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Sonnet Bref
Laying no claim to having originated the term, I have nonetheless personally designated 'sonnet bref' as: any 14-line piece with any standard or variant sonnet rhyme scheme... but - abbreviated in any recognizable meter - shorter than iambic tetrameter. Examples in the next post: ·······  ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Here are the 30 sonnets bref... that I wrote for a challenge this month:
1 mine minimal is mere brevity— mine likely has mixt comedy i call it bref in case you care— it oft'll shave its old veneer never you mind nit-pickin' me— ne'er id defend nothin' i'd say 'e go's somewhars— exhalin' airs MLee Dickens'son 01 April 2006 2 Bref Dickens'sonian i really don't have time to play around, but hey… you know I like to rhyme; i'll do it anyway… don't ask me to obey some silly rule today… you think i'm oppositional? i'm merely self-antiphonal; my words go bidirectional awing in bref or minimal. Don’t tell me that it’s criminal; it's something aboriginal… perhaps a bit subliminal… i’m sure it's adaptational. © MLee Dickens'son 29 March 2006 3 Learn to Give He'd rebelled for years before he saw it was the norm; Dickens spurred him to explore the rules to grasp a form... took the challenge to transform instructions giv'n in Basque. 'ABC's help lunks perform a complicated task.' MLee wears no pompous mask to hide his ignorance... aims that he will not encask his heart... nor wield a lance. 'Learn to give, and give to learn,' he winks. 'Help, never spurn.' © MLee Dickens’son 29 March 2006 4 Bref Invite I needs a fresh perspective ta see as others see… my eyes is so defective, cain't read the dang marquee Yer tank is readin' empty? Hey, I'll supply the gas. Let's hop in yer ol' banshee an' cruise a writin' class Along the way, c'n canvass ol' ladies with our pomes… then stop at night an' have us a feast 'n' rest our domes So let's us get together real soon… ain't nothin' better © MLee Dickens'son 30 March 2006 5 Critter Bref Perhaps I should explain my visit here today: I simply can't refrain from commenting with play. Bard's sonnet's mostly smooth and bears my sentiment; it bumps along, but soothes my nerves. I know that's meant. He chomps a little bit and rares up at the rain. I'd stirrup one small nit; I know he'll not complain: en français, it's en bref— in English, it's in brief © MLee Dickens'son 01 April 2006 6 Naught Doug in I speak in brief, my saintly friend, for your relief so strain will end I'd ne'er offend your scholarship, but e'er emend our fellowship. No censure-ship, nor forcing 'bref'— it didn't slip that you ain't deaf: The 'en' was wrong; it marred your song! © MLee Dickens'son 02 April 2006 6 dysSpenser'd shells ta write in short be's more th'n fun c'n be a sport fer ever’one quick on th' gun ta shoot 'em back at yarn's they's spun but ne'er attack jump from yer sack an put 'em down in white 'n' black jes' go ta town ye’re in the swing reload the thing © MLee Dickens'son 04 April 2006 7 oft-toll'd tale I hear the knell a-pealin' loud that wondrous bell above the crowd whene'er a cloud o' doubt may rise so's heads is bowed an' laughin' dies ain't no surprise fer me at least it fills the skies ta slay the beast an' right on time i loves its chime © MLee Dickens'son 04 April 2006 8 Psalm 8 Bref considerin' the stars up there made David spin a Psalm somewhere… sang 'What is man that You pay heed' o'er all that span fer what we'd need… an' he was glad an' so am i... that He'd design 'is muted plaid across the sky fer eyes like mine © MLee Dickens'son 07 April 2006 9 Anonymity Half measures didn't change a thing; the stuff half-hidden spurred a fling. It's baffling, cunning how it keeps right on a-runnin' when I sleeps. I'd thought that an- o-nym-i-ty was secrets… then I came to see I’d best not keep the truth from me. © MLee Dickens'son 05 April 2006 10 dimmy-terse we's but censors fer the