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Bill & Ben Take Acid

Slobbylobby torbytoiseeeee,
wobby tikoo tee? weeeeeeed,
cooly gobble, weeeeeeed, elis dee
flobbalobbalobby,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rob Godfrey) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3419 Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:11:33 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3417/t/My-Grandfather-The-Mechanic-.html

Alzheimer`s ravages the memory,
but leaves its shell. It`s dinnertime: the cooks
hand out the paper plates; a builder, builds.
A writer here might scrawl a pen set free
from tyranny that comes with writing books.
Assembled are the ghosts of many guilds,
replaying days that somehow seem to ape
their hollowed out, yet familiar, shape.
The kind mechanic I once used to know
fits nuts and bolts into a plastic block.
Aware of me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (david condell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3417 Thu, 14 Aug 2003 05:40:33 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3420/t/Sweet-Sleep-s-Sonnet-revised-with-title-change-changes-.html
I miss the dreamy gifts hed often bring
of auburn skies that filled me with delight.*
I'd spend a night with him and wake to sing,
for only now and then would he take flight.

I now remember one cold Autumn night,*
he left me lying, on the bed awake;
to toss and turn till dawn was near in sight,
and I must rise despite a nagging ache.

Now there are times he will not come at all,
although I long for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (heartsong7) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3420 Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:22:30 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3418/t/Tyrant.html The cheesy shallow shows the TV pukes
Pretend to be the mirror of us all.
From how we wipe our butt, to Asian nukes,
We're skull infected from the time we crawl.
Our limits are more dear than our frontiers,
Indeed, we consecrate the status quo.
Conformity distracts us from our fears
And masks us from a grace we'll never know.
An underground, as yet, has not appeared.
No mythic hero from the techno slum
Breaks free to shout, "the cable must be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (eddydevere) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3418 Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:17:58 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3422/t/The-Son-Of-Pharaoh.html

Humidified, encased in layered glass,
with blackened limbs like branches of a tree,
the body of this ancient prince will pass
through time disfigured for eternity.
His star filled coffin, fabulous and bright,
and plundered treasure crowded on the shelves,
all testify that robbers win the right
to write the truth of history themselves.
Gold epitaphs of conquering and lust
within their strange obscurity abide,
reminding with the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (david condell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3422 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:20:52 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3428/t/The-Voices-In-Between-embedded-sonnets-ballade2.html (a tale of Leanan)


Begin this night in silver chains that err to call my name,
in tempests light, slow melting of the panes, a shadows tease
escapes the dormers of my mind to air sweet vengeance, flame
feeds@yuku.com (BrokenSword) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3428 Thu, 07 Aug 2003 22:16:57 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3425/t/Swallow-the-Night-embedded-sonnet-s-ballade.html
((changes in parantheticals)).


Swallow the Night embedded sonnet(s) - ballade- v2


The swallows passed so near to us we stirred and opened blinds-
such private skies of blue were to be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BrokenSword) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3425 Tue, 05 Aug 2003 05:54:26 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3429/t/Wicked-Anticipation.html Copyright (c) 2003

The constant craving of you never ends.
I think about you all the night and day!
We turn the page and a new life begins,
But can we keep our wild desires at bay?

The sight of you ignites my soul afire;
An angel must be missing from above!
The twinkle in your eyes sparks my desire.
Your kisses drown me in your well of love.

Fragrant hair that floats upon the wind
Reveals a lovely nape for which I long,
And... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BRboy) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3429 Mon, 04 Aug 2003 19:13:29 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3431/t/My-Passion-My-Love.html ============
My Passion, My Love
Copyright (c) 2003

For far too long I've waited for this time,
To be with you and feel your warm embrace.
The twinkle in your eyes, your kisses so sublime
The thought of you compels my heart to race.

Often, I have thought of when we met;
To meet again is nothing less than fate.
Fond memories that I could not forget
Reinforce that you are my soul mate.

The love... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BRboy) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3431 Mon, 04 Aug 2003 19:09:13 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3426/t/-revision-Japanese-Maple-in-January.html
Last May I argued it would make more sense
to pick some shrub from hardy Yankee stock,
but she rejected all my arguments.

She leveled bushes, scrapped our chainlink fence,
and planted grass seed every month. A flock
of starlings grew too indolent to quarrel.

As masons tamed the mud with slate and rock,
she placed her maple tree beside the laurel.
New pickets kept the neighbors in their place.

