DW's Sonnets

[DarkWiccan]

Um.. hi there everyone, tis I, DarkWiccan, returned to the boards here at the Kitten. It's been a while, and though I do plan to post a couple of W/T fics in DCP, I thought I might give posting some of my non-W/T related stuff a try.



In this thread you will find my sonnets. Right now I only have the one, which follows this brief prologue. I have others, but I'm still polishing them so they don't suck as much... emphasis on "as much".



Alright, so here goes nothing... my first sonnet.



If ever there was a time that you could

Love me, it should be now. For I do love

You with such a care that the bounty of

It has over spilled the banks of my heart

And may drown us, lest you return some of

It to me in similar fashion, so

That the scales of my affections may fall

Even with your own and then meet as one.

Answer you with silence? Then break my heart.

For I had thought you cared as I have done.

        For what do solitary lovers dream,

        Then to be seen as that which their eyes glean.





Okay, so hit me with tomatoes... I never said I was good at this poetry stuff.



Cheers (ducking)

DW

[SJ]

Liked it a lot

[kiwi6969]

Hey...who said you were not any good at the poems? *pulls her sleeves up* let me at them...no seriously that was great..and look forward to you next one...







kiwi

we are all lips in life sucking on one big nipple ~ kiwi6969

"shes out ther,our souls have meet,our hearts have meet,just not ourselves"

[DarkWiccan]

Thanks for your kind words. It took alot of gumption to start posting these trifles... I've hidden inside the W/T universe for so long, I'd forgotten that there was stuff to be written outside of it.



Cheers

DW

[pagnmickie]

Ok, I'm reading this again since I got to read it before, *feels privileged* and I love it more each time.



So... I will throw roses at your feet!







*BIG HUGS*



-Mickie

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
-Sophocles

[BethanyB3]

Hey DW,



I sit here re-reading your work, happy that you did indeed post it. It truly is a beautiful sonnet. As much so as the soul behind it and hopefully as much so as the soul you will find to join yours.

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"Light tomorrow with today!" ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

[DarkWiccan]

Beth and Mickie, thanks so much. And Beth, thank you especially for the kind sentiment... I certainly hope that one day I am blessed with finding my other half as you have found yours.



Here is the next one...



Sonnet II: From a Dancer's Eyes



I've watched you watching me. I know that stare:

Infatuation, frightens me as much

as it turns me on. I like being watched,

I like the attention, I even like

Your eyes undressing me as I

Glide across the rehearsal hall's wood floor.

But you know as well as I that's all it

Will ever be. I'll dance, you'll watch. I'll watch,

You'll dream. You'll reach, you'll fall. You are not good

Enough for me. Or so it seems to you.

For I am watching you as you watch me,

Through these watchings our lust may be set free.



Thanks again.



Cheers

DW

[DarkWiccan]

Okay... so out of nowhere my muse decides to show up. Here's another one.



Sonnet III: To A Shy Girl



There's something about the way you pretend

To not be interested in anything

More than just the lessons you ask about

So frequently. It's cute how you try to

Hide your interest in me; but I can see

The aching behind your eyes and it's nice,

For a change, to be the one who's wanted.

I wonder if you will ever be so bold

As to take the next step I can see you

Constantly convincing yourself to do.

        I will be waiting patiently for you,

        Though I don't know my answer when you do.





Cheers

DW

[SJ]

Love those sonnets

You're very talented

[BethanyB3]

Hey DW,



I hope you keep on writing your sonnets, they are good & a nice departure from your other work. Perhaps some thoughts there to act upon.

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"Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door"

~ Emily Dickinson ~

[Always E]

DW,



I felt compelled to jump into your thread and read your sonnets. Lucky for me I did otherwise I would have missed out...they're really quite good. It would be interesting to read them in pre-sonnet form and see what changed.



I particularly liked #3...not sure why. I hope you find the someone who will appreciate you for all that you are...as you deserve it.



Always,

-E

[kiwi6969]

DW... I loved your sonnets..yes and #3 appealed to me too I so loved it...more please?



kiwi/teresa

we are all lips in life sucking on one big nipple ~ kiwi6969

"shes out ther,our souls have meet,our hearts have meet,just not ourselves"

[pagnmickie]

Love that one DW.



So sweet...







-Mickie

Be happy people. Happy people don't self destruct.
-Cyndi Lauper

[DarkWiccan]

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and words... here is another attempt at bad poetry... I think I succeeded this time... particularly at the bad part.



