Celebrating Memorial Day 2021
A Sonnet Last night of cruise. Tomorrow li… Back to the mundane, the fun is ov… Much needed, to reenergize our hea… A fleeting solace; a passing lover
How can he write of sunny, joyful… When sadness weighs heavily on his… How can he think of uplifting rhym… When they’re several thousand mile… His words are flat; and his lines…
A Sonnet Oh, what a beautiful autumn mornin… The air is crisp; the heavens tang… With the sun behind a cumulus scre… A scene, fleeting but simply amazi…
often, the truth is unwelcome so we choose to live a lie rather than accept what is real yes, we’d rather laugh than cry... a brave front we show the world
He hears the haunting whistle of t… And the hissing sound of shifting… While he crouched behind a craggy… Amid the wretched and barren waste… Sheltered from blistering rays of…
She stares A blank look in her face Anybody there? Behind the unerring gaze… She stares
A straw in the wind; imminent mena… Stillness uneasy silent eerie calm Thick vapor-laden air nebulous haz… In a flash the sullen skies broke… Cloudburst sudden avalanche blindi…
A hot steamy night at the beach, b… He walks barefoot in the white san… Pensively at the starlit sky; the… Shining bright; he stood puzzled y… Yes, he’s alone tonight; but it’s…
He saw her first at the kissing bo… There, at the university fair He got a few bills left in his poc… For he missed three meals square; Gladly he gave up a couple of buck…
The Argo nearly sank, some sixty… Battered by strong winds and might… Her sails were torn; her bowsprit… And the Argonauts awaited their w… The tempest roared, lasting for ma…
A Sonnet to my butterfly princ… Fresh unspoiled untamed diamond un… She’s a rare beauty still undiscov… But she’ll blossom into a brillian… Soon her name by admiring lips utt…
We’re called to be intercessors For others with sins unconfessed That their supplications yet unspo… Can be heard; and their souls bles… Abraham prayed for Sodom’s delive…
Farewell fellow traveler We’ll see you on the flip-side May tailwinds guide you safely As you cross the great divide A real pleasure knowing you
elizabeth barrett wrote many portuguese sonnets shah jahan built taj mahal with four minarets she, to proclaim immortal love
A Sonnet A magical sunrise to start the day With songbirds serenading from the… Leaves rustle gently in the mornin… The balmy air salty from ocean spr…