spun on fortune's wheel
a sonnet
Somewhere betwixt me youth and faire heyday
Aye left me mum to see if I might hold
An apple cheek'd maid in the month o' May
Bedeck'd in blooms with bonnet bright and gold;
Well met, her shy gaze stole away me heart
With laughter like a lover's sugar’d kiss
Its music did commend her loving art
And match’d the ardor of her trembling lips;
When the sun pierc'd the window o' the rose
And upon thy faire face it brightly shone
Like dreams unfolding within sweeten’d prose
That I forget thee not when age dost moan;
Nor the good and bad spun on fortune's wheel
Tween wedding bells and final fare thee well.
About the Creator
John Cox
Twisted teller of mind bending tales. I never met a myth I didn't love or a subject that I couldn't twist out of joint. I have a little something for almost everyone here. Cept AI. Aint got none of that.
Bruce Lee and The God of War: Kuan Ti
It starts with love.. The Power to the God Of War and Wealth Walk into a Chinese restaurant (even in Oklahoma, USA), a Chinese police station, a kung fu martial arts studio or even a Chinese temple and you often see a red faced warrior holding a heavy quan-do (spear like weapon).
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Comments (10)
It's like an ode to unexpected monogamy. Oops, I fell in love!
ach, I can't hold up my end of the bargain, as predicted. I'll try. "Nice try arsehole..." This is wonderful and so good to see Mr Cox throwing his cap into the ring of Sonnet masters of Vocal like Reddall and Singleton. Loved the tone, the language and the rhymes didn't make me want to punch things lol. Stellar. Just stellar. I mean you had me at betwixt. One of my favourite arcane poetic words. Love the pairing of it with the image too. Renoir's paintings always have such character and grace to them.
Oh it's perfect. The accent on certain words. Swept back in time where love still had its charm, your words kept your memories pure. Your efforts kept the history and theme of the sonnet — the ancient spark alive, and they both complemented each other. Very passionate and deceptively effortless too. There were no broken parts, the words and thoughts melded together like a beautiful stream. I especially loved these two lines, 'the sun once pierc'd the window o' the rose.' 'upon her faire face it did brightly shine.' Fantastic work as always John 👌🏾🤗❤️
This took me back to a time I've never been, if that makes sense. It definitely has a Shakespearian tone to it. Awesome work, John.
What a current poem for an English literature course to share.
Beautiful poem, love the use of language in this poem. ❤️❤️❤️
I'm not very good with this English but it seemed very beautiful to me. Loved your poem!
John, this is so wonderfully delightful. You had me at betwixt then it just kept getting better. You are an old soul living in modern times
What a beautiful piece! I love how you’ve leaned into the old-world language.
This kept getting better on each read through! Loved the line with the sugar ❤️. Beautiful work!