Daffodils surround/
a pond, reminding me of/
of someone I’m fond.
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To a Rose At Last Blossoming: Revolutionary Blogging Improv Sonnet
August 28, 2010A friend wrote a poem in a new blog, and then wondered about her poetic ability. This sonnet is in response (and is also on the comment page to her poem).
To a Rose At Last Blossoming
Roses don’t blossom
quickly, like the daffodil, tulip,
or dandilion,
only to fade just as quickly away.
Instead, they rise from a bushes,
born years before.
The older the rosebush,
the sweeter and longer lasting the blossom.
People glance at rosebushes in winter,
comment on their plainness;
their brown sticks protruding through dead mulch;
their ugliness, deadness, and thorns.
But when rose blossoms at last spread their color’d fragrance,
Humankind is blessed, touched and inspired by true beauty.
Let me be the first: A Valentine’s Day IMprov Sonnet
February 14, 2009Let me be the first
to wish you,
in rhyme and verse,
a day romantic and true.
Let me be the one
to unveil, on this day,
like the red dawning sun,
a radiant bloom’d bouquet!
Though not of cheerful daffodil,
nor lilacs (smelled, seen, not heard!)
Not of sweetest rose, nor orchid’s fragrant thrill:
This flowery bunch is made of words!
For though these words* new from fingers start,
they’ve long been growing within my heart!
*thoughts