THE Sonnet!

In an attempt to get more organized before the new school year, [ha!], I was going through some old teacher files and papers.  I was making pretty good time, sorting through things I wanted to keep, things I would never look at again, and things that my teachers might still find useful at school.  And near the end of my endeavour a single piece of loose-leaf, lined paper that almost went straight in the bin without a passing glance! With a quick flick of my wrist, I did indeed see the other side and could scarcely believe it! I had found THE Sonnet. The original sonnet I wrote with my first Sophomore class, which I wrote about here: The Sonnet Form 

This was the story that inspired the idea of this very blog in fact.  So without further ado, here it is: [full disclosure, I did edit to get my iambic pentameter in line]

There is such hardship in writing poetry
I hear my students cry throughout the class
a forced rhyme scheme could hardly sound like me!
It is stunted, brutish, cheezy, and crass.
Words should flow with the fair muses blessings
Inspired and true, filled with passion divine
Not extracted with force; how hollow it rings
No sense of love, awe, or nature sublime.
Be that as may, the assignment still stands
a rhyming scheme you must try to follow.
Check your quatrains, couplets, and your iambs
Choose another, if love’s hard to swallow.
The more you try, the better you will get.
You’ve time; it’s okay to not be there yet!