28 Sonnets Later

Seven Days of Russell (full crown) (@rascalapache) This year I used the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets With various words from various songs by various artists 1) Blue Monday ...as Monday rolls the wheel around once more, with memories just sailing…

The latest sonnet: Seven Days of Russell (full crown): (@rascalapache)

This year I used the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


With various words from various songs by various artists





1) Blue Monday… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #Ariadne #BobDylan #DavidBowie

Cardinal Signs (aka Seven Sins of Fay: Full Crown)   (You would not believe how long this took @FayRoberts.bsky.social to put this graphic together) Full text for the Seven Deadly Sins follows: The gateway to the seven stands right here. 🍎 you long to touch, but cannot quite commit to all…

The latest sonnet: Cardinal Signs (aka Seven Sins of Fay: Full Crown):  





(You would not believe how long this took @FayRoberts.bsky.social to put this graphic together)








Full text for the Seven Deadly Sins follows:

The… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown

Seven Colours of Leanne 1. Red Sky At Night The prism splits a humble beam of light, and colours manifest like sorcery.The streak of scarlet, clotting, bold and bright,as potent as the raging, wine-dark sea.  Our past, in ochre, painted at Lascaux; or cartoon-hearted oaths to…

The latest sonnet: Seven Colours of Leanne: 1. Red Sky At Night
The prism splits a humble beam of light, and colours manifest like sorcery.The streak of scarlet, clotting, bold and bright,as potent as the raging, wine-dark sea. 
Our… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum

Seven Ages of Andy (full crown)   William Mulready. image credit: V&A Museum London 1.       Infancy   expectant, trepidatious, on we go: a blooded, squalling babe, a bag of needs. a home, a crib, a blanket, frequent feeds; a family to shield us as we grow…

The latest sonnet: Seven Ages of Andy (full crown):  





William Mulready. image credit: V&A Museum London








1.      
Infancy



 



expectant, trepidatious, on we go:



a blooded, squalling babe, a bag of needs.



a home,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem

#28 - Sunday Morning (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets With some words from the song of the same name by the Velvet Underground & Nico ...the sounds of Sunday kicking into gear ‒ celesta grooves like…

The latest sonnet: #28 - Sunday Morning: (@rascalapache)

This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


With some words from the song of the same name by the Velvet Underground & Nico





...the… #28sonnetslater #AndyWarhol #daysoftheweek #Nico #sonnetcrown

#27 - Cupid Corrupted Finally, and only an hour beyond the threshold, @FayRoberts.bsky.social finishes zir musing on the Seven Deadly Sins with the crowning horror: #Greed. Not everyone can grab a second chance. The pusillanimous will whine and fret, but you can call the…

The latest sonnet: #27 - Cupid Corrupted: Finally, and only an hour beyond the threshold, @FayRoberts.bsky.social finishes zir musing on the Seven Deadly Sins with the crowning horror: #Greed.

Not everyone can grab a second chance.… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown

#26 - VIOLET Thinking about light, rainbows, visual perception, and the ultra-violet patches of colour on flowers that human eyes cannot see.  The Unseen Despite the darkness, we must learn to sing – a purpling of air, to sooth the dreadthat effervesces in our…

The latest sonnet: #26 - VIOLET: Thinking about light, rainbows, visual perception, and the ultra-violet patches of colour on flowers that human eyes cannot see. 

The Unseen
Despite the darkness, we must learn to sing – a purpling… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum

#25 - Seven Ages: Second Childhood Philosopher Laughing at Magick (detail) David Teniers, c1775   I know that I know nothing – therefore wise it is that I should hold my foolish tongue? Well, bugger that: embarrassing the young shall be this poet’s joy before he dies.…

The latest sonnet: #25 - Seven Ages: Second Childhood: Philosopher Laughing at Magick (detail)
David Teniers, c1775




 



I know that I know nothing – therefore wise



it is that I should hold my foolish tongue?



Well, bugger… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem

#24 - Drive-in Saturday (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets With some words from the song of the same name by David Bowie ...she orchestrates a drive-in Saturday where headlights scatter moments in the dark…

The latest sonnet: #24 - Drive-in Saturday: (@rascalapache)

This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


With some words from the song of the same name by David Bowie





...she orchestrates a… #28sonnetslater #DavidBowie #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown

#23 - Golden Age Headache finally over, it’s time for @FayRoberts.bsky.social to tackle #Pride while messing with form… How dare they swan around like no-one cares? It’s easy, really: simply be the best. Forsake all other notions, let the rest diminish to a distant…

The latest sonnet: #23 - Golden Age: Headache finally over, it’s time for @FayRoberts.bsky.social to tackle #Pride while messing with form…

How dare they swan around like no-one cares?

It’s easy, really: simply be the best.

