A Ha'Sonnet Will Do
Were they surprised?
Had they a clue?
What they surmised,
I never knew.
I didn’t wait.
To see their fate
was not my lot
(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2020
In response to the 7 January 2020 writing challenge “I never knew” from Go Dog Go Cafe
Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”
I had to choose
what I should do
or I would lose
more than a few
Time had run out
so despite doubts
I quickly picked
(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2019
In response to the 6 October 2019 daily writing prompt at the Brave & Reckless blog and based on the titles of short stories and books discussed in the enjoyable and informative new book “Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction”by Lisa Kröger. This prompt was “The Witching Hour” by Anne Rice.
It’s about her
the young woman
who caused a stir
by getting in.
She thought there’d be
equality.
Poor soul. How drôle.
(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2018
Ha’sonnet title inspired by the 31 August daily prompt at the Brave & Reckless blog and based on the title of a seminal feminist book ‘she must be mad’ by Charly Cox.
Added title to a ha’sonnet I had writtenlast year because the prompt immediately jumped out as a better fit than the title options I had come up with.
