Sonnyboy's Sonnets: 2008-0001

Saturday, February 9, 2008

SONNET #5 (0005-0209-2008)

PRAYER: will my pen travel far back, tear apart white sheets from mummified mortality, or will this hand reach deep down to my heart - where my bethrothed has rented chambers three? shall I recount how royalty stolen from Egypt... Asia, helped by relations - mine - modern tribes, split as local... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

poetic license-no tru sonnet, but OPEN BOOK. Who i read recently & pages#

Payment Distribution to Writers for period ending February 17, 2008 (Pending) Writer Pages Read Payment Share 7stars 3 1.66 % afzal50 12 6.63 % Angesom_AG 4 2.21 % Ariala 8 4.42 % ash_pradhan 10 5.52 % brisbane_artist 8 4.42 % CRShelley 16 8.84 % Dee2206 1 0.55 % EX_TURPI 3 1.66 % FerretLover 1 0.55... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 27, 2008

SONNET #4: Mending Wall LCX

Metamorphose numbers like Carl Sandburg Six million murders during World War II Half that number in cages; hear them beg Against collective punishment for a few Terrorists who know and cultivate hate Which we loved when it was against Hindu Exactly the way we entered Osama’s gate First against... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

SONNET # 3 (for IRISH Grandparents, and their grandson LOGAN)

LOGAN, grandson of Harold and Linda Your arrival followed bitten lips, breaths You enjoyed the make-believe world within But mother was in pain, gramps…for their first Of many grandchildren yet, impatient So, now that I see you yell, smile, sleep All the while kissed, held and embraced tightly By... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Choose in 2008: what's a Bummer? Where's YOUR banner? (Sonnet #0002/08)

Bummer Or Belief in our Banner Looking back, one may see too many hands In the burning broth of democracy Once the people, in one state in this Land Took to his honest face, - not the Party! Machines of a careless Clinton, the spouse, Went on a rampage: the man labeled “kid” May well have been sent... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Sonnyboy's Sonnet 0001: IMPORT DEMOCRACY

IMPORT DEMOCRACY (Sonnet) Lord, let this world take to democracy Not for the sake of others, but futures dreamed by our aunts, our mothers' ancestry... Their blood and babies lapped by machetes in streets and slums from Africa, Asia, Latin coups, Asian assasinations From Kenya to Pakistan to Georgia... Sign in to see full entry.

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