Sonnet CXLI

That one ought wed one’s dearest gentle friend, Tis truth simply held in heart easily won, Where melancholy fool ne’er thine heart bend, As night befriends the soul eclipsing sun.   And radiance mislaid tis fauna’s rebuke, Ne’er blooming thus as cloudy mind o’er takes, For ambition tis wanton jaded fluke, And flora stayed till […]

Sonnet CXL

You wound me in senseless brambled wood; As spindle foretold of true love most rare, That evil spell denied a realm’s childhood, Where kingly estate’s repose did despair. Thine shield a rose, a weapon forged in truth, Converged upon briar densely woven deep, A portend pledged upon thy tattered youth, And dragon black t’was smashed […]

Sonnet CXXXIX

Let humble bells ring out tolling skyward, And match the cadence of mine drumming heart For restless sorrows imprisoned inward Flee as crackling embered flame doth depart The old year passes as day turns to night Where glimm’ring truth hath lost its noble face And dreams denied t’will ne’er such stars ignite Bearing witness and […]