The tapers snuff’t, I’ve outpaced rescue’s reach.
Ebb’d ocean’s current I have challenged
And found me dropt to the stance of yield.
O, alms I ask, alms I ask and pray,
serenading…
Hide no longer behind unspoken truths
Face me the challenge of bow and fruit
Unlabeled turmoil
The feral cat awaits chair and whip,
serenading… Thou exist, thou exist
Chaos of one’s mind never-ending
Constricting ramparts, the pulse of the chronograph shall
Return anon and transport you where you reside
I am without means to cease, you know’st,
serenading…
Venture upon the deep that is mine
Fortunes through my fingers jinxed. Perchance I
Serve as a portion of healing
Or mayhaps a portion of the malady,
serenading…
Thou exist, thou exist
Thou exist, thou exist
Thou exist….
Okay, so I’ve already said that I don’t follow directions well. As I said to my wife just recently, “I can’t color inside the box.” To which she replied, “And you don’t live inside the lines….” So, it’s not a sonnet. Which, yes, it was the challenge. Sigh. Anyway, it’s the lyrics of a reasonably recent pop song. Good luck!
Yuh huh!
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🙂
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All the existential assertions have got me wondering what this song might be.
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Take your time….
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Don’t worry about the form, the language is superb, Charley! This one will take a while to work out.
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Reads as a great poem but I am baffled.
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A double complement!
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I am poor in guessing songs but this part is my favorite:
Venture upon the deep that is mine
Fortunes through my fingers jinxed. Perchance I
Serve as a portion of healing
Or mayhaps a portion of the malady,
serenading…
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I can’t claim brilliance. Mere translation… or paraphrasing. It came out nicely, I. thought. Really, it’s just play.
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I am baffled as to the identity of the song but I am loving your poem! So what if it’s not a sonnet. Sometimes, rules are made to be broken! You did great 😀
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Thank you!
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Hide no longer behind unspoken truths
Face me the challenge of bow and fruit –
this dripped painful truth
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As did the original words! It was fun translating… or paraphrasing!
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challenges like these are really fun and I learnt so much, speaking of translating, it is all the more rewarding for me as English is not my first language so reading and getting feed back has been very helpful. I did enjoy your piece very much.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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I have no clue as to the song, but I enjoyed the sonnet!
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See Paul’s comments. Glad you enjoyed it.
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my answer is on a thread for one of my poems Charley…put em out of their misery.
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Done!
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I don’t actually listen to a lot of modern popular music, so I won’t even try to guess, but I love your coloring outside of the lines on this one!
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Thank you! It’s something I learned to do early in life. My mother made me clean the mess afterwards.
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Your language here is spectacular, Charley. I love Coldplay!
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Thank you! They are one of my wife’s favorites as well. Fun song to transform!
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I love Coldplay and this song! Wonderful sonnet!
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Thank you!
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