#sing me your sweet song so that i may partake in my much needed slumber

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SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

Written in iambic pentameter, just like Shakespeare would have.

 Love at First Sight by Mia Espinosa

I took a sight of your fine-looking face

Everything holds up for a time of life

My heartbeat I hear, your every grimace

Each time you smile, belly butterflies strife

I can’t afford to stand out at your eyes

That captivates my demeanor, spirit

Your voice I hear seems like a vicious vice

Strange feeling aside you suddenly lit

Body as hard as a rock attracts me

Well-shaped nose paired perfectly with your jawline

Deep dark eyes that’s so lovable to see

How will I find a way to make you mine?

All I can do is to take an eye gape

I hope someday that my heart will escape.

 This poem was written when the writer had firsthand experience of being smitten for the first time.

Return Of Hard Work by Nikki Miano

Said that you’ll be leaving early morning

Fortunes great happen over lately noon

Payback of hardships that you’ve been doing

Sweat gain every now and then by your own

Worthwhile received through power whom released Piece of paper written a certain proof

Passion and loyal deeds still left unsaid

Truly proud indeed higher than the roof

Return earlier than usually expected

Sleepless night prevail again due not here

Still waiting until sun’s peak do reflect

Heard “vroom-vroom” saying that you’re outside there

Rejoice for return and firmly happy

Union in Jesus’ day really gladly

 The poem is about the sharing of memorable happenings of the year.

Journey of his Regrets by Alyssa Dumaguit

The sky is gray and full of mystery

A girl is slowly walking towards me

Her eyes are plain while sobbing silently

‘Cause I reject her confession to me

She was quickly running away from here

While rain falls onto her skinny body

I follow her for I believe she’s rare

Then I saw a car bumped her recklessly

A sudden pain hit me as I went near

Seeing her lifeless body with red strain

Coming to her grave, I did not bother

For it’s a pain seeing her in coffin

All my regrets are just going nothing

But I’ll wait and love her, my everything.

 Inspired by a book the author just read, she made her own twist to the story in this sonnet.

The Morning Sun’s Glow by Rowena Formentera

The morning sun glows brightly in the sky

As the cold breeze of air blows to my hair

I walked around like the slow cloud drifts by

The silent place that gave joy need to bear

What will become of this place, if sun’s down?

Will the birds sing happily in the trees?

Forests in green, a dusty road to town

Beneath in the morning sun’s glow with thee

The morning sun’s glow seems to bring light

A warm feeling that settles in the air

The nature awake that peek to my sight

Behold in charm, and to behave with care

Silently sitting, as the winds blow

I gaze in awe, of the morning sun’s glow

 The sonnet is about how the sun brings light to the whole universe, so that we may see the beauty of the world.

Long Lost Friend by Charisma Joyce Magno

I see an august guy at church, laughing

Looking towards him makes me undermine

His sweet voice and cute laugh; how amusing!

Miss to hear it, for it’s rare, but I’m fine

Ignoring me is the distressing bear

I will find some ways to see smiling male

Did something for my pal to feel my care

To make us peace, do comfort doesn’t fail

No one can explain, how happy can be

When Pal shared moments we had together

Building other memories, Pal and me

He’s my pillow and my stress reliever

A friend is a blessing needs to cherish

That lasts forever, ‘til the world perish.

This poem was constructed because the author remembers the unforgettable moments she had with her friend. 

Love Is Not All by Jhay-Ann Cortez

Love is not all: it is not meat, not drink

Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain

Nor yet a floating spar to mean that sinks

And rise and sink and rise and sink again

Love cannot fill the thickened lung with breath

Nor clear the blood, nor set the fractured bone

Yet many a man is making friends with death

Even as I speak, for lack of love alone

It well may be that in a difficult

Pinned down by pain and meaning for release

Or nagged by want pas resolutions power

I might be driven to sell your love for peace

Or trade the memory of this night for

It well may be. I do not think I would

 Inspired by the song “Stay” by Rihanna, the writer was struck with the lyrics, so she decided to write a sonnet about it.

 Burdens to Victory by Denise Luna

So many trials I could hardly bear

My soul is thirsty; burdens over me

The gentle voice of yours I long to hear

No light was there, yet flames of fire I see

So long as I lived in the path full dimmed

The days I used to hold on doing wrong

And those days are days when no light has beamed

O Savior, you fill my sad heart with song

You make me known the fullness of your love

My wounds are healed when I was in distress

You leave me not with angels up above

I could not troubles; blessings to possess

Behold, you hath made my days with delight

My savior only, present help at night

This sonnet simply describes how victorious a person is despite of all the burdens he/she encounters in life. 

Love and Its Wonders by CJ Sidra

My love come and partakes of my garden

My heart is in full bloom with love for you

This love I have will not fade nor harden

Shower me with kisses like morning dew

Please come caress each petal with your touch

Before we met my garden was empty

My darling I needed you care so much

It was filled with many thorns and was lonely

Darling you’re the gardener of my dreams

You lend to each flower with so much love

We’re the perfect match and make a good team

You are a precious gift from up above

Your love is comforting, I knew before

You are my love, forever I adore

 The sonnet expresses the thoughts of the writer, who is obviously in love with his beloved.

Words by Jerome Jumao-as

The cup of love from which my lips are wet spill

My wings may smile but they can never wait

My heart has for more fire has frost to chill

A being darkly wise and rudely great

He hands between in doubt to act or rest

With too much knowledge for the skeptic side

In double to deem himself the worst or the best

With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride

I swing in the peak of white mountain snow

Hear the sledges with the great silver bells

There are of a plenty seed and grand gold

Howl of the land with all the golden wells

A changing man they can buy all, sans strife

I need redemption for my burdened life

 The sonnet is about a the complex workings of a persona the author closely identifies with.

 Ending Adolescence by Justine Cuento

The summer of my youth has gone to pass

Together with my broken hopes and dreams

I’ve come to realize that nothing lasts

With my disquiet bursting at the seams

 My life has been in perfect symmetry

Concurring with unfathomable bliss

But now I fear time would catch up with me

Destroying every single youthful wish

 I’m drowning in the harsh light of the truth

The harsh light burning bright to blind my eyes

As I unconsciously depart my youth

Towards maturity I go and dive

 A question I ask to myself and some:

Will you still like what you’ll become?

This sonnet gives you a quick look on  the author’s worries on what she would really be when she finally escapes being a teenage and run headfirst into adulthood.