Seldom Spoke in Sonnets

Seldom Spoke In Sonnets


A mother changing napkins shows she cares;
Her husband, mowing lawns, a sense of pride;
A few unsteady steps their baby dares,
While sibling listens to a tale, wide-eyed.

An old man dies alone and no one knows;
A woman struggles hard to raise her kid;
‘Tween rich and poor division daily grows;
But don’t write these in poems – God forbid!

A young man, paraplegic, from a smash;
A girl attacked whilst walking in the park;
Are subjects sonnet-writers find too brash;
Their sensibilities spurn things so dark.

With love, and high-flown topics sonnets deal,
But not with daily life, those things more real.




11th January 2008


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