30/30 poem 10

Number 10

Today’s prompt is a little crazy, so bear with me. I tend to write short poems, which you know if you have been here before reading my drafts. These poems often end up between twelve and fourteen lines, which some may call “modern” sonnets. Following the prompt below, write your own 14-line modern sonnet with these rule

1. Maintain the traditional ten-syllable line requirement of an Elizabethan sonnet.

2. Include the directed words/images/ideas in each listed line.

Line 1 – A line from a familiar prayer or song

Line 2- the name of a fruit or vegetable

Line 3 – At least one three-syllable word

Line 4 – a line of dialogue

Line 5 - an auditory image

Line 6 – specific name of a place

Line 7 – pop culture reference

Line 8 – a fear or something forgotten

Line 9 – a favorite childhood toy

Line 10 – an imperative

Line 11 – a household object

Line 12 – an alliterative phrase

Lines 13 and 14 – rhyming couplet

“give peace a chance” rang from the kitchen radio

inside those damn banana yellow walls

I waited for the morning diatribe

“You screw up the way I used to” he said

it was all just the buzzing of flies

As meaningless as sleep in Las Vegas

or that teacher in Charlie Brown cartoons

I am over my fears of ridicule

and those heartbreaking teddy bear moments

Quit playing games with my subconscious mind!

Save the duct tape for fixing the blender

maybe malice makes memories muddy

I want to put it away on a shelf

but I can really think of nothing else