Sonnet #64 and if you have to ask there are some things that simply are not taught cannot be found through reading many tomes experience should tell but it does not and if you have to ask you do not know like when to give a hand to those in need or open up your … More Sonnet #64 – and if you have to ask
Dishonesty can never be betrayed nor faithless men, nor selfishness be crossed The liar and the thief will lie in wait and they stand strong, others be damned and lost So only honest folk can be betrayed The faithful and the selfless play no game Their end goal is to love and then to … More Sonnet #49 – the anatomy of betrayal
Sonnet #44 – 2nd Carnival sonnet, an upside-down sonnet. To be read top to bottom, and bottom to top. T’is He Who turned our planet upside-down upon the cross of Christ, the Holy Clown and I would be remiss were I not glad Though sad the sight of Him whose skin was flayed So now … More Sonnet #44 – 2nd Carnival sonnet, an upside-down sonnet
Sonnet #43 on the carnival of God A song was played. Heaven and earth were formed. A garden made, where naked bodies warmed, until the worm slithered from past’ral glade and with the germ of doubt innocence slayed and from the leaves of figs we played our game – the game, which thieves still play … More Sonnet #43 – on the carnival of God
Sonnet #42 on the Greenman He hides among the stories past, but now he has no name, with stonied face he laughs or scowls, or smiles, or frowns, or cries. Who knows what mood is carved by ancient cunning crafts? The wintered face of death after the fall The brambled, twisted, tortured crown of thorns … More Sonnet #42 – on the Greenman
Sonnet #41 – a sonnet with your name on it – David Gerard A desp’rate call for justice comes with angst against the patterned evils of our age against decorum’s hand, against the ranks and not until resolved will turn the page Not for myself alone, but for the poor For those enchained by bias … More Sonnet #41 – a sonnet with your name on it – David Gerard
Sonnet #39 – meditations on the pastorate Our joy in service is not commensurate with the temporal reward. I have in hand much less than here in heart and pocket less than raised in daily thought If words were cents as sense grows into art then I would gain the realm of Camelot we purchase … More Sonnet #39 – more meditations on the pastorate
Sonnet #38 – further meditations on the pastorate A Shakespearean sonnet on love of life in service. Contrast light and dark, sorrow and joy and their simultaneous tensions. We speak of light, but know the dark too well Enjoin a joy to those we love and serve They watch, we live through torment and through … More Sonnet #38 – further meditations on the pastorate
Sonnet #37 – meditations on the pastorate Notes before beginning to write this piece: the first word must also be the last word (i.e. the first is last…), the meters should not complete a sentence until the end to mirror the ongoing day and night life of service. The Volta should turn toward dark questioning, … More Sonnet #37 – meditations on the pastorate
Sonnet #36: the third apocalyptic pop love song sonnet Theme: I’ll not serve this bitter wine: Rev. 16 A table set before our enemies A cup is poured we drink it to the dregs A celebration to their enmities A host is set against us as we beg Last time I sat here all the … More Sonnet #36: 3rd apocalyptic pop love sonnet, I’ll not serve this bitter wine: Rev. 16
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