Sonnet IV -- Call of the Wild



How can I forget you? I can't and it's

Not fair for you to ask me. Our history

Is deep, tangled, much too complicated.

The thought of putting it away somewhere,

Locked, chaste, unanswering to bidding thoughts

Is painful to consider. The tension

Is still there between us when we talk.

I hear the wanting in your voice as you hear mine.

I feel the pull even so far away,

Oh, would it could resolve it in your arms.

        Destiny has a deep and painful call,

        How long can you truly deny its will?





Cheers

DW

[SJ]

I didn't think it was bad at all,enjoyed reading it

[singgirl]

though I don't think it's in iambic pentameter, I like it!

Pax! -Bev

[DarkWiccan]

Thanks again for your kind words... and actually these are in iambic pentameter... five feet of two beats each..



Thanks for the keen eye!



Cheers

DW

[singgirl]

my bad, you're right...guess I need to brush up on what I learned in highschool english a little more. now I'm really impressed, in creative writting we had to write sonnets, but most of the class had so many problems the teacher abandoned the assignment.

Pax! -Bev

[Magrat70]

Hey DW



Just caught these I like them a lot a very interesting addition to your work. I loved the feel of passion and desire in them, the textures were lovely



Wendy

The Glorious People Republic of Treacle Mine Road;



Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love and a Hard Boiled Egg

[DarkWiccan]

Okay folks... here's another trifle.



Sonnet V: Perpetual Anticipation



How is it possible to love this much

And not die from the pain of it? I wish

I could understand why you have always

Feared the truth. The electric connection

In the air is so charged that e'en the one

Who you claim to hold dearest senses it

And is afraid. We were something before,

Long ago, past life perhaps. "What were we?"

You ask me. I do not answer, although

I know. We were what we have been: Soulmates.

My heart is wrecked with pain not having you,

Patience is the most difficult virtue.





Cheers

DW

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."

[SJ]

That was great

[singgirl]

oooh, bravo!

Pax! -Bev

[onyxsundrops]

Very nice! I don't know if it was the way I read it, or the format, but I liked the slight pause before the next line. (It's probably just me ) Anyway, nicely done!



Yvonne

[DarkWiccan]

Well, I've been in a dark place lately... and I think this poem expresses that pretty damn clearly.



No pity... please.



Title: Self Diatribe



I've built a house of love that none live in.

Nor ever will, it seems.

I've dreamed a dream of companionship

only to see it crumble around me

like the decayed shell of an insect

left hollow by its owner.



I am hollow.



Everything I thought was wrong.

Everything I've dreamed, is gone.

There is nothing left.

I function by sheer will alone.



There is no one for me.



I am not worthy of the chance,

for no one will give it to me.

I love foolishly and too easily.

No one looks at me an thinks,

"I like her. I want to ask her out."

No one looks at me and thinks,

"She's attractive. I want to be with her."

No one looks at me and thinks,

"She's worth my time."

No one looks at me and thinks...

anything.



I am nothing.



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'Scuse me while I crawl back into my hole...



DW

[SJ]

Good poem,thanks for sharing.

[onyxsundrops]

Well, that was... wow. Kind of brought up old feelings, but I'm glad you chose to post it!



Yvonne

[intricate mirage]

Hey DarkWiccan



Just read your sonnets and the most recent poem. Good stuff, you've got talent. The most recent poem, was just.. powerful. Thanks for sharing.

~ Cas



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My fountain of strength that never runs dry

You are the shooting star across the midnight sky

[DarkWiccan]

Sonnet VI



I need to let you go, but don't know how.

How do you say goodbye to the person

Who you would have gi'en up everything for

Simply for the chance to exist near them?

Not even with them, but near them at all.

How do you give that up, please tell me now.

I call but you don't answer my attempts

At redemption for my crime of loving

"Not too wisely but too well". Shame on me.

Bid me forget you now. Use loud, mad words.

For only your bitter hatred persuades

Love that I cannot command to dissuade.





Till next time,

DW

Edited by: DarkWiccan at: 9/22/04 10:08 pm

[TaraBaby77]

Hey DW -



I must say, you have so very powerful work!!! Strong in feeling, strong in writing. A HUGE thanks for sharing work with all of us. Hope to see more. =)

Aaron

'TaraBaby77'

[SJ]

Liked that,powerful,thanks for sharing