I will write you everything in just one line
and you can call it
any name you choose
syllables and line
counts cannot define
what is or isn’t a
sonnet, or the truth.
As honestly as I
can, I will write
what I feel in the
simplest language, use
no embellishments,
nothing to turn and writhe
at the ends of
octaves and quickly form
the premise and
endless counter argument.
No
snake gobbling its
tail, not
a huge word-storm
in a small teacup.
One line, then fall
silent.
And
it’ll still be a sonnet,
though the norm
of iambs and
fourteen shall be absent. 
I love it! Including the deliberate thirteen.
ReplyDeleteThirteen's sometimes lucky! Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteA rose by any other name would smell as sweet...
ReplyDeleteAnd you don't even have to call it a rose to enjoy the fragrance right? :)
DeleteThirteen is lucky, for me, but was that your inspiration? I just sometimes wonder the thoughts before the pen hits paper. :) Nosy me!
ReplyDeleteI remember that thread!!! To be honest, I can never tell exactly what the thoughts are playing at before pen hits paper. Everything gets layered in there somewhere and you never know what surfaces when :)
DeleteSometimes simple is best.
ReplyDeleteI like it simple.
DeleteI call it wonderful
ReplyDeletePlain truth often is...
DeleteLove it! ^_^
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteIt works! That's what counts.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to know it works! thanks..
DeleteYou have a talent I so admire and envy.
ReplyDeleteNothing much to envy :) just putting words together and trying to make sense..
DeleteClever writing. Thank you for this
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.
DeleteI was hooked at "I will write you everything in just one line," and I got even more hooked as I read on. Names don't matter. I have one of Abraham Lincoln's riddles for you. Question: How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Answer: Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
ReplyDeleteGood one! Thanks for sharing that here.
DeleteHa, Nila, I've been looking at Shakespearean sonnets with my students and I couldn't help counting your lines. Yes, let's say what we need to and not be constrained by structure. Beautiful, as always.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I have nominated you for an award on my blog. I hope you'll accept!!
http://dencovey.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/the-liebster-award-wherein-i-answer-11_13.html
Denise:-)
Thanks, Denise! So honoured to have been nominated by you and Yolanda!
DeleteMy current compulsion is to maul the sonnet :) bash and smash. Dunno if Shakespeare would approve. Probably not. But what to do? :)