Sonnet to a Robin

One to another they passed the message On an autumn breeze hidden in a song In golden hues of the winter’s presage...

His Song Her Choice

Oh, how many times I have envied her Her femininity as the earth Inspiring me as her litterateur...

Mission Unaccomplished

A mission to England for the French King To calm the rising of religious storm The Pope said no, there’s the root of the thing...

Fatima Stanza Sonnet Notes

Created by Larry EberhardtStructure: Two quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab bcbc cc cdcd Example Tell Me of Your Anger in Whispers by Larry Eberhardt 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 clearif anger …

Sonnet to the Dishwasher

Of all things to throw at me for a subject of a sonnet, the gadget that I have a passionate hatred for and won't give house room

Love Remains

I shall not speak of sadness in her name Of a love lost when all I feel is love For love does not die, it goes on the same...

For my Rizzle

She has died leaving me behind in time Her ashes buried beneath the rose tree In the garden where she played roses climb...

A Christmas Party

The shepherds came from their sheep on the hills And peasants came too; a moment to see The animals joining in, angels in frills...

Brief Encounter

Washed up on the high tide line on the shore, A miracle lies amongst the debris. A rose from deep in the ocean’s blue core...

The Kiss of Zen

A kiss of love that tastes of lipstick gloss And stains my lips like the wines of Alsace As you savour my sensual existence...

Crystallization

My lips linger softly against your lips For longer than a taste on a tongue’s tip My eyes imprisoned deep within your eyes...

Sleep Demons

As I sleep my silent fears grow too much Like a giant tiger chasing my soul As in darkness I dread the slightest touch...

Rock-a-Bye

Relaxing by the fire watching her sleep Upon my lap, she’s purring through the night And the night flows softly as dark tears weep...

Living the Thing

Amid the dreams of sweet sixteen there lies The open days when all destiny flies With opportunities of what could be...

On My Knees

I watch her snoozing in front of the grate She’s robed in her mystery furs of time As a goddess biding her time to wait...

Where Sleeping Cats Lie

How contentedly my cat sleeps her dream Her paws twitching and stretching here to there As lazy claws exposed wickedly gleam...

The Cursed Soul

On blackened wing he hovers in sorrows, He’s caught in fusion of the endless night. Her curse to leave his heart in field’s furrows...

Elfin Stanza Sonnet Notes

Structure: 2 quatrains, a couplet, and a quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterSchema: abba abab ba baba Example Where Fairies Play by Jez Farmer The scented garden where I wait for youI sit and watch the fairies come to playAnd hear them sing their ancient songs of MayBeneath the pretty bells of velvet blue.My ragged jeans are …

Elemental Sonnet Notes

Structure: Quatrain, sestet and quatrainMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterRhyme Schema: abab ccddcc fgfg Example: Song of Nature by Jez Farmer The song of nature’s birth is all around,Through all of time its music calls to us,It’s sung in the stars and the earthly groundA song of love that none can e’er succuss.In our prayers and ritual …

Bread, Mister, Bread

Another night of vivid haunting dreams Of a future beyond hope and despair Of waking up and hearing my own screams...

Cinders

Recalling that morning I can’t forget Acrid fumes of smoke sticking in my throat The fires of hell burning the earth, and yet...

Breakfast

The loud voices echo over fruit and veg Arguing which tomato is the best To serve with bacon rashers and an egg...

The House of Flowers

Geraniums bursting in ev’ry nook African violets bloom on windowsills And katydids sit there to read a book...

Fragments of Passion

To feel one kiss a breath on cheek, with moist full lips that brush your lust, torment the game of hide and seek...

A Tall Ship

Still our love rushes through my ev’ry pore Through my being yet craving even more So many secrets remain to unveil...

Let Love

Let love carry me to her one desire A feeling deep within her burning fire Let me be naked in her loving eyes...

Times Are A-Changing

When I was young us kids went out to play Nothing to fear except straying too far From home or missing out on our dinner...

50 Years On

I lived in the suburbs trailing out from town An overlong train on a wedding dress But that old town was no beautiful gown...

