Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sad Sonnets--By Arthur C. Ford, Sr.--United States

Sad Sonnets

I read the rules
The contest had
They made me weep
And my pencil sad,
Not because
A mandate was type,
But the twelve
Line maximum
Was not
My
Sonnets'
Delight.

Arthur C. Ford, Sr. is originally from New Orleans, LA., where he graduated from Southern University (S.U.N.O.). He studied Mathematics, Physics, Creative Writing(Poetry) and was a member of The Drama Society. He has traveled to 45 States, lived in Europe (Bruxelles, Belgium), and more recently spent 30 days doing missionary work and traveling throughout the country of India. He publishes a quarterly poetry newsletter entitled THE PEN (The Poetry Explosion Newsletter), and resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

3 comments:

  1. Rules can be very restricting. Love it.

    Kathy Collins

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  2. LMBO Arthur, I too have issues with line length~!

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  3. A 20 line limit can also be a bugaboo...hoo... got your message though...

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