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How To Write A Sonnet
- Published: June 19, 2024
A Sonnet About The Process Of Writing A Sonnet

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Let's write a sonnet showing how it's done
We have our topic: that's a good first start
If not, we'd have to search a while for one
A subject that appeals to mind and heart

Let's write a sonnet showing how it's done
We have our topic: that's a good first start
If not, we'd have to search a while for one
A subject that appeals to mind and heart

A list of words on point might help us next
From that, choose what you want your verse to be
And fashion rhyme by ordering the text
Ab ab times three and then g g

Iambic meter makes a lilting beat
Da DUH da DUH da DUH in packs of five
Creating gentle taps of rhythmic feet
That help to make each stanza come alive

The whole endeavor seems to be worthwhile
To give your readers something of a smile
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Old Wounds
- Published: June 19, 2024
Healing Old Wounds Of The Heart

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Do you feel in your heart an old wound?
That just festers and causes you pain?
Like a stone, it feels heavy and huge

Do you feel in your heart an old wound?
That just festers and causes you pain?
Like a stone, it feels heavy and huge

Think instead of the shadows that bloom
Out of shape by the sun as it sets
So that even a pebble will loom

Set it down, swing your foot, watch it fly
It just takes one big breath, then one kick
And accept rays of light left behind
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Thanks for your kind words. They mean a lot to me!
Best wishes,
Virginia

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My Friend The Tree
- Published: June 3, 2024
Feeling Connected To Nature

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I sit beside my tall and leafy friend
My back against his rough but sturdy trunk
The forest peacefulness begins to wend
Into my heart and sweeps away my funk

I sit beside my tall and leafy friend
My back against his rough but sturdy trunk
The forest peacefulness begins to wend
Into my heart and sweeps away my funk

My sense of time begins to fade away
I feel the hum of life against my spine
And gazing up, I see his branches sway
As if to let me know that all is fine

A stream of trust and kinship starts to flow
Between two dwellers living here on Earth
That, being one with all, I come to know
I realize that all things have equal worth

I've tried to live, since then, connectedly
Influenced still from my friend the tree
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Thank you so much for taking the time to share your kind comment. I am new to sharing my poetry and really appreciate the encouragement!

Warmly,
Virginia

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Hollow Knots
- Published: December 4, 2024
Remembering My Sister

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Hollow knots live in my heart
Hidden where you used to be
You, the older sister, walking
Holding onto skipping me

Hollow knots live in my heart
Hidden where you used to be
You, the older sister, walking
Holding onto skipping me

Memories of our times together
Slowly start to fade away, 'til
What I will have left of you
Only snippets: faded, gray

Great thing with the mind, though, here
In this sadly sweet position
I can choose which thoughts to keep,
Smiling in my recognition

Singing silly songs together
Driving down the wrong way street, or
When you built me my own castle
Giving me a regal seat

Other, not so rosy thoughts will
Simply start to disappear
Knots will loosen in my heart,
Eased by thoughts of Sister, dear
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Baking Memories

I hope this is a poem that expresses the warmth and sense of belonging I felt when I helped my mom bake the yearly Christmas cookies. I chose the Pantoum format, which is structured in four-lined stanzas (quatrains.) Lines 2 and 4 of the first quatrain become lines 1 and 3 of the next one. The repetition felt like a good fit for the repetitious nature of making sheet after sheet of cookies, each year. Here is a link to Pantoums in case you want to learn more. https://poets.org/glossary/pantoum
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I remember coming home from school in the middle of December
The butter was on the counter, warming up
Two aprons were draped across the backs of kitchen chairs, waiting
The cookie cutters were arranged on the table, ready to work their magic

I remember coming home from school in the middle of December
The butter was on the counter, warming up
Two aprons were draped across the backs of kitchen chairs, waiting
The cookie cutters were arranged on the table, ready to work their magic

The butter was on the counter, warming up
Mom and I worked side-by-side, measuring, stirring, talking
The cookie cutters were arranged on the table, ready to work their magic
Soon bells and stars, Santas and angels adorned the cookie sheets

Mom and I worked side-by-side, measuring, stirring, talking
Scents of vanilla and sugar wafted all around us
Bells and stars, Santas and angels adorned the cookie sheets
We sneaked a taste or two and packed the rest in tins

On Christmas day, the tins came out for the family to enjoy
From across the approving crowd, Mom and I shared a moment of recognition, of togetherness
Scents of vanilla and sugar wafted all around us
I remember coming home from school in the middle of December
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