Forsake all… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #pride #sonnet

#22 - INDIGO Indigo Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel in Allegany County, Maryland, in the USA. It probably isn’t haunted. But what if it was?   CONTENT NOTE: MENTION OF VOMIT.  The Ghosts of Indigo Tunnel  Reminding us they’ve been here all along,the spectres…

The latest sonnet: #22 - INDIGO: Indigo Tunnel is an abandoned railway tunnel in Allegany County, Maryland, in the USA. It probably isn’t haunted. But what if it was?  
CONTENT NOTE: MENTION OF VOMIT. 



The Ghosts of Indigo Tunnel… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Indigo #LeanneModen

#21 - Seven Ages: Old Age John Bull taking a luncheon, James Gillray 1798   A ward ‘gainst civil strife and chilly weather – lock all your doors, and wear a fluffy snood; mistrust the ‘foreigners’ (but eat their food), bemoan the lack of feeling in your nethers.…

The latest sonnet: #21 - Seven Ages: Old Age: John Bull taking a luncheon, James Gillray 1798




 





A ward ‘gainst civil strife and chilly weather –



lock all your doors, and wear a fluffy snood;



mistrust the ‘foreigners’… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem

#20 - Friday on My Mind (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets After Frigg (and Ariadne) With some words from the song of the same name by The Easybeats ...you know that Friday’s always on my mind you know…

The latest sonnet: #20 - Friday on My Mind: (@rascalapache)

This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


After Frigg (and Ariadne)

With some words from the song of the same name by The Easybeats… #28sonnetslater #Ariadne #daysoftheweek #Easybeats #Frigg

#19 - DIES IRAE @FayRoberts.bsky.social fought off another bloody #migraine to bring this bit of #Wrath your way. They all deserve a big piece of your mind. They say restraint is all the rage again, but leaving fools in ignorance? Unkind. It’s time to crack your…

The latest sonnet: #19 - DIES IRAE: @FayRoberts.bsky.social fought off another bloody #migraine to bring this bit of #Wrath your way.

They all deserve a big piece of your mind.

They say restraint is all the rage again,

but leaving fools… #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown #swearing

#18 - BLUE  An ode to the sky, because I couldn't think of anything else to write about for the colour blue. And I painted myself into a bit of a corner with the last line from my previous poem... Radio Telescope we cannot teach the sky herself to sing, but if we…

The latest sonnet: #18 - BLUE:  An ode to the sky, because I couldn't think of anything else to write about for the colour blue. And I painted myself into a bit of a corner with the last line from my previous poem...

Radio Telescope
we… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Blue #Colours #LeanneModen

#7 - Seven Ages: Judge   Presumably not distracted by kids singing Let It Go My Muse! My Comrade! Wreathed in loving glory, words fail to scale the height of my esteem! A bildungsroman now is this, my story: from callow youth to half a winning team.…

The latest sonnet: #7 - Seven Ages: Judge:  





Presumably not distracted by kids singing Let It Go








My Muse! My Comrade! Wreathed in loving glory,



words fail to scale the height of my esteem!



A bildungsroman now
is… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poetry

#16 - I Lost Thursday (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets With some words from the song of the same name by They Might Be Giants ...she knows the hope and loss that Thursday brings I packed it all up in a…

The latest sonnet: #16 - I Lost Thursday: (@rascalapache)

This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


With some words from the song of the same name by They Might Be Giants





...she knows the hope… #28sonnetslater #acrostic #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown

#15 - Invidious @FayRoberts.bsky.social apologises for entirely losing a day, and proffers this hastily written, iambic stream-of-consciousness on the subject of Envy, which turns out to be more complex than ze’d anticipated. How dare they shout to claim your starry…

The latest sonnet: #15 - Invidious: @FayRoberts.bsky.social apologises for entirely losing a day, and proffers this hastily written, iambic stream-of-consciousness on the subject of Envy, which turns out to be more complex than ze’d… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #envy #FayRoberts #sonnet

#14 - GREEN  Another one that came out of following where the rhyme led me... Overgrown  A symbol of fertility and growthis fine, if that’s the way you want to live.This garden’s only fit to harbour ghosts;a climbing vine to strangle infants with.  A haunting is a…

The latest sonnet: #14 - GREEN:  Another one that came out of following where the rhyme led me...
Overgrown 
A symbol of fertility and growthis fine, if that’s the way you want to live.This garden’s only fit to harbour ghosts;a climbing… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Green #LeanneModen

#13 - Seven Ages: Soldier Hunt at Peterloo 1819. Never forget.   The hope on which society depends: that still the arc of History will tend towards a cultured, genteel evolution. “Too slow!” cry new recruits with resolution – some take up arms to hasten their…

The latest sonnet: #13 - Seven Ages: Soldier: Hunt at Peterloo 1819. Never forget.




 





The hope on which society depends:



that still the arc of History will tend



towards a cultured, genteel evolution.



