To my friends this Valentine's season: a sonnet

My brother Guy Couch's begonia

 

 A Sonnet to my Valentines

T  o celebrate this holiday, I’ll try

O  utlining, crafting English sonnet form.
 

M  y further, harder task will be to tie

Y  et other undertakings to it: warm
 

V  ernacular, like choc-o-late, plus rhyme

A  nd meter (dull iambic, some folks think).

L  a-bor-ious it may be, this winter. But,

E  ach word must serve to build and fill a chink.

N  eglectful, some folks overlook a “turn”

T  he sonnet needs. For now, I’ll turn to snow,

I  de-al during February. Spurn

N  ot cold; delight in its short visit! Oh,

E  lusive muse, Erato–– Valentine,

S  tay with us, love us––snow or not.   Be mine!

 

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