This piece is a sonnet. According to About.com, you can identify a sonnet if the poem has the following characteristics:
14 lines. All sonnets have 14 lines which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains.
A strict rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme).
Written in iambic Pentameter. Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
This sonnet is about a man expressing his love and appreciation for his wife/girlfriend by writing her a love letter and sending her flowers, candies and jewelry.
The picture below is called “Love Letter” and the artist is Frank Morrison. Make sure to look into his lovely works of art.
Song titles are hyper-linked to their respective audio files on YouTube.com.
This piece is a sonnet. According to About.com, you can identify a sonnet if the poem has the following characteristics:
14 lines. All sonnets have 14 lines which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains.
A strict rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme).
Written in iambic Pentameter. Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.
This sonnet is an expression of love a husband and wife or a boyfriend and girlfriend have for their unborn, firstborn child. The picture below is called “Love and Cherish” and the artist is Fred Matthews. Make sure to look into his lovely works of art.
This is a 16-part Haiku Chain Poem that discusses moving on from people and situations that just don’t work for you. As is the custom in many of my posted poetry, I will hyperlink song titles, music videos, book titles, and film titles to their respective audio, video or summary pages on GrooveShark.com, YouTube.com, Amazon.com and IMDB.com respectively.
By the way, the art piece below where the muscular black man is breaking free from chains is called “Knowledge is Power”. The artist is Kevin A. Williams (aka, WAK). Make sure to visit his site to learn more about his art work.
The brightness and heat from your smile stir me from my sleep.
You send fresh air and a gentle breeze to revive me.
Birds greet me with melodic song.
You give me fruit, grain, and meat to sustain me and provide cool, refreshing water and nectar to savor.
The sweet scent of flowers and the tantalizing feel of the falling rain are delightful.
The intense pleasure provided by a lover’s touch and warmth and taste of their kiss is a sensual gift.
As time marches on and seasons change, you remind me that death yields new birth.
Leaves brown and fall in autumn and bloom in the spring.
The pond freezes in the winter and serves as a parade ground for swans in the summer.
When the sun sets in the west, I look into the heavens and see the wondrous heavenly bodies.
Stars that are so brightly lit and at times depict various shapes like dippers.
I am in awe of your majesty.
I revel in your glory and I am humbled by my realization that I’m a small droplet of dew on a blade of grass on the fecund, infinite field of the universe.
All that lives is connected by our common ancestor — you.
I look forward to each new day as it reveals another act in life’s continuous drama.
I bear witness that I will always love and protect you, my cosmic momma.
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The first woman to tell a child to not worry and to do not be afraid. The woman who works all day then cleans up after the kids like a maid. The woman who watched over the children as they slept and played.
A woman who gives so much to children but never gets paid. The woman who always protected her kids from the heat of life by providing shade. You’re a true gem that one would never trade.
To know your love is as refreshing as a tall, cool glass of lemonade. You’ll always be loved and are still greeted with child-like starry eyes by grown children whose hair has grayed. I hope that you like the below picture called “Courage” by Thomas Kinkade.
The word courage comes to mind is because you make the grade. She who always keeps it real while others live a masquerade. As a mother, you’re surely the finest treasure that nature has made.
I overheard a conversation in the barbershop recently where a couple of guys were talking about songs that were written to pay homage to what the called “the all-powerful booty.” I got to thinking, “Hmmmm… Are there any poems written about the booty?” Well, now there is one!
I’m just having a little fun with this so don’t be offended or anything like that.
I’ll use various songs (mostly in the rap genre) the way I used candy bars in my poem Call Me Mr. Goodbar.
This poem is a hybrid of my triple rhyme style and standard prose.
Here is a playlist on GrooveShark.com that I created for the songs mentioned in this poem:
This is the twelfth and final installment of my Caribbean Queens Series.
This poem is a series of 18 haiku poems that are strung together in a series to tell a story. I call this style that I created a haiku chain poem. According to Dictionary.com, a haiku is a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons; or a poem written in this form.
All of my poems have the title of the poem in the last line of the poem. Also, song titles have been hyperlinked to their respective audio files on GrooveShark.com.
This poem is a series of 29 haiku poems that are strung together in a series to tell a story. I call this style that I created a haiku chain poem. According to Dictionary.com, a haiku is a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons; or a poem written in this form.
All of my poems have the title of the poem in the last line of the poem. Also, song titles have been hyperlinked to their respective audio files on GrooveShark.com.
This poem is a series of 19 haiku poems that are strung together in a series to tell a story. I call this style that I created a haiku chain poem. According to Dictionary.com, a haiku is a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons; or a poem written in this form.
All of my poems have the title of the poem in the last line of the poem. Also, song titles have been hyperlinked to their respective audio files on GrooveShark.com.
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