sonnet
So, I have been challenged by theorangemonkey to write a sonnet.
Being utterly bored right now, I have been looking up and reading some sonnets, some from Canadian authors, so from the classics and some totally random.
Here is a random sonnet
Sonnet of a German Spy by Berton Braley (1917)
I wnet to see Herr Puppschen yesterday
And told him how I'd always hoped and planned
To serve the Kaiser and the Fatherland,
And that I wished employment right away.
"These Yankee fools," I said, "are much too gay.
I want to be a spy and take a hand
In teaching them to know and understand
The Kultur that we Germans all display."
"Aha!" he cried, "you have a noble heart,
And you will work for nothing, is it not?"
"Yes, it is not," I said. "I will not start
Until I see the money, that is what!"
He glared at me, then answered with a sigh:
"Well, you are hired--and now, go out and spy!"
Perhaps I'll go to my room right now and work on my own sonnet while waiting for people to call me. meh
Being utterly bored right now, I have been looking up and reading some sonnets, some from Canadian authors, so from the classics and some totally random.
Here is a random sonnet
Sonnet of a German Spy by Berton Braley (1917)
I wnet to see Herr Puppschen yesterday
And told him how I'd always hoped and planned
To serve the Kaiser and the Fatherland,
And that I wished employment right away.
"These Yankee fools," I said, "are much too gay.
I want to be a spy and take a hand
In teaching them to know and understand
The Kultur that we Germans all display."
"Aha!" he cried, "you have a noble heart,
And you will work for nothing, is it not?"
"Yes, it is not," I said. "I will not start
Until I see the money, that is what!"
He glared at me, then answered with a sigh:
"Well, you are hired--and now, go out and spy!"
Perhaps I'll go to my room right now and work on my own sonnet while waiting for people to call me. meh