I Cannot Write it like Ben did [ English Sonnet ]

by Everlasting   Mar 21, 2016


Because Ben wrote a sonnet like a pro,
I have no option but to write one too.
So here with pen on hand like Edgar Poe,
I'll write a piece about a bugaboo,
or at the very least, about a ghost.
I only hope that when you start to read
and when you reach the ending of this post
that you, my darling friends, won't end up dead.
Though if that possibility exists,
And if a soul could die from reading this
I guess for my own's sake I won't insist
as my conscience would kill from me my bliss

So no, I can't write a piece like Poe did
And no, I can't write a piece like Ben did.

Written by: L.L.

haha I could be a little more optimistic and change the title and the last line in the couplet to read like:

So no, I can't write a piece like Poe did.
But yes, I can write a piece like Ben did.

And the Title: Like a pro.

But there's much work to be done in order to reach that level.

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  • 8 years ago

    by Em

    Love this

  • 8 years ago

    by No One

    This was cleverly written. It made me smile while reading it. We can't deny Ben's poetry prowess.

    I wish I could write in metrics and in full rhyme like you both.

    Cheers!!

    -xxx

    • 8 years ago

      by Everlasting

      And you can do it. Just practice your metrics and your rhymes. It may take hard work, patience and time but you can do it.

  • 8 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Lucero - a sonnet that had me in stitches. And many thanks for your faith in my sonnet ability, lol. (you did mean me, didn't you?)!!

    All the best