Sonnets Here, In-House

I just realized something, one of those things which are staring you in the face until you finally catch on. The sentence "The fluffy bunny hopped along the road" is in perfect iambic pentameter! Now I can't resist....


The fluffy bunny hopped along the road.
The fluffy bunny hopped right past a toad.
The fluffy bunny cracked a secret code.
The fluffy bunny streaked his face with woad.

The fluffy bunny had his gear all stowed.
The fluffy bunny had a French friend Claude.
The fluffy bunny noticed when it snowed.
The fluffy bunny heard when roosters crowed.

The fluffy bunny felt so good, he glowed.
The fluffy bunny found a boat and rowed.
The fluffy bunny ate pie a la mode.
The fluffy bunny dodged a cattle goad.

The fluffy bunny saw that things had slowed,
And so he hopped off to the antipode.
 
That one made me feel good for some reason. There was something about the simplicity of it (i.e. beginning every sentence with 'The fluffy bunny...' and rhyming them all in the same way) that I found delightful. Or maybe I'm just weird. xD

I'm sure writing all of it in iambic pentameter must have been a lot more difficult than we readers realise. ;)
 
I don't mind some hugging on my thread! Magsie, please try to persuade Dani to stay around....because in response to what she said here, I plan before this evening is out to write a sonnet which WILL be understandable to her with her limited English.
 
Miss.SunFlower said:
[sorry if this is spamming on the sonnet thread but]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANI!!!! *tackles* My darling!!!!!!
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*tackles back* MAAAAAAAAAAGSIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!



Copperfox said:
I don't mind some hugging on my thread! Magsie, please try to persuade Dani to stay around....because in response to what she said here, I plan before this evening is out to write a sonnet which WILL be understandable to her with her limited English.
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*blushing* thanks for your kindness for making time to make a poetry which is easy to understand by me, Grandad
 
Copperfox said:
I don't mind some hugging on my thread! Magsie, please try to persuade Dani to stay around....because in response to what she said here, I plan before this evening is out to write a sonnet which WILL be understandable to her with her limited English.
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Don't think I've had you call me Magsie before. :D 'tis nice.

*still huggling her Dani-chan*
 
You two, feel free to go on cuddling; I'm getting started now. When it's done, I'll put it in as an edit to this post.

LATER: Okay, girls, pry loose from each other enough to have a look! Dani, if there is any of it that you are not sure you understand, let me know.


Dayu Ardani is the proper name
Of Dani, as we know and love her here.
She is an Indonesian girl, who came
To Dancing Lawn, and soon was very dear

To Magsie and Vanessa, and to me,
Because her heart is gentle all the time.
But I'm the only one allowed to be
Her Grandpa in this family online.

I've tried to help her learn more English words,
Correcting her so she would get them right--
Especially the tenses of the verbs;
And when she sees this poetry tonight,

I hope it all is easy for her brain.
If not, I'll simplify it all again!


JOSEPH R. RAVITTS
 
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Copperfox said:
You two, feel free to go on cuddling; I'm getting started now. When it's done, I'll put it in as an edit to this post.

LATER: Okay, girls, pry loose from each other enough to have a look! Dani, if there is any of it that you are not sure you understand, let me know.


Dayu Ardani is the proper name
Of Dani, as we know and love her here.
She is an Indonesian girl, who came
To Dancing Lawn, and soon was very dear

To Magsie and Vanessa, and to me,
Because her heart is gentle all the time.
But I'm the only one allowed to be
Her Grandpa in this family online.

I've tried to help her learn more English words,
Correcting her so she would get them right--
Especially the tenses of the verbs;
And when she sees this poetry tonight,

I hope it all is easy for her brain.
If not, I'll simplify it all again!


JOSEPH R. RAVITTS
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It was really nice. And simple for my brain too!!!:) Welcome back to Dani!!!
 
Copperfox said:
You two, feel free to go on cuddling; I'm getting started now. When it's done, I'll put it in as an edit to this post.

LATER: Okay, girls, pry loose from each other enough to have a look! Dani, if there is any of it that you are not sure you understand, let me know.


Dayu Ardani is the proper name
Of Dani, as we know and love her here.
She is an Indonesian girl, who came
To Dancing Lawn, and soon was very dear

To Magsie and Vanessa, and to me,
Because her heart is gentle all the time.
But I'm the only one allowed to be
Her Grandpa in this family online.

I've tried to help her learn more English words,
Correcting her so she would get them right--
Especially the tenses of the verbs;
And when she sees this poetry tonight,

I hope it all is easy for her brain.
If not, I'll simplify it all again!


JOSEPH R. RAVITTS
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It's so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet, Grandad *blushing*
and it's easy to understand...thank you!

Nice rhyme too... ;)
 
Just when I had given up on Vanessa taking me up on the invitation to choose a new sonnet recipient, she did it. So now I follow the recommendation of everyone's favorite little Dutch girl....


I wouldn't write this for a lesser man,
But I will write it for Sopespian.
In friendship terms, he is Vanessa's man;
So will I sonnetize him?--guess I can.

He brightens things up like a thespian;
Time spent with him will be a pleasant span.
In Random Facts it's hard to best the man;
But I'm not fighting him--I bless the man!

Before him is the world: a mess to scan,
He understands each cause of stress to man.
His voice for freedom should impress a fan
With solemn truth inside the jester-man.

Real evils in the world will test the man.
Can he stay true to Jesus? Yes, he can!
 
Thank you VERY MUCH, Uncle Joe! I am deeply indebted to you for your thoughtfulness and insight, which you imbedded in the sonnet.
 
Copperfox said:
Just when I had given up on Vanessa taking me up on the invitation to choose a new sonnet recipient, she did it. So now I follow the recommendation of everyone's favorite little Dutch girl....


I wouldn't write this for a lesser man,
But I will write it for Sopespian.
In friendship terms, he is Vanessa's man;
So will I sonnetize him?--guess I can.

He brightens things up like a thespian;
Time spent with him will be a pleasant span.
In Random Facts it's hard to best the man;
But I'm not fighting him--I bless the man!

Before him is the world: a mess to scan,
He understands each cause of stress to man.
His voice for freedom should impress a fan
With solemn truth inside the jester-man.

Real evils in the world will test the man.
Can he stay true to Jesus? Yes, he can!
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Awesome, that was a great one for Lord Sopespian :D
 
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