burnin' Light-dispensors fer the learnin' though they's spurnin' what we's teachin' we's returnin' ever reachin' sometimes beachin' things we's written sprawled out bleachin' shark-bait bitten bones ta pick'll some folks tickle © MLee Dickens'son 04 April 2006 11 wake writin' i ain't no Poe wi' meter'd rimes tho i's let go a coupla times but writ'n' all spaced jist ain't too safe could cut 'n' paste m' brain er strafe somebody near an' get me shot i's 'fraid o' beer an' crack an' pot might pomes they'd make lay me a wake? © MLee Dickens'son 07 April 2006 12 no tear? important re discussioning an' likewise re percussioning: ya needs ta know how yer pal means ta keep th' flow — c'n stir up spleens ya gots ta ask when in 'is yard fer dinin', baskin', be'n a bard: "what means 'not here'?" ya needs ta hear © MLee Dickens'son 11 April 2006 13 lyin' wi' the Truth I Peter 3 says all I need ta set me free o' ego greed i's s'posed ta know why i believe an' then jes' stow it, not to peeve my neighbor; then if he should ask i'll tell 'im, when we chat 'n' bask out in ‘is yard... 'cause we's both tard © MLee Dickens'son 07 April 2006 14 Prints Dunce-Duck i think ya knows me crown is pointin' to th' Source folks say "He's jest a clown with all those rhymes he’ll force" adorned in dunce cap wreath an' robed in purple cape i writes with smilin' teeth but often inglish rape but that’s the way i is an' i is proud ta say though i sher ain't th' Wiz i's flappin' in the fray duck-wing'ed though i be i soars wi' mirth 'n' glee © MLee Dickens'son 07 April 2006 15 If'n they rings me chimes… don' knock it one day I may invite 'em in ta see if they can stand the din but ere i do i'd set CDs fer music to drown two TVs an' have the kids come in ta play an' flip their lids what can I say? i didn't ask... so it's their task © MLee Dickens'son 09 April 2006 16 A Gentle Rule To fear the ruling wrath presumeth there be rule; a living bard who hath assumed so's 'haps a fool. Each form is but a tool for Englishmen to use; one needn't be a mule and variance refuse. Our feet fit many shoes; arrays of styles avail. They'll walk, swim, take a cruise; there needn't be travail. A gentle rule, we learn, is what our hand may earn. © MLee Dickens'son 12 April 2006 17 impossiblous 'Anonymous' works purty well as dimetous but let me tell ya: 'tother word 'll give ya fits — that '–ity' sherd — from whar i sits Jes' 'tempt it, an' see what i means Try if ya can howe'er ya leans Some things is full impossible © MLee Dickens'son 13 April 2006 18 monometer for Cat today i see you play with me to break the rules an' take wee tools to use... yet not confuse what's taught - your pard an' bard © MLee Dickens'son 13 April 2006 19 meltin' rime... I see she tried daDee... then died; herr rhyme was not this time what's sought. Mono meter is slow to purr... she’ll ply the sky. © MLee Dickens'son 17 April 2006 20 Sittin' SillyBull No syllable in 'is outpost is billable by any host. 'is copyright is fer 'is pomes so's not to slight the writin' gnomes. 'e's got big feet but they c’n dance, an' from 'is seat 'e'll often prance. Sometimes 'is strum don’t match th' drum. © MLee Dickens'son 18 April 2006 21 painful wait fer dande startled awake, stabbin' pain graspin' me shoulders again strummin' the blues in 'lectrical hues seems that it ain't gonna wane so… I'll head out to the tree but still… can't dande see… i git me laptop an' wait… mayhaps she'll skip by the gate she's taken 'er goods up to the north woods… Circadia, sooner or late © MLee Dickens'son 20 April 2006 Note: Having waked up with pain in my shoulders and hands this morning, I'd already 'decided' to try fitting two abbreviated limericks together with a rhyming couplet to make a distinctive sonnet bref... so my 'interaction' with dande ( who's been now posting her third round in a third place! ) prompted this. I just couldn't resist... and I carved 'er initials in a tree up in them thar woods too! ;D 