Monday, August 13, 2012

Non-traditional sonnet for August


I wrote an unusual sonnet for August, with some interesting rhythm and internal rhyming.  And an unusual subject as well. 

The rhyme scheme ended up being ABAB CDECDE FFFF, which I think would be challenging for a lot of sonnets, because there aren't a lot of good 4-way rhyming words.   (I.e., sets of four words that rhyme.)

"Take Your Clothes Off"

Conjoin the beauty of amazingness,
rejoin the race of swift humanity,
enjoin the strictures of relatedness
and join revolt against morality —
there is no need to be restricted by
the cold and ancient bonds which used to bind
both mind and body to restraining cust-
om; there is freedom in the wand'ring eye
of the beholder, where it is we find
the prick of an unseasonable thrust —
and so it should not be considered lewd
to be exposed and natural and nude;
if we accept this state to be thus viewed
our nudity will vex only the prude.



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