Tid-Bit of a Poem

Never have I seen a pair of eyes
That stare as deep into the soul as thine's

Christmas Sunrise

Most godly scene I have seen with my two eyes in a long time.

How to write a sonnet By eHow Contributing Writer

The sonnet, a 14-line poem, has two main types: English (or Shakespearean) and Italian (or Petrarchan). The poem's the thing-- follow these brief and simple steps to master the language of the bard and ensnare your object of affection.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Godiva or Whitman Chocolates
• Dictionaries
• Thesauri
• Roses
• Boxes Of Chocolates
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Notebook Papers
• Pencils
• Pens
• Spiral Notebooks
• Word Processors
• Pencils
• Pens

1. Step 1

   Select the subject matter for your sonnet. Themes have often focused on love or philosophy, but modern sonnets can cover almost any topic.

2. Step 2

   Divide the theme of your sonnet into two sections. In the first section you will present the situation or thought to the reader; in the second section you can present some sort of conclusion or climax.

3. Step 3

   Compose your first section as three quatrains - that is, three stanzas of four lines each.

4. Step 4

   Write the three quatrains with an a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f rhyme scheme, where each letter stands for a line of the sonnet and the last words of all lines with the same letter rhyme with each other. Most sonnets employ the meter of iambic pentameter (see Tips), as seen in these three quatrains from Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 30':

5. Step 5

   When to the sessions of sweet silent thought (a)/ I summon up remembrance of things past, (b)/ I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, (a)/ And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste: (b)/ Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, (c)/ For precious friends hid in death's dateless night, (d)/ And weep afresh love's long since canceled woe, (c)/ And moan the expense of many a vanished sight: (d)/ Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, (e)/ And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er (f)/ The sad account of fore-bemoanéd moan, (e)/ Which I new pay as if not paid before. (f)

6. Step 6

   Compose the last section as a couplet - two rhyming lines of poetry. This time, use a g-g rhyme scheme, where the last words of the two lines rhyme with each other. We refer once more to 'Sonnet 30':

7. Step 7

   But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, (g)/ All losses are restored and sorrows end. (g)

Winter Song

Contrast

Red as an apple white as snow.

Ever growing feeling

Ever growing feeling

Fear of rejection is starting to rule over my life. I need to stop
what I am doing and set forth on a new way to look and solve this ever-
growing perdicament. Every person my age should have someone older to
talk to and learn from. From experience. . . Listening to just your
peers is a bad idea and just ends even worse.

Is love alive? I hope so.

You and I? Possibly. Let's just see who ends up saying it first.

Like a fairytale? Hope not. Rather be the one doing the saving.

I can't help falling in love with you? True just going with the
current. No use swimming against something that you love.

Is writing a love song possible, for me at least? Melodies are the
easy part. it's the words to express the feeling that gets tangled in
my head.

Would you really like to go somewhere over the rainbow? Yes it's where troubles
melt like lemon drops.

Butterflies

What do you do when the butterflies,
evolve into massive moths,
trying to rip their way out of your stomach?
It hurts.
D :

Finding Myself

Over the past couple week I have been in a couple situations that have helped me find out 3 things about myself.
1. I am extremely afraid of rejection.
2. I am extremely afraid of disappointing myself and the people I am close to.
3. I would to anything to help a friend even if I wouldn't get the same support back.

1&2 are the ones that a severely affecting my life at this time. I've been waiting for a year and a half but these things are just holding me back from doing it.

I heard once that "Be not afraid" is mentioned 365 times in the bible. So is it as simple as putting my faith in god and taking that leap?

"The Lord is my shepherd, whom shall I fear?" - Psalm 23:1