Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 12, 2005, 7:01 pm

Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet)Leny Roovers12-4-2005In April, blooms burst free as Nature grows;today, small buds turn into leaves each moment,in hurried change of dresses for springs shows.White...

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 13, 2005, 10:54 am

I haven't got a clue what the title means, only that it is a poem inspired by a WS sonnet and you have proved to me once again how great a poet you are. This is lovely Leny. Partir cst mourir un peu.

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 13, 2005, 11:10 am

T, the title means Leny is using the end rhymes of Shakespeare's Sonnet #15.Most creative piece, Leny! A sonnet and a ode to spring in one ~ Bruce

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 13, 2005, 2:02 pm

Bruce got it exactly right, T. This was written for a challenge elsewhere, to take one of WS' sonnets, and use the end rhymes to write one's own.After not having been able to write for weeks, I was...

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 13, 2005, 2:04 pm

Hi Bruce,You're right, glad you understood the title, it must have been T's still being jet lagged. Glad you enjoyed, thank you for the appreciative comments!Leny

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 13, 2005, 5:46 pm

Leny - another challenge you have met with great success. I have never tried "given end rhymes", but maybe one day I will give it a go.

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Re: Blooms (Shakespearean sonnet, with end rhymes of WS XV)

April 14, 2005, 7:58 am

Leny, This is a beautiful form: one of my favorites from the old Kal days. Structured writing is not one of my forte's, but as reading material: the Shakes-Sonnet can't be beat.(sounds like a...

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