22 o' bits wild winds have ceased huge branches hewn some passing beast has our friend strewn great tire-swing bough twigs, leaf debris remember how we'd had to flee emotion bits on scraps of brain synapse were writ… alive, not slain... they're penned in blood where willow stood © MLee Dickens'son 21 April 2006 23 Poppygation A Poppy is no stranger curled up beneath some log but looms a re-arranger of fields where once stood bog plowed up and spread, then harrowed now seeded from her pod… a million tufted arrows point out beyond, to God The earth can never still her nor others of her kind who propagate what nature has stirred up in their minds and hearts to share whatever new hue their petals find © MLee Dickens’son 22 April 2006 24 'round a garden Bronze, shriveled daffodils, wrung bluebells hushed and gone… chickweed through leaf mulch spills out on a greening lawn. Soft rainfall slowly fills then overflows old pond where enervated koi play tag 'round ice-bent frond the freeze did not destroy. Aloft, lithe Dogwood's donned a white and pink pastel; Oak snows a yellow dust that wheezes All is swell… while Mower spits out rust. 25 temparents Twin grandsons give excuse for growling like a dog act like a silly goose appear to slip a cog I sing as Daniel Duck or squeak as Danny Mouse don cloak as Friar Huck to stalk around the house When parents are away we’d like to give ‘em sweets but we’re the one’s who’d pay for hyperactive seats But when the weekend’s o’er they’ll head for home once more. © MLee Dickens’son 29 April 2006 26 loungin' a round a three-foot pool is fine ta cool a body down er even lounge 'n' dine while turnin' slightly brown a four-foot's better yet fer swimmin'... if it’s large but upkeep's rough, I'd bet... an' neyburrs cain't be charged. five-footer'd be a dream what may come true sum day but that'd be extreme... an' be more work th'n play fer now I'll float right here... there'll always be next year. © MLee Dickens'son 29 April 2006 27 slack figg'rin' takes more time th'n doin' it, I think, an' when they's not in sync it's like ya're doin' mime 'cause nothin' quite gits done what you's been thinkin' 'bout an' they's but little doubt ya'd rather do what’s fun. so git yer body out an' do what's gotta be, an' after that, come back ... an' cut that stupid pout! git rid o' ol' debris, an' give yer spouse sum slack. © MLee Dickens'son 29 April 2006 28 surprising Rene a birthday comes a birthday goes no beating drums nobody knows but secretly they’ve baked a cake discordantly a song they make you come home tired prepared to sleep but now they've fired adrenaline… bleep oh well, you say it was my day © MLee Dickens'son 30 April 2006 29 and folding My April brefs are near their end Those graded F I won’t defend... but it’s been fun nevertheless I’m nearly done with this fine mess Though I've enjoyed a little stint in smaller size... if I’ve annoyed you with my print I ‘pologize. © MLee Dickens'son 30 April 2006 30 Life don’t end at 30 A month of rain has been too brief but trees and grain are sprouting leaf Return to pro— duck-tivity and quid pro quo proclivity a riposte here response-pome there pas très austere… mayhaps a prayer I’m thirty twice but I’m still nice © MLee Dickens'son 30 April 2006 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Wow Daniel.
 I haven't attempted ONE of these yet and here you are making it look so simple with THIRTY - each very unique.  Perhaps when I can sit down and take in each one, you will inspire me to try this form? Ya never know... I'll be back soon.  Cleo 
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Your string of brefs
has been so fine, enjoyed them all e'en though not mine. I wrote a few to test the form, I like their sound although not norm. Experiments can turn out well, when playing 'round then you can tell how far we fools can stretch the rules. |
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Thanks fer ticklin' me, Cat!
