Sonnets are tricky. But well done to these Windsor Writers who followed all the rules and produced a piece of poetry all ready to read out on February 14th.
Valentine Sonnet What I Wrote
by Mike Moss
Our homework this month, a sonnet to write
I’ll try very hard, the rules are quite tight
I have to confess, I haven’t a clue
About how to write one, or what to do
So I asked my friend Google for some help
When it became clear, I gave a big yelp
A sonnet has lines, some fourteen at most
Ten syllables a line, more and you’re toast
It should rhyme, any way, as best as you can
Write about true love, confess you’re a fan
But wait, it should be iambic, oh dear
If only I’d known, it should have been clear
I think I’ve the gist now so, to begin
Heck! No lines left – I just can’t seem to win!
The Animator
by Judith
Divine, benign or devoid of design,
There is a power that animates all.
It’s the mind behind how an ape, given time,
Became wise whilst a mouse stays small.
It allows the works of human endeavour,
To discern protons, electrons and quarks,
But as for the why and the whom and wherever,
They are hidden beyond the first sparks.
We are free to ponder an act far from grace,
Or beseech the being behind the big bang,
While what breathes life through the vastness of space,
Inspires awe in an ineffable plan.
Sublimely timing choirs of quantum string,
An incredible force subsumes everything.
Unnamed Sonnet
by Phil Appleton
Alert with kindly eyes he looks at me
In expectation food and fun to get
Dependent, tied yet wanting to be free
Our bond is such that both those needs are met
To me he gives unquestioning loyalty
Without complaint, a friend beyond compare
My moods, in all their strength and frailty
He takes them on, it seems without a care
Yet he’s a dog, a hound for all his charm
Which I forget when he gives me his trust
And looks to me to save him from all harm
So in his place I keep him as I must
In love, support we both connect as friends
A partnership until we meet our ends
Windsor Writers' Group 