Thinning light cut off... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Michael Juster) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3426 Sun, 03 Aug 2003 06:02:06 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3427/t/Heated-Words.html Revision

The bitter aftertaste of heated words,
to fill a heart already full of woe;
in biting back we've only served to hurt
the friendship that had just begun to grow.

If I could build a dam to span the heart,
I'd try to stem the torrent force that yearns;
by building with an olive branch to start
then follow it with words that aid returns.

You are my friend so take this olive... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LaPoetessa) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3427 Fri, 01 Aug 2003 15:52:23 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3430/t/Passion-s-Pentecost.html
You may recall that some time ago I posted a three part poem called OLD MELANCHOLY. Not everyone cared for #1 but most found it solid and forthright. #2 most found pale, weak and a bit cliched, especially compared to the directness and specificity of the first. I've spent some time theeling about this and look forward to your comments on this revision.


OLD MELANCHOLY (original)

Old melancholy rises like a tide
        drawn by... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (pemerson) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3430 Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:17:24 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3433/t/Family-Troubles-Revision-.html
We had our problems. John, my younger brother,
was burdened by a speech impediment;
and Father (whod been wounded when he went
to war) had one leg shorter than the other.

John said to him, while battling with his stutter,
D-D-D-Dad, I do believe I know
a way to fix your limp. W-when you go
out walking, keep w-one foot in the gutter.

Dad tried it, and he thought he was in clover.
His limp improvedhis confidence as well
till much to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (D G Anthony) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3433 Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:32:31 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3432/t/Three-Wheeling-Revised-thanks-Maz-.html

THREE-WHEELING

Tricycle, insurpassable machine,
a marvel of assorted nuts and bolts:
for fifty years, you've carried me between
the places I must go. Some jumps and jolts
along the way have left me shaken, stirred
and stupefied, but never pushed beyond
endurance,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Nada Lott) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3432 Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:12:55 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3441/t/help-please.html Of diving down the dim and distant swells
To be submergedwhere only there you keep
Content an inner thirst that drives, compels
And swim alongside creatures drifting round
The tide while wrapped in silence, clear and dense.
Then, losing speech for splendor so profound,
You marveled at my state of ignorance.
I merely smiled, for how could I explain
That I knew all? I need not oceans chase
When beauty, calm, and passion... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sonnet Tyro) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3441 Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:31:30 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3401/t/Es-Mss-Sein.html feeds@yuku.com (Nigel Holt) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3401 Thu, 31 Jul 2003 01:12:42 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3424/t/Aftermath.html his memory. The man died well. Set men to prise
the blazons from the walls and doors. My name
will over-write his wealth, my lordly rise
will soon rub out his lineage and his line.
Bring in my hounds, my hawks, install my pages.
Unlock his stores, uncask his finest wine,
unchain his chests to pay my army's wages.

My sword is stained with blood, indeed. No, leave
it so. They say good brands must drink their fill
before they... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (grasshopperuk) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3424 Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:34:05 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3438/t/hello-.html
A wretched sorrow creeps so very near
As seconds, minutes, days do seem to pass
Much rapidly, and serve to fuel the fear
(Or rather, truth): This love, it cannot last.
But how I fall! Quite... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sonnet Tyro) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3438 Tue, 29 Jul 2003 23:52:10 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3439/t/A-sonnet-1-.html --For wanes when so unsaid, unsung, untold,
As the monuments and now relics of old--
Lingers as does dream's faint detail in rest,
Unknown as faith and God twixt doubt and I;
--For 'tis that now I speculate on trust,
And think that that which is could not be just--
Unknown as some test that might qualify,
The so casual as so valuable,
--Moments of this friendship that I treasure,
And against what ails I cannot... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3439 Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:22:30 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3437/t/After-the-First-Death-Well-.html
The collies yapped outside the funeral home,
The world, it seemed, was sinking, sinking.
I turned on the lamp, read a curious tome,
Miniver Cheevied it and kept on drinking.
Damned hard to do with the goblins chuckling.
Ah, yes they wont get no satisfaction:
No swoons, or faints, and no knees buckling,
I read and drink and choose inaction.
More Ovaltine? my wife draws near,
And tell me, Joe, what are you... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Monsieur Literary Lifter) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/3437 Tue, 29 Jul 2003 05:37:32 GMT