The Field of Rhyme
A Sonnet for Randy Baker's Prompted #5
What magic is there in a simple rhyme?
Admittedly, there is some sonic charm
In causing syllables to march in time
Domesticating free words does no harm
But navigating with this compass strange
What solace will the wild mind discover?
As over possibilities we range
Why embrace grace to awkwardness cover?
Each passing moment is a field most odd
In which we can plant and grow many things:
An image, an idea, even a god
Can come into being as language sings
Whether at dawn or in the glow of dusk
Rhyme can make animate a word’s dry husk
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Nota Bene: The details of this challenge can be found here:
The thirteen words I selected from the verbal cloud:
1. Wild
2. Rhyme
3. Navigating
4. Charm
5. Free
6. Dusk
7. Solace
8. Embrace
9. Grace
10. Glow
11. Compass
12. Passing
13. Moment
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Comments (11)
Excellent entry! You always give us food for thought. And that corn looks delicious, lol.
This reads like Shakespeare in all the best ways!
Great work here! Amazing word choice!
Beautiful!
The reference to the corn field as a garden to cultivate words and stories is sheer genius. I love the green representations as we imagine the beauty of nature.
Well done!
Language sings, I especially loved that! Such a brilliant take on the challenge!
Your sonnets are very well.
You have skillfully used all words.
I think you may have forgotten to link this in the comments of Randy's Prompted 5! (I went to read the other prompts after reading this one, and missed your comment. I swear I'm not stalking!) Don't forget to comment it so Randy doesn't miss it! ❤️
This is beautiful! I love the use of all the words -- it doesn't seem forced, everything flows into the next line. Lovely! ❤️❤️❤️