http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/forums/12 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:30:19 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/forums/12 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4158/t/Creative-Kids-a-Heroic-Sonnet.html It was inspired by a true incident.

Creative Kids...a Heroic sonnet.*

What can I do to boost her self-esteem?
A mother asked her daughters English teacher.
Just praise her and encourage her to dream;
approval of her efforts ought to reach her.

She likes to write short stories. Id suggest
creative writing contestsone each week.
A prize will be awarded for the best.
Quite... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (heartsong7) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4158 Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:34:03 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4160/t/The-last-Emperor.html In Romes one church and, God disdaining him,
Their labrum struck the fiery seraphim.
The Christ grew proud and Romulus grew meek.

The monarch of the eastern Rome might feast
From star to star with Christ the western one
Ate gruel and played Gothic, for Gods son
Had gone to be a monarch in the east.

What mighty Roman triumphs had his soul!
What togas wore his shadow! What great town
Mocked him in lime dust of another... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (George Pell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4160 Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:05:09 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4157/t/Praiseworthy-revised-x-3.html
We'd crown each cherished child with self-esteem
and prod him toward success as parents do.
Enthusiastic youngsters love to dream
but quickly learn not all their dreams come true.

If every child who plays achieves a prize,
what message does that send kids who excel?
Wont those who try the least soon realize
false praise means less than pennies down a well?

Applause approaching overdose can stall
the drive to dive into a worthy... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (heartsong7) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4157 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:17:56 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4156/t/Martha-in-the-Morning.html .....Martha in the Morning


Revision:

Sweetheart, help me through this day.
If cousin Jean should start to say
'Ah, well, he's in a better place.',
I swear I'll slap her in the face.
And help me to suppress my rage
if someone mentions 'ripe old age'
as if that means there's less to bear.
I can't decide which hat to wear.
Look, here's the one you always joke
reminds you... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (grasshopperuk) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4156 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:28:40 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4163/t/Slipknot.html --inspired by the short story of the same title, by Brett Alexander Savory

revision 2 (based on Nigel's comments)

The voice of Slipknot whispered in his ears,
You cant kill me--the problem here is you.
This insect-like annoyance, through the years,
became a nagging diatribe that grew
and grew. The hammering voice was all he heard;
its taunting vengefulness controlled his life.
His very... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (vfritts) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4163 Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:14:18 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4155/t/Pastiche.html
Pastiche

A gentleman and scholar would be up in arms
between you and me and the gate post, but if you're
in for a penny, you're in for a pound. A chore
it is to cite chapter and verse for the Funny Farms.

It's hard to be the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (practisingpoet(d)) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4155 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:24:08 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4165/t/This-Is-The-Way-We-Brush-Our-Teeth.html in brushing teeth. It might be in the way
the xylitol and fluoride gather round
each molar, crown and cusp to fight decay.

Or maybe it's the busy swish and sway
of bristles searching out each wayward fleck
of refuse that could otherwise betray
a loaded halitus to challenge Shrek.

It could be, too, the way the probing Tek
Professional Hard explores along the gum
line, purging tartar, keeping plaque in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Spindleshanks) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4165 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:56:54 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4164/t/It-s-Hard-To-Listen.html we'd do much better if we listened well
and heard them out without assigning blames
and tried to understand the tales they tell.
I know that! Still, it's hard to hear them yell
in triumph at the death of something good,
at people dying in the flaming hell
their side arranged. I'll try. I know I should,
for if they always feel misunderstood,
looked down on, and the butt of our derision,
how can they hear and change? I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Zeke Hoskin) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4164 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:29:59 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4166/t/Aunt-Leebie-s-Antiques.html Aunt Leebie`s Antiques



Aunt Leebie always said the best antiques
were those she`d yet to find;` My baby-grand
piano has a twin...' she`d say. With weeks
to live, more lucid than she`d been, she planned
her exit. Like a Wrinkled stevedore
(who`d chalk up cargo by the river clyde),
her will, a scroll forgotten in a drawer,
she earmarked all her goods before she died.

