Finally--A Sonnet (4/22)

I have tried before to write a sonnet,
Though I never have had any real luck.
I can't get the iambic pentameter to work on it,
And I usually find myself stuck.

There are so many rules to follow.
How to rhyme it--how to organize
My sonnets always come out feeling hollow.
No matter how long I spend writing them, I agonize.

But I won't let this form defeat me.
I'll use my poetic license to modify.
The meter of the lines will be
Free to break the bonds that seek to codify.

Finally a sonnet written.
Finally chewed up the chunk into which I've bitten.


©2014-Art Belliveau