Sunday Sonnet!

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Their innocence, a gemstone of delight,
Irradiating sparkle on one’s face,
Disarming, putting woebegone to flight,
A veritable avenue of grace;
Untinted eyes perceive the extant world,
Evoking response in untainted mind,
As though it were ensign of truth unfurled,
With no intent in heart to be unkind;
Alas, the mores of culture infiltrate
Virginal thought and speech of little ones,
Instinctual honesty to dislocate,
Preventing them from being truthful scions.
Embedded in the deeper consciousness,
Resides the need to speak the truth, no less.

©Meanderings 2018

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Sunday Sonnet!

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Beset by wilful demons of delight,
Two tiny tods of sniggering childhood imps
Indulge their trip into fantasmal flight,
While chattering foursome, sullen adult whimps,
Lament events in gravely troubled world,
Exacerbating personal state of stress;
So little is achieved with brickbats hurled,
Futility of toil is served, no less.
Shall ever human kind revert to sense,
A cry, so often heard abroad these days,
Shall ever vulnerable secure defence,
Lest equity into oblivion gaze?
Some find themselves so far removed from Care,
Even beyond the reach of distant Prayer!

©Meanderings 2018

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Summer Mini-Monos #6

Strawberries,
Cream too, please,
For our teas,
Feasting sprees,
Under trees!

Hot, clear day,
Children play,
Happy they,
Under spray,
Shriek hurray!

©Meanderings 2016

Summer Mini-Monos #5

Bowlers bowl,
Oldies stroll,
Lovers droll,
On the roll,
Joy in soul.

Toddlers run
In the sun,
Mums undone;
Everyone
Having fun!

©Meanderings 2016

Hourglass #1

Stillness rules the roost,
Daylight burgeons,
No leaf moves,
Children
Sleep!
Gulls
Chatter
On Rooftops,
Noise Discordant
Wakes whole Neighbourhood!

©Meanderings 2016

Note: My own innovation…..not sure what to call the format! Looks like an hourglass….hence what I call it…for now.