When I listen to the morning sunlight
slowly burn away night’s heavy covers,
I hear the soft voice of song birds in flight
singing in celebration to discover
all the ways to spend the minutes today.
Opportunities leading down the aisle
to our seat next to love, this life’s mainstay.
Moments, both joyful and heartbreaking, play
across our soul’s screen. Memories made when
we decide to walk through the front door to
sing with the birds, feel sunlight on our skin.
The day is new, let your goals follow through.
When I lay my head down as night falls,
I know tomorrow will start with dawn’s call.
Poetic Form #59: Sonnet
There are a few different types of sonnets that have evolved over time, but most sonnet
forms share these characteristics:
- Fourteen lines separated into four sections called quatrains.
- A strict rhyme scheme: As an example, a Shakespearean sonnet
- is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG
- Written in iambic pentameter (but this is also an area that is changing -
- I tried, but my poem is not perfect).
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