On the Sonnet

Where are the words that can seduce your heart In metaphysical kisses of verse Is that not the point of a poet’s art...

The Words in the Stones

Proudly, in circle, they stand tall, Aveb’ry, a Pagan’s hallowed hall. For all my wrongs I will atone...

Good Idea at the Time

Oh, delicate heart, how you torment me From behind your armour of scalloped scales But you seemed such a good idea you see...

The Problem Is…

High in the canopy monkey’s make love As the trees hustle braided vines and leaves In the violets startled eyes look above...

Fluffy Peaks

As morning dawns the climb upward begins In to the fluffy peaks of cloud we go Following the paths of gold oxygen thins...

The Fleece

There is a place for us Far beyond earthly fuss Where secrets speak aloud...

Things I Wanted to Say

My love, forgive me being made this way As I’m breaking the mould is what they say My heart was not born of iron and steel...

Sleep Disturbance

Waking up alone in the cold and dark Surrounded by sound I can’t understand And love becomes the night’s fantasyland...

Twilight Air

As the day passed into the sultry night An iguana posed in fading sun His tongue moving like an arrow in flight...

Cyhydedd Fer Sonnet Notes

The origins of the Cyhydedd Fer Sonnet are unclear given the Cyhydedd Fer couplet easily lends itself to the sonnet form. An ancient Welsh couplet form its more than likely a series of seven couplets was being used long before the advent of the sonnet. The Cyhydedd Fer creates an unusual sonnet rhythm as there …

Chained Sonnet Notes

More of an effect than a set sonnet form the chained sonnet can be used with any sonnet variant the poet chooses. Each line begins with the last word of the preceding line. For a cyclic chained sonnet the last word of the last line should be the first word of the first line. Structure: …

Hallucinations

Anguished winds driving through my dreams Like hurricanes and thunderstorms In flashing, surrealistic screams...

Curtal Sonnet Notes

Originally created by Gerard Manly Hopkins using his devised meter Sprung Rhythm sonnet purists would argue the Curtal Sonnet is not a true sonnet, nevertheless I shall include it in my notes as a valid sonnet form. The Curtal is a shortened, or curtailed sonnet, specifically referring to a sonnet composed of a sestet and …

Countess Grief Sonnet Notes

Created by Jose Rizal M. ReyesMeter: Decasyllabic or pentameterStructure: 3 quatrains and a coupletRhyme Scheme: abba cddc eefg gf Example: Necrosis by Jez Farmer The shimmery haze like buckets of mistReflect the heat against the dying grassAnd old man time must surely breathe his lastThere is no way out; no mystery twistUnheard warnings left all …

Clare’s Sonnet Notes

Structure: Quatorzain of coupletsMeter: AnySchema: aabbccddeeffgg Example: Line by Line by Jez Farmer The soft touch of her lover’s lipsOn her skin his tongue slowly skipsHis hunger, her passion as oneDefining love’s erotic funWithout words, with a metered beatTheir verse inscribed in sexual feetA dance, a song, a poem foundShe drags her nails in the …

Avalon Calls

I gazed in awe upon the azure skies And watched the worlds above align for me The spirits wove on Earth where darkness lies...

Addressing Depression

I want to say the words I need to say Addressing the sadness deep inside me Not that it listens to me anyway...

Sweet Heart of Toxicity

‘Your heart is made of steel’ Yet I know I can feel Targeted words bring pain...

The Music Giggled

The cuffs hold her gently to hanging rings As melodies of love violins sing out. A lonesome flute joy to her senses brings...

Pride and Joy

Inside the walls, I want my place of peace Where stress departs and tensions simply cease When my long day’s done, and come to an end...

Pen and Ink

If only I had more time to just think Another day flies by and gone too fast Tomorrow the same, not hard to forecast...

Cross Sonnet Notes

Created by Victoria Sutton. The first four syllable of line #1, becomes the last four syllables of Line #4 in each of the quatrains. Cross Sonnet 1 Structure: 3 quatrains and a coupletMeter: Octosyllabic or tetrameterSchema: aabb ccdd eeff gg Example Silent Words by Jez Farmer Her eyes that speak of love’s desireEcho the music …