... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AllyKd) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6928 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:50:13 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6927/t/None-yet.html One crawls from underneath the shelf,
a couple more appear - an elf,
two goblins, Luke, a fairy. Faded
batwings flap in my face. I turn
and nearly step on Bob the Frog
whose pudgy fists hold up a bag.
His mother prompts him, "Trick..." then scans
for cuter costumes. I miss the night
that flung its razored wings around
my feet and turned the slithering leaves
to fangs; that shivered slyly down
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Celimlodyn) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6927 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:45:52 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6925/t/A-Religious-Commercial.html `A Religious Commercial

Ecclesiastics on the radio?
Please tell me God's not plugging Cinemax!
Is that the only way for Him to go?
Or will He next emerge on Fishing Facts?
I'm rather interested like the rest,
in why the Pope is consecrating Tide.
Could benediction be the one that's best
for washing clothes that dry complete inside?
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Crazybored) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6925 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:51:21 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6924/t/Eve-39-s-Choice.html Eve's Choice

Good for food, and pleasant to the eyes,

The tree attracted Eve, who would observe

Its flowers... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (wcmarsh) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6924 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:57:44 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6923/t/Solitaire.html Solitaire

The gentlemen all rise when she glides in,
they see her sultry slink expose her breast,
they salivate at thoughts that hint of sin,
she slowly lifts her skirt to show the rest.
A polished solitaire- her velvet style,
her dress an ebon satin wrap, a tear
or slit revealing flesh. A flashy smile
conceals a brassy hint of savoir-faire.
Raw sensuality her expertise-
she flirts and saunters sliding to the bar,
"Martini with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Crazybored) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6923 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:52:42 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6922/t/Ghost-rev-.html
Ghost

Tonight it's Halloween and I'm a ghost.
I don't have bed sheets draped over my head
like normal kids, but like the lonely dead
I haunt, unseen by families engrossed
with running door to door for trick or treat.
A Tinkerbell calls out to me. I wave.
I'm not invisible to her! She's brave
and runs to me across the moonlit... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (StephenEvans) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6922 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:03:09 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6921/t/Photo-Shoot.html its stealth design and auto-focus barrel,
detecting beams and whispered shutter clicks,
its shoulder strap and camouflage apparel,
and options to take full command or not-
has given me the confidence I need
to charge my batteries and take the shot.

So, have a seat and let us now proceed.
The enemy is light and from the rear.
A flash decision's made: a covert ray
computes exposure, targeting your... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (vfritts) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6921 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:12:45 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6920/t/Rose-Catalogue-in-January-revision-2-.html

long-stemmed, high-centered, pointed, budded tight.


You hesitate at old varieties'


neediness, at fogs of pesticide,


thorny defenses, sensitivities--






But close your eyes. Think how you loved them once,


those hundred-petalled secrecies within


Fantin-Latour, those foldings, sinuous, dense.


Think of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (maryanncorbett) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6920 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:45:58 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6919/t/From-today-s-news.html that they would win a victory for their race
against the blacks, the yellows, & the reds,
& teach the lower forms of life their place --
they planned to kill the Democrat whose face
appeared too dark to please these two inbreds.
But firearms are easy now to trace,
& now they're both in custody of the Feds.
The news is barefoot Liberty yet treads
on broken glass left at her statue's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mike Alexander) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6919 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:53:12 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6918/t/Rio.html
The cariocas samba (danced at night),
delivers quite a touch of Latin class,
spectacular displays of living light,
and blaring notes from bandas rhythmic brass.
I slide into an open café square,
there, see favelas dimly down a road,
confetti rockets pirouette in air,
Neruda on a chaise longue, book marked "Ode".
Candomblé drum's volcanic pounding booms,
mulatto women quaking in parade,
adorned in scarlet sequined... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Crazybored) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6918 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:41:42 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6914/t/Spaced-Out.html For the benefit of all those frustrated by the fiendish Yuku formatting problems)

The cursed double-spacing aberration
has raised its Hydra head again to send
the devotees of coupled lineation
to reason's brink to rant and rave and rend
their budding magna opera to shreds;
to damn the Edit function to perdition;
to up the dosage when they take their meds;
to orchestrate a boycott-Yuku mission.

But look! a charger-mounted... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Spindleshanks) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6914 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:15:36 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6910/t/AMAZON-revision.html further down the thread. (Entry #14) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sonnet622) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6910 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:28:30 GMT http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6909/t/Surtax.html
Why should there be a surtax on perfume,
an extra added (gimme) on my slacks?
And why are condoms in the ladies room,
you think we (need) them in those see through packs?
I wonder why the petrol at the pumps
is endless in supply at extra cost;
and why should I take all the added lumps
for chemicals that purify exhaust?
I try and try to understand the rules
when biting off the tops of zip lock bags,
designed to make us look... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Crazybored) http://thesonnetboard.yuku.com/topic/6909 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:57:58 GMT