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Half a Sonnet

'In Eclipse' Challenge - No. 1

By Kendall Defoe Published 2 years ago 1 min read
Half a Sonnet
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Note: I thought about how it was mentioned that with this particular challenge, we had only seven lines, meaning - to me - half of the sonnet form. Not that I obeyed the rules for any sonnet, but I did wonder about what to say with the poem (obeying a rule for only half of it seemed wrong).

- K.D.

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Everyone has their own ideas on how to do this:

Confusion, declaration, emotion...

Love can be such a rich source to use and burn through.

I thought of how I had half of the form to play with on the page.

Poetry, even semiformed, raw, and in open disobedience works.

Something missing; some form unfulfilled; some part to declare, and yet...

Everything has been said in this small, still world.

Indeed...

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Oooo, this certainly was deep! Loved your Acrostic!

  • Novel Allen2 years ago

    I love this quote...the trick is to start, all else will follow. Cool half a sonnet.

  • JBaz2 years ago

    There has to be something new, doesn't there?

  • There is indeed nothing new under the sun, my friend. And that includes that which comes between the sun & us.

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