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Leonid
Posted by Douglas, Nov 17, 2009. 742 views. ID = 2968
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 | I much prefer Elizabethan Sonnets to Italian Sonnets, just because the rhyme scheme is more difficult to keep in the Italian form. I did Italian anyway, because I needed to do my thought break earlier in the poem, instead of in just the final couplet.
And I used some slant rhymes, because the English language just doesn't have enough rhyming words! :D |  | This post has been awarded 18 stars by 4 readers. |
For eons you, in cold obscurity
Did pass us by on these our yearly rounds;
'Til now, like Icarus of past renown,
You brazenly did wing your flight too near.
With shocking brilliance you did thus appear -
A burning plume of light as bright as dawn
That fled across the sky without a sound,
And with a blazing flash, did disappear.
Oh, tragic nighttime flame, lost shooting star,
That graced our skies with this, your last salute,
I will not soon forget your brilliant spark,
But I would choose instead the faithful stars
That oft unnoticed, mark a steady route,
And guide the way for wand'rers in the dark.
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Comments
wordsmith
Nov 18, 2009 | I really enjoyed this poem. It paints such vivid picture.
~Posted by wordsmith, Nov 18, 2009 | 
'Chelle
Nov 24, 2009 | i like the reminder at the end of the faithful stars - maybe not as exciting, but always there.
~Posted by 'Chelle, Nov 24, 2009 |
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