The Sonnet’s Joy

The measured lines
and rhythmic beats
become like mines
souring the sweets
So be impressed
when poets wrest
a timed-beat rhyme

(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2020

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”

What Are Words For

I’m sitting here
not in nor out
nor very clear
what I’m about
I’m in a funk
and writing junk
just to get through

(C) Stephen W. Buchanan 2020

Originally published advertising free at “If You Haven’t Got A Sonnet”