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Sonnet for Halloween
There comes around a certain time of year
When night comes early and leaves are wind-blown.
Then sights beyond all normal sense appear:
Fey spirits romp, witches fly and ghouls moan.
Why do such creatures fill us with chill fear?
Why do we stand in dread of the unknown?
Perhaps what threatens us is not dark arts,
But that dark swelling within our own hearts.
Which prospect truly is more bleak and drear:
To stand in moonlit graveyards all alone,
A haunted eerie uninviting place;
Or, inward looking, see horrors more near,
malice, evil and shadows all our own?
We are the monsters we dread most to face.
(c) beaulolais 2007
- by beaulolais |
- Poetry And Lyrics
- | Submitted on 10/01/2008 |
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- Title: Sonnet for Halloween
- Artist: beaulolais
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Description:
Well, it is a sonnet about Halloween, and the feelings it brings for me.
Please notice the iambic pentameter
and careful rhyme scheme. - Date: 10/01/2008
- Tags: sonnet halloween
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Comments (7 Comments)
- ehhleen - 10/04/2008
- this is great!
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- Perperuna - 10/02/2008
- good luck with the sonnet! ^^
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- antigonish - 10/01/2008
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It's a real poem in a difficult format
And I like the thought. - Report As Spam
- Anika Hansen - 10/01/2008
- I like it! very good 5/5 smile
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- shells_of_sand - 10/01/2008
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Awesome job. biggrin
G'luck! heart - Report As Spam
- HiddenSnakeHands - 10/01/2008
- impressive! it's difficult to write in iambic pentameter! his is pretty impressive.... wonderful job. I love the idea and the poem itself.
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- trish-iss - 10/01/2008
- ...hahaha.. dont know...
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