Poem and Art by Denise Rodgers Copyright©Denise Rodgers All rights reserved. The effort’s huge I have to rack my brain.īut I persist, my fourteen lines now done. I’ve tried to write this new form several times. One ending couplet, after three quatrains. The A-B-A-B form consumes my time.īut I’m not done until there’s fourteen lines. The rhythm flows like wind at my command. And so I sit, today, with pen in hand, Composing three new quatrains with a rhyme. To learn new forms and grow is quite a must, But I will learn it quickly, I can tell. LEARNING TO WRITE A SONNET The sonnet form is old and full of dust And yet I want to learn to write one well. Funny Sonnet Poem #1: How to Write a Sonnet It's a sonnet that explains how to write a sonnet.
We'll start with my own instructional sonnet poem. You take the archaic form and make it your own. That is why I'd rather write some of my own funny sonnets. I usually have to look words up when I try to read them. They were probably wonderful in their time, but the language is practically foreign. Why do I like to write funny sonnet poems? I must admit that I've always thought that sonnet poems were just a tad archaic and boring.
