Come drink from my silver cup of love and taste the nectar of the gods Listen to the coo of the mourning dove Perched on the bough defying the odds 'The wine will relax your tenseness' Said he assuredly to the young maiden She turned, aware of his immenseness His weight the look of the heavily laden She accepted the drink with pleasure As he guided her to the place under the tree She noticed in her cup the very large measure 'Why sir', she said, 'is all of this for me?'
'Please my dear, drink it down it will help you' As he purposely plied her with Satan’s brew
In response to: DVerse Poets Meeting at the Bar hosted by Bjorn Tonight Bjorn is hosting and has challenged us to write a Sonnet. This is my first attempt at the form. I chose a Shakespearean sonnet which has a rhyme scheme in three quartets followed by a couplet (containing the volta) as follows.
ABAB CDCD EFEF Ending with the Concluding couplet GG
like the plot in a play, a scene so tense, the heavy lidded eyes enticing her more, but i felt a tinge of sarcasm in her question, like she had some forewarning a feeling in her bones, very nice Christine!!
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Christine Bolton
January 5, 2019 at 12:56 pm
She knew what he was up to with the large drink but she didn’t know it was spiked 😳
Me thinks no good is afoot here Christine…
Methinks not! 🙂
Well done cautionary tale… oh and I found the recipe for Satan’s brew:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thelocal.es/20131218/satan-klaus-beer/amp
Cheers 🍻
HAHA! I love it 🤣 Thanks for reading …. and searching for that recipe!
like the plot in a play, a scene so tense, the heavy lidded eyes enticing her more, but i felt a tinge of sarcasm in her question, like she had some forewarning a feeling in her bones, very nice Christine!!
She knew what he was up to with the large drink but she didn’t know it was spiked 😳
i would never underestimate a woman’s intuition!
🙂
I really enjoyed this Christine, specially the ending. I love Shakespearean sonnets and you have written this so well. 💞
Thank you my dear Punam. It was fun to write 🙂💕
You are welcome! ❤️
Young maidens, beware this cup! Fine piece of writing here.
And men with a large girth! LOL! Thanks so much Lynn 🙂
I feel how cold it became all of the sudden when we realize the knight’s predatory aspect is made clear.
Great subject for a sonnet.
Thank you Bjorn!
Well done… very sinister! Seems I seen your sonnet on the tabloid news!
“purposely he plied her…”
Thanks so much. I 🙂 have fun writing it. I’m happy it worked out for my first attempt!
Sounds like we are in the same boat! This was my first one as well.
Yours was great! I actually enjoyed doing it. I have a little book of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and love reading them. 🙂
Thanks! This is my first encounter with sonnets!!
Interesting suggestion of “Satan’s brew” at the end in the large silver cup.
Yes, the liar!! 🙂 Thanks for reading Frank
Fun… Oh, that wine… What do we do?
I know right? Downright wicked! 🙂
I like the language and structure of your sonnet, Christine, and especially the evil twist in the final couplet.
Oh thank you so much Kim. I’m new to sonnets so your feedback is wonderful. Much appreciated 🙂
You had your own chiller tonight! Wow!
HeeHee, I did! 🙂 Thanks Lisa
This gave me chills. Evil has a way of hiding in pretty places.
Yes it does! Thanks for reading 🙂