have become beguiled...
A Penny Well Spent
To hold a penny inside your hand Securely keep it for your own desire To spend it in the way that you have planned...
Moment of Bliss
Sweet fragrance hidden deep within her heart Revealed in dreams when the senses depart Sweet fragrance hidden deep within her heart...
Hierarchal Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbbcc ccdddd Example In the Junk Drawer by Jez Farmer It’s that time to clear out the drawer of junkTo rummage odds and sods that did a bunkAll those things that in secret try to hideNeglected stuff aspects of me insideHidden away like the tears never criedAnd secrets … Continue reading Hierarchal Sonnet Notes
At the Gallows
The crowds gathered at the gallows this morn An execution they have come to see As from the rope today a man will swing...
John Milton’s Caudated Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octet and two sestetsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde effegg Example Duskfall by Jez Farmer The gentle lapping water echoes duskA lake shimmering bright in purple pinkWhile distant shorelines into shadows sinkAnd the air takes on the eventide’s muskAnd trees whisper as night birds start to buskTheir songs of love inspire a mate … Continue reading John Milton’s Caudated Sonnet Notes
John Tee Sonnet Notes
Structure: QuatorzainMeter: No meter requirementSchema: ABcdefABghijAB Example Watching the Sea by Jez Farmer While sitting on the shore I watched the sea,My heart was seeking the answers of life,I saw the waves, cascading white horsesReleased to run towards the pebbled shoreEach pushing further in towards the landAnd washing sun-baked stones until they shone.While sitting on … Continue reading John Tee Sonnet Notes
Harrisham Sonnet Notes
Created by Created by Harrisham MinhasStructure: 2 sestets and a coupletMeter: no restriction but should have rhythmSchema: ababab cdcdcd ee Example Sonnet to Spring by Jez Farmer Between winter and roses sunshine bloomThe birds feed and stare into heavy grey skiesIn wild patches daffodils break the gloomThe warmer days coming with breezy sighsBut still inside … Continue reading Harrisham Sonnet Notes
Tasting Erotica
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 109 My fingers caress the precious pearl fleshIvory whiteness, inhaling her scentHer irate fragrance so sweet and so freshWith gentle stirrings I bring out her bestJust a little longer I wait to tasteFor my tongue is hungry and longs to testBut such is her sweetness I cannot wasteTo savour her delight … Continue reading Tasting Erotica
To Tomato Soup
In the storm of rapid cycling and tears It is the red fruit brings comfort to me With warmth to my heart and soothing my fears...
Keats’ Sonnet Notes
Created by John KeatsStructure: Four triplets and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abc abd cab cde de Example Paper Sheet by Jez Farmer A paper sheet; untouched and lily whiteAn illusion waiting for ink to be bornOf poet’s dreams in sweet rhythm and rhymeThat voices passion for love’s own delight.The ancient nib in poet’s hand … Continue reading Keats’ Sonnet Notes
Kal’s First Fireburst Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abcb bcdc cded deNote: The third line in each stanza must have a feminine end-word Example Owed to Judges by Lawrence R. Eberhart Someone is tasked with being judge, of coursein any competition of the arts.Most earn the right thru their … Continue reading Kal’s First Fireburst Notes
Jeffrey’s Sonnet Notes
Created by Scott J AlcornStructure: 2 sestets with a cross rhymed couplet (the cross rhyme is in the 2nd to 4th syllable in each of the two lines of the couplet). Also there is a cross rhyme in the first line of the 2nd sestet (between the 2nd to 4th syllable), tying the 1st sestet … Continue reading Jeffrey’s Sonnet Notes
Italian Sonnet Notes
Italian Sonnet 1 Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abbaabba cdcdcd Example Cinderella’s Fetish by Jez Farmer An obsession once a cute quirkEngaging her within my desireDelicate feet dancing with fireAnd I felt all my senses jerkFor her heart I was going berserkWith love and lust on a live wireBut too soon the passions … Continue reading Italian Sonnet Notes
Sonnet to Spring
Between winter and roses sunshine bloom The birds feed and stare into heavy grey skies In wild patches daffodils break the gloom...
Heroic Sonnet Notes
Structure: Octave and sestetMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbccdd eeffgg Example Spark by Jez Farmer The darkness of depression holds my handEmbracing me here where I cannot standAnd my eyes of tears cannot see the wayTo lead me out into the light of dayThere is no place that I can go, not nowFor darkness holds me … Continue reading Heroic Sonnet Notes
In the Junk Drawer
It’s that time to clear out the drawer of junk To rummage odds and sods that did a bunk All those things that in secret try to hide...
Spark
The darkness of depression holds my hand Embracing me here where I cannot stand And my eyes of tears cannot see the way...
