Well, I'm one week away from starting this whole process, which means I'm going to have to start writing this week. I figured since I started two weeks ago, I should at least get into the rhythm of posting on Tuesdays. So I'll lead off with a sonnet I wrote a while ago. I used to be really proud of it, but it's lost its luster nowadays. Still has to do with sonnets, though - very "meta".
On Sonneteering
Say the words we know we need to say.
Own these words, and bring them into light.
Never more than freedom can betray,
Never less than memory can recite.
Embrace these words, and lead them not astray;
Truth will bear these words beyond what's right.
Erudition supercedes the day;
Eloquence will sublimate the night.
Righteousness must be our shining gray,
Inconsequent of white and black's delight,
Night and day must never have their sway;
Gradients are never all that bright.
(now stop, and look at all that verbal steering.
it isn't easy work, this sonneteering.)
Enjoy, kiddies. See you next week.
(and yes, I promise not to write any more acrostics.)
The Weekly Sonnet is exactly what it sounds like. Every week, there'll be a shiny new sonnet for your perusal; some will be traditional, some will be not so much, some will test the boundaries of what exactly a sonnet is. It's a project, an experiment, and a hobby all rolled into one. All materials published on this page are copyrighted to Warmonger Smurf. If you publish any segment of this site without my permission, I will sneak into your house at night and pee on your toothbrush.
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