Hello Poetry Lovers
It’s been a hard-pressed weekend. With a little breather on Sunday, I decided to do two days of NaPoWriMo together. While I stuck to the prompt for Day Sixteen (A curtal sonnet. This is a variation on the classic 14-line sonnet. The curtal sonnet form was developed by Gerard Manley Hopkins, and he used it for what is probably his most famous poem, “Pied Beauty.” A curtal sonnet has eleven lines, instead of the usual fourteen, and the last line is shorter than the ten that precede it), I have gone off-prompt on Day Seventeen (a poem about a dog) for the reason that I am not a dog-lover and neither do I have any memorable experience with one. Apologies to all who own/love dogs. I respect your feelings, but I’m not just one.
Since sonnets are love poems, I decided to write about love for both days. Hope you have fun reading them!
ON LOVE
A Curtal Sonnet (Rhyme scheme abcabc, dcbdc)
At sixteen love is saccharine
Sprinkled stardust on ordinary days
A flaming shade of desire
By thirty you begin wondering
If the bitter aftertaste
Is a turgid quagmire
***
At fifty, you move gently
Savouring the warmth of the fire
A cosy silence lovingly plays
Togetherness manuals are user-friendly
Love rewires
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The following mini-poem is off-prompt. A commentary on contemporary search for love.
we seek attentions.
poppies bloom
in cyber-space.
our sad heads
don’t comprehend,
attentions are not
the only recipes for love.
***
Did you enjoy these two offerings on love? Do let me know in the comments below. (Image: Pixabay)
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Poppies bloom in cyberspace – what a line! Really liked how you have presented love at 50.
Thank you 💐💐
“Love rewires” encapsulates love’s journey so perfectly Sonia. Very well done.
Thank you Arti💐
Feels so good to read a sonnet after so long. Never tried writing one but you have inspired me now. Loved both of them
So glad Rashi. Thank you for stopping by.
Stunning poems, Sonia. I absolutely loved both of them <3
The lines are profound and hold a mirror in front of our eyes that how love evolves. Beautiful lines Sonia.
50 shades of love! Love transcends age showing its spectacular spectrum over the life time.
Loved both the sonnets. While the first showcased the multi-faceted personality the second presented it’s emotional pluralism.
Thank you Anagha💐
Different stages of love and then rewiring and in second one — The cyberspace love 🙂 both are well projected
Grt job
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Thank you for comprehending it so well.
Attentions are not the only recipes for love… ah!! Loved this so much. How differently we look at love as we age
I particularly liked your Gerard Manley Hopkins inspired poem. These lines were inspired, ‘By thirty you begin wondering
If the bitter aftertaste
Is a turgid quagmire’
Loved both the poems, the curtal sonnet though took my heart. how beautifully you have described the beautiful shades of Love. “Love rewires” this is going to be stuck in my brain for quite some time now!
Well written, especially the curtal sonnet. Love does differ across age groups. Though sometimes within age groups too. 🙂
Thank you 💐
At sixty you become love itself.
Or the opposite as in many obvious cases.
That’s a beautiful thought. Thank you for sharing.
Gosh, I love that cosy silence–and mature love’s gentler touch.💜
I love the silence too.
Totally enjoyed your words on the subject of love. How sweet this love is. I did you rocked these. Don’t stop. Wonderful. xoxo
Thanks Selma. Such a wonderful compliment. Just another day in poetry.
Sonia, couldn’t agree more! Now love is not what it was then.
Ah!
Both poems are very insightul.
Thank you Liz!
You’re welcome, Sonia!