“Too slow!”… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #peterloo

#12 - A Wednesday Car (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets After the film ‘A Complete Unknown’, with apologies to all the participants ‘Sylvie’ equals ‘Suze’, for the purposes of reality With some words from…

The latest sonnet: #12 - A Wednesday Car: (@rascalapache)

This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets


After the film ‘A Complete Unknown’, with apologies to all the participants… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #daysoftheweek #JoanBaez

#11 - Lament Ironically enough, @FayRoberts.bsky.social was asleep (with a migraine) so couldn’t write Sloth last night. Hence it being late. (Ze thinks it’s likewise only fitting that ze’s chosen the sonnet form with the fewest rhymes…) You can’t let tyrants rob you…

The latest sonnet: #11 - Lament: Ironically enough, @FayRoberts.bsky.social was asleep (with a migraine) so couldn’t write Sloth last night. Hence it being late. (Ze thinks it’s likewise only fitting that ze’s chosen the sonnet form with the… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sloth #sonnet

#10 - YELLOW The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, published in 1895. The title takes its name from a fictional play, referenced in the first four short stories of the book. According to the author, anyone who reads the play will…

The latest sonnet: #10 - YELLOW: The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers, published in 1895. The title takes its name from a fictional play, referenced in the first four short stories of the book.… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Madness

#9 - Seven Ages: Lover  h/t to Caroline Pollard for the photo A portrait of a man not fully grown – discovered in a loft and brought to light: a leather jacket, Yankee hat, and bright eyes, nonchalant to facing the unknown. He wants to love, yet still needs…

The latest sonnet: #9 - Seven Ages: Lover:  h/t to Caroline Pollard for the photo








A portrait of a man not fully grown –



discovered in a loft and brought to light:



a leather jacket, Yankee hat, and bright



eyes,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem

#8 - Ruby Tuesday (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets After Tiw With some words from the song of the same name by the Rolling Stones ...when Tuesday enters, roaring like a fire ‒ to banish lies,…

The latest sonnet: #8 - Ruby Tuesday: (@rascalapache)

This
year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of
sonnets



After
Tiw



With
some words from the song of the same name by the Rolling Stones… #28sonnetslater #daysoftheweek #RollingStones #sonnetcrown #Tiw

#7 - An Ardent Palate Turns out at least one of you clever folks already guessed @FayRobertsuk’s theme and the topic of the last poem (Lust of the Seven Deadly Sins), so here’s Gluttony: You’ll gorge yourself on all you might desire, pick this and that, fill platters to…

The latest sonnet: #7 - An Ardent Palate: Turns out at least one of you clever folks already guessed @FayRobertsuk’s theme and the topic of the last poem (Lust of the Seven Deadly Sins), so here’s Gluttony:





You’ll gorge yourself on… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #gluttony #sonnet

#6 - ORANGE An orange poem. This really came out of nowhere... Fen Vixen  She takes the idle viewer unawaresand sets the woods alight with memories.Her spark ignites the grass, the thicket flares; a flash of amber, darting through the trees.  Her tail, a plume of…

The latest sonnet: #6 - ORANGE: An orange poem. This really came out of nowhere...
Fen Vixen 
She takes the idle viewer unawaresand sets the woods alight with memories.Her spark ignites the grass, the thicket flares; a flash of amber, darting… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #LeanneModen #Spectrum

#5 - Seven Ages: Schoolboy   With smiles and hopeful airs, first day of school: crisp uniform and unfamiliar tie; new disciplines, a timetable, and rules of social commerce; cliques to codify. Will tests in Maths and Science be your fuel? Athletics, French, or…

The latest sonnet: #5 - Seven Ages: Schoolboy:  




With smiles and hopeful airs, first day of school:



crisp uniform and unfamiliar tie;



new disciplines, a timetable, and rules



of social commerce; cliques to codify.



Will… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #poetry #school

#4 - Blue Monday (@rascalapache) This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets With some words from the song of the same name by New Order ...as Monday rolls the wheel around once more, with memories just sailing out of…

The latest sonnet: #4 - Blue Monday: (@rascalapache)


This
year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets






With
some words from the song of the same name by New Order






...as
Monday rolls
the wheel… #28sonnetslater #daysoftheweek #NewOrder #sonnetcrown

#3 - Tempest @FayRobertsuk writes: I’ve decided, for the moment, not to say what my seven are. They’re quite famous, so it will probably become apparent as I go along (or I might change my mind later and say anyway…). The gateway to the seven stands right here. You…

The latest sonnet: #3 - Tempest: @FayRobertsuk writes: I’ve decided, for the moment, not to say what my seven are. They’re quite famous, so it will probably become apparent as I go along (or I might change my mind later and say anyway…).… #28sonnetslater #FayRoberts #sevens #sonnet #sonnetcrown