Gloria cum Noynoy Sonnet Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M Reyes in tribute to Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoStructure: Three quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba abba cddc dd Example Open the Door by Jez Farmer Seeing beyond pain to enrich the dayA hidden purpose, a reason to dreamReleasing the past in a conscious streamAnd open the door to a better … Continue reading Gloria cum Noynoy Sonnet Notes
For Our Freedom
In the fields the scent of their blood remains Combined with the stench of decaying flesh Penetrating beauty with historic stains...
Germanic Sonnet Caudated Notes
Structure: Octave, sestet, and three tripletsMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abbabccb cddcdd dee dff dgg Example Charlie’s Gone by Jez Farmer Recalling that night, the first time we metToo blind to see the harm in front of meBelieving you had come to set me freeBy numbing pain and making me forgetSelling my soul, I didn’t … Continue reading Germanic Sonnet Caudated Notes
Sonnets and Lemons
Her fragrance released on the midnight bloom By the moonlight and frustrations of love So sweet the essence breaking nightly gloom...
In the April Moonlight
The moon rises above the old oak trees To shine her beauty across the valley And willow trees are heavy with leaf buds...
Glorionic Sonnet Notes
Created by Gloria MartinStructure: Octet and a sestetMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: aabbbccc ddedee. Example Black Rose Petals by Jez Farmer As I lay the black roses on your graveI no longer feel I am strong and braveAs winds blows emptiness again todayIt feels like living is so far awayAnd my tears fall where the dark … Continue reading Glorionic Sonnet Notes
Japanese Sonnet Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M ReyesStructure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: each line is a haikuSchema: aaaa bbbbbb aaaa Example Sakura Memories by Jez Farmer Sweet scented petals descend on the breeze; fragrant farewell,Memories entwine in rivers of tears; love cannot dispelDark clouds obscure the future and the sun in living hell?Temple chimes echo sounds of … Continue reading Japanese Sonnet Notes
Cypress Tree
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 1 Paint that spirals from the brush tells a taleFrom his eye the image his holy grailAs the turbulent clouds churn up the skyThe golden heads of wheat quiver and callTo where the shady green cypress trees sighOf an artist’s longing in the landscapeAnd he walks for miles to find nature’s viewWithin … Continue reading Cypress Tree
Grammarian Sonnet Notes
Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesStructure: alternate quintains and coupletsMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Scheme: abbba cc deeed ff Example The Rabbit and the Warrior by Jez Farmer As springtide comes amid the ancient stoneA warrior stands alone as he seeksThe old one with whom holy wisdom speaksAs across the skies the setting sun streaksA white … Continue reading Grammarian Sonnet Notes
Soul Secrets
Form: John Tee Sonnet Where shards of light entwine with flowing streams,The magic sings with breezy willow treesWhile lovers hide beneath the rustling greenTheir wedding bed an old moss-covered stoneA secret place behind a weeping veilAnd love whispers with the water's laughterWhere shards of light entwine with flowing streams,The magic sings with breezy willow treesWe … Continue reading Soul Secrets
#Writephoto: The Rabbit and the Warrior
Author’s Notes: Once again KL Caley has supplied a great #Writephoto prompt which can be found here https://new2writing.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/writephoto-rabbit/ As I am working on some notes for a sonnet form and need an example I thought I would use the Grammarian Sonnet. My rabbit seems to be more appearing than vanishing but equally mystical I guess … Continue reading #Writephoto: The Rabbit and the Warrior
French Sonnet Notes
French Sonnet IStructure: Octave and sestetMeter: Octasyllabic or iambic tetrameterRhyme Schema: abbaabba ccdccd Example On the Way Down by Jez Farmer In darkness whispers kept talking to meAnd whispers echoed around in my mindA growling roar that once was far behindIn the realms of a childhood fantasyThose days before my soul walked strong and freeWhen … Continue reading French Sonnet Notes
To Love
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 105 Only love can caress a broken heartEnticing it to feel the joy againBy easing the pain that tore it apartYet understanding the truth of a shy smileResisting the urge to give all once moreAs finding that strength within takes awhileLearning to trust is harder than beforeTo love again requires a … Continue reading To Love
A Taste of September
Form: Raven’s Rovi Sonnet 104 She comes with her basket ready to chooseAnd the farmer comes with his goods to sellIt’s a bargain of faith neither will loseShe wants some apples to bake her a pieHis orchard trees were laden with ripe fruitHer fingers select the apples to buyEach one shining in its autumn green … Continue reading A Taste of September
Irish Sonnet Notes
Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abab bcbc cdcd dd Example Chica Cherry Cola by Jez Farmer As I lay trying to sleep out the nightI think of your kisses teasing my skinIn the loneliness, I still feel you biteAnd the scratching of your nail like a pinAwake, wide awake, yet I’m … Continue reading Irish Sonnet Notes
Charlie’s Gone
Recalling that night, the first time we met Too blind to see the harm in front of me Believing you had come to set me free...
Black Rose Petals
As I lay the black roses on your grave I no longer feel I am strong and brave As winds blows emptiness again today...
