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Sonnet 3 (Yellow House)
Sonnet 3 (Yellow House)
Out of the blue came burden to people
Living in a yellow house. Someone left
With shadows, someone broke a solemn creed
And left behind a candy coated cleft.
It regards you like a defiant smile.
A bucket and scrawny cats strain to hear
What chipped paint and garden tools left outside
In winter declare so eloquently.
The windswept yard harbors a biblical
Lamentation, a dolor mourning the
Black mistakes painted over with blonde fill;
A case of fence posts where milestones should be,
Like a breath of snow going out the gate,
Like a yellow house unconsummated.
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Great imagery and flow. I liked the opening line, "Out of the blue came burden to people living in a yellow house." I'd ask if there was supposed to be an "a" before burden, but I like it as is.
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Comment by: Sophia - 2006-10-30 02:51
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This is full of beautiful imagery, and is very expressive. It's haunting and memorable, these last lines in particular will stay with me:
A case of fence posts where milestones should be,
Like a breath of snow going out the gate,
Like a yellow house unconsummated. |
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