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(*sometimes more; ^one year we did villlanelles instead)
This year I used the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With various words from various songs by various artists
1) Blue Monday… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #Ariadne #BobDylan #DavidBowie
This year I used the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With various words from various songs by various artists
1) Blue Monday… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #Ariadne #BobDylan #DavidBowie
(You would not believe how long this took @FayRoberts.bsky.social to put this graphic together)
Full text for the Seven Deadly Sins follows:
The… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown
(You would not believe how long this took @FayRoberts.bsky.social to put this graphic together)
Full text for the Seven Deadly Sins follows:
The… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown
The prism splits a humble beam of light, and colours manifest like sorcery.The streak of scarlet, clotting, bold and bright,as potent as the raging, wine-dark sea.
Our… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum
The prism splits a humble beam of light, and colours manifest like sorcery.The streak of scarlet, clotting, bold and bright,as potent as the raging, wine-dark sea.
Our… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum
William Mulready. image credit: V&A Museum London
1.
Infancy
expectant, trepidatious, on we go:
a blooded, squalling babe, a bag of needs.
a home,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
William Mulready. image credit: V&A Museum London
1.
Infancy
expectant, trepidatious, on we go:
a blooded, squalling babe, a bag of needs.
a home,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by the Velvet Underground & Nico
...the… #28sonnetslater #AndyWarhol #daysoftheweek #Nico #sonnetcrown
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by the Velvet Underground & Nico
...the… #28sonnetslater #AndyWarhol #daysoftheweek #Nico #sonnetcrown
Not everyone can grab a second chance.… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown
Not everyone can grab a second chance.… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown
The Unseen
Despite the darkness, we must learn to sing – a purpling… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum
The Unseen
Despite the darkness, we must learn to sing – a purpling… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #LeanneModen #Spectrum
David Teniers, c1775
I know that I know nothing – therefore wise
it is that I should hold my foolish tongue?
Well, bugger… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
David Teniers, c1775
I know that I know nothing – therefore wise
it is that I should hold my foolish tongue?
Well, bugger… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by David Bowie
...she orchestrates a… #28sonnetslater #DavidBowie #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by David Bowie
...she orchestrates a… #28sonnetslater #DavidBowie #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown
How dare they swan around like no-one cares?
It’s easy, really: simply be the best.
Forsake all… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #pride #sonnet
How dare they swan around like no-one cares?
It’s easy, really: simply be the best.
Forsake all… #28sonnetslater #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #pride #sonnet
CONTENT NOTE: MENTION OF VOMIT.
The Ghosts of Indigo Tunnel… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Indigo #LeanneModen
CONTENT NOTE: MENTION OF VOMIT.
The Ghosts of Indigo Tunnel… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Indigo #LeanneModen
A ward ‘gainst civil strife and chilly weather –
lock all your doors, and wear a fluffy snood;
mistrust the ‘foreigners’… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
A ward ‘gainst civil strife and chilly weather –
lock all your doors, and wear a fluffy snood;
mistrust the ‘foreigners’… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
After Frigg (and Ariadne)
With some words from the song of the same name by The Easybeats… #28sonnetslater #Ariadne #daysoftheweek #Easybeats #Frigg
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
After Frigg (and Ariadne)
With some words from the song of the same name by The Easybeats… #28sonnetslater #Ariadne #daysoftheweek #Easybeats #Frigg
They all deserve a big piece of your mind.
They say restraint is all the rage again,
but leaving fools… #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown #swearing
They all deserve a big piece of your mind.
They say restraint is all the rage again,
but leaving fools… #7deadlysins #FayRoberts #sonnet #sonnetcrown #swearing
Radio Telescope
we… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Blue #Colours #LeanneModen
Radio Telescope
we… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Blue #Colours #LeanneModen
Presumably not distracted by kids singing Let It Go
My Muse! My Comrade! Wreathed in loving glory,
words fail to scale the height of my esteem!
A bildungsroman now
is… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poetry
Presumably not distracted by kids singing Let It Go
My Muse! My Comrade! Wreathed in loving glory,
words fail to scale the height of my esteem!
A bildungsroman now
is… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poetry
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by They Might Be Giants
...she knows the hope… #28sonnetslater #acrostic #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
With some words from the song of the same name by They Might Be Giants
...she knows the hope… #28sonnetslater #acrostic #daysoftheweek #sonnetcrown
Overgrown
A symbol of fertility and growthis fine, if that’s the way you want to live.This garden’s only fit to harbour ghosts;a climbing… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Green #LeanneModen
Overgrown
A symbol of fertility and growthis fine, if that’s the way you want to live.This garden’s only fit to harbour ghosts;a climbing… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #Colours #Green #LeanneModen
The hope on which society depends:
that still the arc of History will tend
towards a cultured, genteel evolution.
“Too slow!”… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #peterloo
The hope on which society depends:
that still the arc of History will tend
towards a cultured, genteel evolution.
“Too slow!”… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #peterloo
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
After the film ‘A Complete Unknown’, with apologies to all the participants… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #daysoftheweek #JoanBaez
This year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of sonnets
After the film ‘A Complete Unknown’, with apologies to all the participants… #28sonnetslater #ACompleteUnknown #BobDylan #daysoftheweek #JoanBaez
A portrait of a man not fully grown –
discovered in a loft and brought to light:
a leather jacket, Yankee hat, and bright
eyes,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
A portrait of a man not fully grown –
discovered in a loft and brought to light:
a leather jacket, Yankee hat, and bright
eyes,… #28sonnetslater #28sonnetslater #7agesofman #7agesofman #poem
This
year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of
sonnets
After
Tiw
With
some words from the song of the same name by the Rolling Stones… #28sonnetslater #daysoftheweek #RollingStones #sonnetcrown #Tiw
This
year I am using the seven days of the week as prompts for a crown of
sonnets
After
Tiw
With
some words from the song of the same name by the Rolling Stones… #28sonnetslater #daysoftheweek #RollingStones #sonnetcrown #Tiw