Once buried in the kirk where she was wed,
we held a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (david condell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4166 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 09:16:27 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4171/t/Getting-Started.html
The Boss Responds to His Liberal Underlings Nave Proposal for a Charity Project

"Not possible, until you can amass
the necessary funding and supplies,
obtain permission, take a training class,
and contemplate what problems may arise--
the moral and religious implications.
The quasi-legal, bureaucratic ghost
must be expelled. Until these complications
are settled, Im afraid your plans are toast.
Besides, you must consider... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (vfritts) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4171 Sat, 06 Nov 2004 09:05:12 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4169/t/Accepting-Criticism.html about how hard it is to love a critic.
Alas! 'twas not my plan, but -- pox upon it --
my words became more cruel than analytic.
I felt the irony begin to enter
my shrinking soul (I'd swear 'twas uninvited,
but who'd believe?) Once more, I'll try to center
my mind. I plan for folks to be delighted
to read my work, not roused to vengeant screams,
nor 'fraid to point the flaws out, lest I bite:
enjoy what's good and prod me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Zeke Hoskin) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4169 Fri, 05 Nov 2004 17:15:02 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4152/t/Tarpeian-Rocks.html feeds@yuku.com (Nigel Holt) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4152 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:04:04 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4167/t/Drifting.html anticipate religiously, unsure
if what you crave is truly what you share
or only the imaginary fare

served up by wishful thinking. Every day
begins in introspection. Did you make
a fair impression or appear to mock
the ones you care about through careless talk?

You know your life should take a different tack
but still you steer towards a dismal star
whose failing glimmer promises a store
of uncompleted schemes,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dave McClure) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4167 Thu, 04 Nov 2004 08:34:35 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4159/t/PES.html a syndrome I call "Post Election Stress"
My vote was more for "Not Bush" than for Kerry
(who is himself more than a little scary.)
I'm not the only one who feels this way.
It's common in the USA today.
The ideal candidate for President--
the kind of statesman we'd deem heaven sent
would very likely never choose to run.
He'd seek another way to get things done.
The quest takes stacks of money and then too,
we... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (heartsong7) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4159 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 15:49:58 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4175/t/Time-Changes-All.html Then he bored God. Amid the seraphs yawns
God sent him down to Rome to guard his bronze
Lest Goths should steal and hurry it away.

His feet touched earth again in worried times.
Breastworks were rising from the peasants hopper.
The Gauls have given back the Roman limes,
The great prince mourned at which his bronze wept copper.

Stilicho happened to be standing by
Watching the peasants with their mattocks dig
Palatine... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (George Pell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4175 Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:47:04 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4176/t/Mudslung.html frightened, and feeling swindled and betrayed;
sure that the other half, for reasons spurious,
has sold their country for a sucker's trade.
If Bush prevails, the left will know for sure
big business bought it for their brainless tool;
if Kerry wins, the right will moan that pure
flip-floppery and cowardice will rule.
The mud is flying thick and sticking fast,
the candidates are slimed and fouled and spattered
with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Zeke Hoskin) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4176 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:49:50 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4162/t/The-Lab-Rats.html

The bodies of the lab rats were displayed
above our desks, dissected inside jars
of alcohol. There, freakishly arrayed,
eyeless, with opened guts, they looked like stars
exploding in some far off galaxy,
(or so I used to dream). Those ghastly rows
of pickled creatures fascinated me:
At once both ugly and sublime. It grows
inside some men, I think, that kind of show,
the thrill of viscera, so like a womb,
through years replete... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (david condell) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4162 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 09:02:19 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4161/t/Paper-Doll-revised-again-.html Paper Doll

Revision 2

You stun me: beauty swathed in bridal white,
your elegance candescent through the veil
that draws a temporal line between us; slight
but evident merriment behind the voile
one eyebrow arching at me as you swan
your way through vows that mean eternity,
and seem as long. I raise the curtain drawn
between usgaze into serenity.

The sepia scene revisited, I wake.
I touch the faded paper doll that... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Spindleshanks) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4161 Mon, 01 Nov 2004 01:49:57 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4172/t/For-Heaven-s-Sake-tweaked.html
Ole Pat would proudly prater endlessly
about his long lived line of Irishry.
He died and meeting Peter at the gate,
inquired of him Sir, will you make me wait?
Dont get your Irish up, now. Peter said.
We just this moment heard that you were dead.
Your Irish pride deserves a special cloud
tis green and it plays Irish Eyes real loud.
Then Pat tools happily around in heaven
until he spots a Jew on highway seven
reclined on a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (heartsong7) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4172 Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:47:34 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4173/t/In-a-Portuguese-videostore.html
In a Portuguese Video Store

Wandering the galleries of a video store,
A man could not decide what flick to pick.
The Passion sounded like a real kick,
And yet... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/4173 Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:14:15 GMT