The Happy Hare

I hope everyone had a great Easter!  I know it's a bit later than when I usually post but that's just because I had to finish writing this one today.  Due to the rather rushed circumstances this may not be my best work so it should provide ample opportunity for any constructive criticism you care to offer.  As far is my Easter weekend goes, it was permeated with food, family, more food, sleeping, procrastination on my homework, and my inability to concentrate long enough to write something so I'd say it was a semi-successful weekend.  I hope I'll be able to regain some semblance of a normal writing schedule this week so I won't have to do this whole last-minute business again next week.  However, the ever approaching AP tests may put a damper on my desire to write so heads up I might have to put a hold on the sonnet writing for a few weeks.  Even so, I plan to post at least a little bit about my week and perhaps some of my non-sonnet previous work.  Until then, I"ll just focus on writing as much as I can before my brain becomes more fried than a cheese stick at the Minnesota State Fair.  I hope you enjoy this week's sonnet.  I spent a whole three hours on it!

I'm not quite sure how I wrote what I did...  I guess I was sort of looking to write a spin-off of my sonnet from a couple weeks ago but it kind of turned into its own entity.  Enjoy!

The Happy Hare

Abiding laws intrinsic compass ere

Ne'er bear the faultless fleshy hare amiss.

Resilient dances round all thicket snare

Beholden hare in certain snug abyss.

Moreover dare should happy hare collide

With hapless stray. Now seeking sustenance

Whereto both boxing kindred feud aside

This teeming fount of wholesome corpulence.

Survive? the two beseech aforesaid such

Existence cheap, albeit one, indeed!

Far more than any other. Winner clutch

Subsistence such yet not in that of greed.

If hitherto I writ effect dismay

In you, let pass, tis naught but Nature's way.

Completion date: 4/11/2012

Unpublished material, ©2012 Neal Digre

If Thou Art Perfect

It's that time of week again!  I know I shouldn't make excuses for not writing much this week, but... I have been rather busy "preparing" for a large Calculus test.  I had one section today, I have another section tomorrow and then two more sections next week; so I might be rather busy... watching videos of Hitler freaking out when he gets his AP Calculus test results.  But I actually have to do some writing this week because I'm to the point where I'm writing week to week and don't have any sonnets stockpiled.  Ooo the pressures on! ...not really.  

One thing I would like to mention, though, is please, please, please leave a comment or constructive criticism for me either on this blog, the Facebook page, or you could even tweet it @nealdigre.  My main intention in creating this blog was to get a little feedback so I can get better at this whole sonnet writing thing, so any comments you have would be greatly appreciated!

I guess I don't have much to say about this sonnet other than you may have to brush up on your Greek mythology in order to catch all the allusions.  I hope you enjoy it!

If Thou Art Perfect

If thou art perfect as yon Daffodil

Affixed aside the glossy crystal pool;

If thou art perfect as set sails instill

Triumphant monarch's incidental rule;

If thou art perfect as created wings

Of Crete produced for man where gods have flown;

If thou art perfect as a thousand kings

Aligned, exalted mortals each their own;

If thou art perfect as Discordant's pet

Crown prince of Troy: the apple arbiter

Of greatest due; if thou art perfect

As gods; invoke thy thunderous harbinger.

Mere mortal art thou full of vanity?

By God! Imperfect thou wert meant to be.

Completion date: 3/28/2012

Unpublished material, ©2012 Neal Digre