Sonnets Here, In-House

To the Mother of
Peace Maker
(Peace Maker being the same person as Gentle Voice)


A very slight acquaintance, up to now,
Is really all we have; but it's enough
To make me offer a respectful bow
To your performance in a life that's tough.

You are, like other women I could name,
Accepting hard responsibility,
Without as much assistance in the game
As Mom should have in every family.

But God holds a reward for you in storage:
A joy for which you need not hunt and forage,
As satisfying as a hearty porridge--
You see, there ARE words nearly rhymed with "orange!"

Take heart, Peace Maker's Mom, your toil and strain
Are not a Carly Simon song--not vain!
 
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I can't seem to remember making a sonnet for one of the major supporters of my writing; so....


To Unforgotten_Memories

You know, Miss Hailey, there should be a law
Against young women looking so superb;
I wouldn't be surprised if, when they saw
You walking by, men drove up on the curb.

However, having made my joke, I must
About-face, for it is no joke at all
When some look on your beauty with disgust,
And say it must be kept behind a wall.

You are not guarded in a land that's free
By tons of cloth, but by free men's respect.
If bondage, falsely labelled "purity,"
Takes over here, your freedom will be wrecked.

Someone said none are free while some are slaves;
I pray this understanding spreads in waves.
 
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~ ~ I have remarked before that I wanted to avoid being narcissistic in my poem writing. When I wrote a sonnet about suffering from gout, that was safe from all danger of boastfully exalting myself. Now I have another autobiographical subject to address in verse, and it is also painful to me, not a matter of self-flattery.


ABOUT MYSELF AND WOMEN

Just friends! Just friends! I can be friends with guys.
I want another wife!--is this too crass?
Yet having said this, I still recognize
Complexity in seeking one more lass.

Am I supposed to hide inside a cave,
And call this trusting God? Or do I search
Aggressively for one who shares my faith
And also fits with me _outside_ of church?

I can't have, and I don't want, plural brides;
This widower would be content with one.
I still wish to keep female _friends_ besides,
Just being pals, as I have always done.

But finding one whose heart I best unlock
Is like a game of Paper, Scissors, Rock!
 
Copperfox said:
~ ~ I have remarked before that I wanted to avoid being narcissistic in my poem writing. When I wrote a sonnet about suffering from gout, that was safe from all danger of boastfully exalting myself. Now I have another autobiographical subject to address in verse, and it is also painful to me, not a matter of self-flattery.


ABOUT MYSELF AND WOMEN

Just friends! Just friends! I can be friends with guys.
I want another wife!--is this too crass?
Yet having said this, I still recognize
Complexity in seeking one more lass.

Am I supposed to hide inside a cave,
And call this trusting God? Or do I search
Aggressively for one who shares my faith
And also fits with me _outside_ of church?

I can't have, and I don't want, plural brides;
This widower would be content with one.
I still wish to keep female _friends_ besides,
Just being pals, as I have always done.

But finding one whose heart I best unlock
Is like a game of Paper, Scissors, Rock!
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aaawwwww so cute Joe! :( :)
 
I just now had a chance to catch up with my sonnet reading. I like these new ones, CF. In particular, this last one is very good.
 
To Godstone


With females three to one, you'll pardon me
If it's my pleasure now to welcome Graham:
A married man who has a family,
And serves the Lion, Who is Christ the Lamb.

You came to Narnia in youth--good show!
I scarcely touched a Bible till nineteen.
Whatever time in life we come to know
The King Who by His blood can make us clean,

From there our servant journey starts, and we
Can offer Him each talent we possess:
Guitar, or prose, or cooking tandoori--
When truly offered, that's what He will bless.

If ever you leave Britain for my town,
I know a Chinese place we can chow down.
 
It's always possible. Godstone actively provided me with facts about himself which I could use in sonnetizing him. Anyone here who has not yet been sonnetized is free to request it, and it will help things along if they also provide bio information.
 
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