Loosin' our bref dancin' We're not the fools the jester said of all the ghouls who shake their heads at silliness with sacred forms that pokes at them who must conform Don't they see the point? Poems don't annoint forms eternally for the world to see icons... holy... awed. That's what's really odd! © MLee Dickens'son 01 May 2006 deLightin' in the dance, Daniel
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Critique Club
To me there's little diff how many beats you choose; I surely want no tiff but try to not abuse the names that others give those forms which they adore. For me, it's Live, let live! I’d just as soon ignore... but if I'd give critique I can't... then I'm a schmuck! I could say, Wow! Unique! as though I've been dumb-struck. Now there I go ~ the rub: off beatin' with the club. © MLee Dickens'son Friday the 13th ~ Oct 2006 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Here's another old one that I offered to a fellow-writer in response to his verson of a shortened sonnet-like forme... and I offered it with slant rhyme:
MLee’s Slant en bref what’s yours is yours; what’s mine is mine— i would not force my ‘bref’ on thine. your ‘minimal’ is not the norm— but i’d be small to not conform MLee, en bref has always been— a cause o’ grief to folks, so then en bref i speak— for shortness sake © MLee Dickens'son 02 April 2006 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Jul 18 14, 16:36
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Extending a (short) Hand
No one's discussed this form of late; does it disgust or desecrate? Shorthand is all it is to me; without a wall my writing's free. I bid you come to join the fun; give chords a strum, and you've begun. One closing thought shows you've been taught. © MLee Dickens'son 2014 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Bref-ly
“ ‘Twas not I lacked the words,” said he, “for there’s in fact a panoply of those with which one may enthrall.” “I’d never ditch the sonnet’s call.” “It’s so concise so one must think which words suffice and how to link them to each thought which you have wrought.” Hope this one's okay Daniel! Larry ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
It is fine
to so speak you define that sharp beak pecking words with great force; it's absurd to outsource to some form better known to conform or postpone. Give your mind unrefined! ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Bref-er
I do concede the need for you to choose each thought you’ve caught or use in verse and rhyme, sublime or terse, to tell your tale. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Bref-est
We tried, he cried, to claim new fame. Trite laws might cause brain strain. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Oil'sWell
Well done! Swell fun. Spin words in sherds; shed naught; shred thought... mined mind. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Needle works
Mend clothes friend chose which tear. Stitch where rips stop. Snip! Crop! So sew! ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Bruise to Booze
Lar writes bare bites chews verbs muse blurbs out spits stout glitz fine wine ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Ob Verse
Our Dan concocts a plan that rocks the mind of those whose kind oppose slight change in form. Arrange the norm to be as free. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
Flight Afoot
When you're free you may yet rhyme with glee and no threat to run off without form; needn't scoff nor conform. At its height freedom wings; while in flight meter sings rhythm's beat with its feet. © MLee Dickens'son 2014 ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Add-a-boy
With one foot you step out then you put a more stout syllable in your verse, colorful but not terse. Add one more for two feet; you’ll adore just how sweet poems can be when you’re free. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Creative Chieftain Posts: 11,363 Joined: 15-June 07 From: Springfield, Louisiana Member No.: 446 Real Name: Larry D. Jennings Writer of: Poetry & Prose Referred By:Just wondered in. |
Shorted
Left out, no doubt because the pause was long. No song this short is part of what is thought to make or break a verse this terse. ······· ·······When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Kindness is a seed sown by the gentlest hand, growing care's flowers. Larry D. Jennings MM Award Winner |
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Ornate Oracle Posts: 18,552 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Southwest New Jersey, USA Member No.: 6 Real Name: Daniel J Ricketts, Sr. Writer of: Poetry Referred By:Lori |
funeral rehearsal
When the hearse left the church to rehearse and research how he died without pain, how the sky showed disdain. It was black and the clouds crumpled back into shrouds. They released him in peace. ······· ·······Slow down; things will go faster!
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