• I said I don’t do this. poems that behave
    that count their beats and beg to sound profound
    but here I am the fool you couldn’t save
    all rhyme and reason. love still hangin round

    I hate this form. it’s polished. cold. confined
    like scrubbin blood just so it stains again
    I tell myself to leave your heart behind
    but every line just drags…Read More

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    • Hi, Redzone! I welcome you to “BACK TO POETRY BASICS” and would like to invite you to join-in on our Sonnet lesson (below). It’s easy: just read and follow along. I look forward to sharing with you. ⁓ Richard🖌

      • Hi Richard,

        • oops didn’t mean to send that too short of a reply. I read your paper? instructions about the nature of and what constitutes a formally written English Sonnet. I am afraid I have only ever attempted one. If I can find it I will post in the “Back To Poetry Basics” group. This group was mented to me by Valuptas Whispers Unholy. and then I saw Fia’s…Read More

          • C’mon, Curt, join-in. There’s nothing like taking advantage of an opportunity when it present itself, and it’s FREE! With your creative talents, it would be most thrilling to read your version of a proper Sonnet, and then you’ll know how from then on. : )

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    • Hi, TFT! I welcome you to “BACK TO POETRY BASICS”, and would like to invite you to join-in on our Sonnet lesson (two posts below). It’s easy: just read and follow along. I look forward to sharing with you. ⁓ Richard🖌

  • Okay, I am stuck with this, but I am trying.

    Was born with eyes wide open
    To be prepared for the truth
    No one seemed to care or wanted to offend
    What had happened on the roof

    Time withholds memories in a box
    We crawl, then stand, and eventually walk
    As a rusty key enters an unforgiving lock
    Uttering words before learning to talk

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  • OUR FIRST ’BACK TO POETRY BASICS’ SESSION:
    “LEARNING & UNDERSTANDING THE ENGLISH SONNET”
    by Richard W. Jenkins
    © 22 Oct, 2025

    DETAILS OF THE ENGLISH [Shakespearean] SONNET
    (taking notes for reference is a very good idea)

    A bit of interesting and awakening study is ahead, but it will be for this first time only in order to fami…Read More

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