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Decastich/Sonnetina Posts |
Bruce HendersonBecause of love I threw away the sense that guided me throughout the modest years. The earth grew small, and all my self defence withered before a ghost of maudlin fears. Snake eyes can't see the stars, nor can they know the nightmare depths a wasted soul will sow. Yet pale is not the kingdom that awaits my journeyed heart. I planted faith before I left, and nailed my theses on death's door. For, only shadows long for feigned soulmates. |
Carly SvamvourOh, golden lady you sit so lovely draped in a loose robe, swathed in the copper like light of the western sun, and I can almost smell the fragrance of the perfume this glossy magazine is purporting as being a sure fire way to attract the handsome fellow on the opposite page as he is drinking his ever so smooth brandy, looking into the distance as if it holds an image of angels. |
Dana RoweThe moment gives a pretension Mind starts toward apprehension Things go bump at night Dark, distorting sight Come undone; as it might ~ The unknown is startlingly near Tension can be cut with a shear Adrenaline high Spectres whizzing by mouth goes dry: taste is fear! -----
Let it Fall |
Kathy AndersonOf the eros that we feel Of the love found at the falls Feel released into an inner dimension Fallen from the clouds rains of despair For want of higher being For need of soft satin on skin Of just another long moment of touch Feelings to add to those already had For the sake of beauty in higher regard A higher dimension to the stolen silk of passions. |
Lori Martinopposing shores promise cornucopian futures adrift with half an oar to steer cast between two choices still waters, vacant skies offer no navigational hints parched dreams thirst for resolution, a beginning blinded by possibility’s vastness star guide closes her eyes. -----
Broken -----
Gaia's Fury -----
Six AM |
Lorainne StarkIf I were stranded on an island’s shore Without one sign of civilization I wouldn’t be happy but I’d survive Intact like me paper, pens strewned in sand Must be a reason they and I made it I’m surrounded by beauty and silence Obviously no one’s here to listen I purge what’s within and let it escape Write everything I’ve kept filed in my heart Wrap it in palm leaves to you with the tide -----
Desire -----
Luminaries -----
Need |
Pagannini JonesLook at her hands, at the needle and thread, And the fabrics of folk in her heart. Look at the lines and the needle-pricked thumbs and the patches fraying apart. "This cloth," she says, "was a bridesmaid’s dress And this was a summer skirt. This was your Dad’s and this was my Mam’s And this from your uncle’s shirt". The colours have dimmed in this family quilt but her love holds the threads together. |
QuietmisanthropeIf the pieces stopped fitting into place, I would have never come home to find you. But, without rust or even a slight sound, Again moving as one against what proved To be a sidestep in the darkened streets That we had once run through on floating feet. We have come to owe each other nothing, Even though we're as useful separate As we are powerless to stop what brings This: our painful, beautiful, perfect fit. |
Teagan de DanaanI never meant to push you away, I never meant to ignore you I just couldn't be here every day I assumed you had a different view I assumed you didn't want me to stay. You didn't call me and say g'day So I assumed that we were through But you know what wise men say It makes asses out of me and you I'm so glad you want me to stay. An idea for a Sonnetina using 5 X 5 and a simple rhyme form. -----
Castles in my mind -----
How do I know? -----
Midwinter -----
She comes deliciously -----
Shivers -----
Shoe is on the other foot -----
Vampire Moon |
Sonnetina Sequence
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