104 (12.11.2014)

So what on earth’s a sonnet anyway?

A line or two of someone else’s thought,

In my school all I ever did was play

I just read books while all the rest got taught.

So what’s a sonnet then? Just fourteen lines,

Ten syllables in each and not a sy-

Llable more. Then you need some sort of rhymes

Or half rhymes are acceptable, maybe.

But rhymes and words are not really the point

It’s more an exorcism of your heart

Or if life’s expectations disappoint

A way to pick this sorry world apart.

You’ll write a sonnet far better than me

If you show clearly what’s inside of thee.