’Tis the shard of glass you wield That will slice into my dignity Cutting me where flesh does not yield Whenever you have the opportunity I may have wronged you in the past But sir, it was not intentional Onerous aspersions I did not cast Although my actions unconventional I provided you with an inch of suggestion And you expropriated a mile of my generosity A proposal in the form of a rhetorical question Does not qualify you for any reciprocity
I say I love you, you say you love me more We do not agree, and so we argue until evermore
Sonnets can be fun–I went with humor on mine, but all the MTB prompts, working with classic forms, for me are adventures in word-smithing. My own free verse style gets tweaked as things appeal to me.
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Christine Bolton
January 18, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Yes Glenn. I am enjoying this too. I regard as a challenge and it pushes me to wordsmith as you say! Thanks for reading 🙂 There is a lot to read this week isn’t there?
Enjoyed that.
Thank you!
I can actually feel how they are in love with the challenge of hurling words at each others…
Yes quite a dysfunctional relationship! Thanks Bjorn 🙂
You do this form so well! Glad you shared
Thanks Jilly…I had fun 🙂
Sonnets can be fun–I went with humor on mine, but all the MTB prompts, working with classic forms, for me are adventures in word-smithing. My own free verse style gets tweaked as things appeal to me.
Yes Glenn. I am enjoying this too. I regard as a challenge and it pushes me to wordsmith as you say! Thanks for reading 🙂 There is a lot to read this week isn’t there?
Well done, Christine. Sonnets have recently become a fascination of mine.
Thanks Joey. Yes, me too. I like trying something different 🙂
Wonderfully done! 😊💞
Thanks you so much 🙂💕 I had fun with this one.
Great! My pleasure! ❤️
Very nice poem!
Thanks Irene! 🙂💕
I’m OK as long as they don’t make me count syllables just yet! LOL 🙂
Never count syllables… feel the 5 beats instead… then it’s much easier.
Nicely done, Christine.
Thank you so much. I’m beginning to love Sonnets! Go figure 🙂
I’m not quite there yet, lol.
Brilliant.
Thank you so much! 🙂💕
You’re welcome
An exceptional piece that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thank you so much Ivor! 💕🙂
Nice lines: “I provided you with an inch of suggestion
And you expropriated a mile of my generosity”
Thank you Frank! I really appreciate it 🙂