Freaking sonnet…

I don’t like poetry that much you see

But Julia’s prompt has challenged us today

To write a poem for our honoree

Williams Shakespeare because it’s his birthday.

The form she gave is a sonnet, oh my–

I’m rolling my eyes and gnashing my teeth

At rhythms and rhymes shoved in fourteen lines.

In a minute I’ll remember to breathe.

Oh my God I have six more lines to write

I’m glad she didn’t give us an epic

If I had to write one of those tonight

I’m pretty sure that I’d be dyspeptic.

So happy birthday to you Will, my man.

Please don’t think I’ll ever do this again.

This is for the 100 Word Challenge at Julia’s Place. Write 14 lines, stay somewhere close to 100 words and if you want to use 10 syllables per line and the pattern a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g.

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