Thanks a million, Wes! I have a sonnet collection I'm trying to put together, but the sequence of poems has felt awkward each time I rework it. But this one will certainly go in. :)
Spring keeps showing up brand-new, and this sonnet holds the newness so well! (And that rhyme scheme is such a dance! Not one I've met before, I don't think.)
Thank you so much, Elizabeth--it's such a lovely time to try to capture! As for the rhyme scheme, frankly it started out as a normal Petrarchan sonnet, but the final six stanzas decided to go their own way, and I decided to let them do it. It's difficult to stop these rambunctious things in springtime, ha! ;-)
Beautifully descriptive, and the last line is the perfect close to the volta.
Thanks so much, Mark! The praise of "perfect close" means a lot for a sonnet!
Beautiful.
Many thanks, Lynda! Wishing you a lovely week!
That's a very good one, captures so much. Whatever you publish next, please put this one in it.
Thanks a million, Wes! I have a sonnet collection I'm trying to put together, but the sequence of poems has felt awkward each time I rework it. But this one will certainly go in. :)
Spring keeps showing up brand-new, and this sonnet holds the newness so well! (And that rhyme scheme is such a dance! Not one I've met before, I don't think.)
Thank you so much, Elizabeth--it's such a lovely time to try to capture! As for the rhyme scheme, frankly it started out as a normal Petrarchan sonnet, but the final six stanzas decided to go their own way, and I decided to let them do it. It's difficult to stop these rambunctious things in springtime, ha! ;-)
And why would you want to?! 🌿😎🌿
Exactly!!