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Home Posts tagged "sonnet" (Page 2)

Tag: sonnet

Rest
. Pensive / Life / Metrical / Rhyme

Rest

A working mother subdivides her soul, despite rewards that build her feathered nest. Demands conflict and guilt denies her rest; vacation soon becomes her blinkered goal. Some days that her …

 Denise Gurran / drudgery / rest / sonnet / work
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Sunset, Sunrise
. Peaceful / Metrical / Nature / Rhyme

Sunset, Sunrise

The sunset’s stunning as the day turns night with colors of the palette all aglow; I watch her fade as darkness starts to grow out in the western sky, a …

 dawn / dusk / R. Mark Vincent / sonnet / sunrise / sunset
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Behind Death’s Door
. Pensive / Death / Metrical / Rhyme

Behind Death’s Door

When leaf has fallen withered from the tree, and night’s dark hand has swept aside the day. When lips are sealed and eyes no longer see, what world awaits the …

 afterlife / Anthony Shacknofsky / death / sonnet
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as the sleepers
. Pensive / Death / Metrical / Rhyme

as the sleepers

​ I would that I were with those dead there in their restful deep, were still my bones in earthen bed to know but soundless sleep. I would that sparrows …

 abandoned / Christie Florit / grave / lonely / sonnet / terza rima
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On a Snowy Night in Mariapfarr
. Peaceful / Hope / Metrical / Rhyme

On a Snowy Night in Mariapfarr

Through drifting snow, young Josef made his way to Johann’s cottage, nestled in the trees. He’s come to bless their newborn child, who may succumb tonight from illness and disease. …

 R. Mark Vincent / Silent NIght / sonnet
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