Challenge
Challenge of the Week LXXIV
This week, we tackle a poetic classic, the sonnet. Your sonnet can be Petrarchan, Shakespearean, or if you're particularly brave, you can try your hand at some other avant-garde variation. We recommend you read a few sonnets before attempting your own. We'll be looking for sophistication, originality, and beauty.
Own Me
Own me as you do your shoe or that lamp over there
You enjoy it
The thrill of chase lights fires in your piercing stare
I deplore it
I wonder who your mother was and why she failed you
It’s deceptive
The mask of mild intentions thinly veiled you
I accept it
Spurn me until you need your shoes or that lamp over there
I dare you
I will immerse you in darkness and leave your feet bare
That scares you?
I do not stop to judge you, for I know you too well
All my life, far too long to dawdle and dwell
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