Lenten Sonnet #7

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting. I was on Spring Break in Colorado, and I didn't have a lot of time to get on here and blog. But now that I'm back, I'll make up for the time lost. This post is going to have several of my sonnets. Technically, I have to post 15 sonnets, but I don't think you all want to read 15 sonnets. I'll post a few to make up for the days I didn't blog. Here it goes!


Life is a Mystery (5/3/10)
Living in a world full of mysteries

Forces one to search for the right answers;

Do we know about others’ histories?

The unknowns of the earth grow like cancers;

What is the meaning of this well-known fact

That so many know but can’t understand?

Why did he commit that murderous act?

We cannot force the truth; do not demand

Others to explain it to you clearly

Because opinion means nothing to you;

The act of discovery is merely

A small answer, incomplete and in lieu

Of the more comprehensive thought ingrained

In the mind of the thinker still untrained.

Line (8/31/10)

A simple figure can be so complex

As perception distorts its plain meaning;

The topic, as natural as reflex,

Gives way to another’s intervening.

Strict and straight, or curved, or in a spiral,

Or connected in such a way as one;

Can be quite harmless or even viral

Like the rays of the serene setting sun.

Leaving you there, only a starting point,

From Position A to Position B;

Colliding from two ways, making a joint

Decision, upon which, hard to agree.

Nonetheless, directing you is a path

Toward tranquility or enraged wrath.

Seven Days (8/31/10)

Every Sunday, I go to Church and pray.

I will drink the wine and consume the host.

Waking up Monday just gives me dismay

Because it is the day I loathe the most.

Sometimes Tuesdays give me gladness and GLEE,

But other times I feel indifferent.

Wednesdays, at the top of the hill I’ll be

To tumble down while drifting to the tint

Of Thursdays. I’ll watch my favorite shows.

See the horizon and its setting sun.

And then Monday’s chaos will decompose

As Friday is all about having fun.

Saturday is bittersweet for Michael

Since he knows he will repeat the cycle.

Tissue Box (8/31/10)

Sigh and cry: that was all she did that day.

No friends, no family, no one present

To guide her through the confusion and mess

That clouded her sight and the world around.

Lying down on her bed all afternoon,

Refusing to see the light and get out;

All she had with her was a tissue box

That meant more to her than her colored socks.

Ready to express her anger and SHOUT,

She needed to run outside very soon.

The necessary help she quickly found.

With pen and paper, began to confess;

To the house of the one she hurt, she went.

Asked for forgiveness to make things okay.

NoSeparation (9/1/10)

Givethemsome s p a c e; it’sgettinghardtobreathe

Withyoualwaysstandingrightbesideus.

Youragitationcausesustoseethe,

Andyou’realwaysmakingsomecrazyfuss.

Step away; perhapstwoorthreemeters

Shouldbeenough,soyoucanlive alone

Forawhile.Wearesurelynotcheaters,

Sodonotkeepcallingusonthephone.

Wewantyoutoliveyourownlife apart

Fromthelivesyoutendtostaysocloseto.

Offeryourselfasurprisingrestart,

Andthenallowyourselftotravelthrough.

You’ll learn that s e p a r a t i o n is not bad

When you maintain connections you once had.

I have run out of sonnets that I have written in the past, so it's time to write new ones! Get excited!

Have a great day and live life! - Vivevitaphilia

Lenten Sonnet #6 + COLDPLAY & PARADISE!!!

How's everyone doing today? I'm going to share a sonnet that I got published in a book called Stars in Our Hearts: Musings by World Poetry Movement. I entered a poetry contest last summer and luckily, my poem was chosen to be in the book. Here it is:

Common Sense (8/30/10)

It is not proof, but it makes sense for us

To hold the door for someone who’s behind.

Do not jump out right in front of a bus.

Surely don’t let the drug mess with the mind.

Please throw away the milk when it goes bad.

Turn off the lights when they are not in use.

Know the difference between mom and dad.

Do not confuse discipline with abuse.

To be funny and then to be a jerk

Is going from friendly to so shallow.

When to sleep, when to eat, and when to work

Are very important for one to know.

But do not keep these “secrets” to yourself,

Please pass the knowledge to somebody else.

I also uploaded a new video to YouTube, but for some reason, it is blocked in 220 countries, including the United States (but good news: it's available in 27 countries). I guess there are some copyright issues because I made a little amateur music video just for fun with Coldplay's song "Paradise" playing in the background. I'm posting it on my blog sometime later on (probably in the summer) because the Internet at my college is pretty slow. Sorry for the inconvenience. If I get to upload it sooner, I'll let you all know!

And here's the video link (public video on Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151136265621085&saved

Here's the description for the video: "I witnessed one of the most beautiful sunrises I have ever seen this past weekend. I went on a trip to New Mexico to the Guadalupe Mountains with a group from my college. We visited Carlsbad National Park, Guadalupe National Park, and Slaughter Cave. It was a neat experience. Back to the sunrise, I got up early in the morning, climbed out of my tent, and hiked up a small mountain near the campgrounds. I passed the boundary line and trekked to the top of the mountain. The morning before, I saw a family of white-tailed deer. It was amazing (and it reminded me of "Bambi"). A friend of mine hiked with me up the mountain, but I stayed a little while longer to enjoy God's creation all around me. Watching the sun rise put me in a peaceful, tranquil state. Standing on top of the mountain, I thought of the song "Paradise" by Coldplay. And so I made a little amateur music video."

Have a great day and live life!

Lenten Sonnet #5

I'm posting three sonnets tonight about two of my close high school friends. I'm glad we still get the time to hang out even though we go to different colleges. I am so blessed right now for all the good friends I have, and I am thankful that I go to a considerably small university because it was so easy making a family here. God is so good and he works in many ways, especially through the human race. Here are the sonnets:

Future Happenings (3/11/10)

Is Hannah Patton going to the lounge

Where all the free will gather with their friends?

The hungry people will begin to scrounge

Even though the good times will never end;

Is Hannah Patton next to Teresa?

Or is she distracted by someone else?

The great picture of the Mona Lisa

Will be the eyes watching over herself;

But never mind the unimportant things

That tend to pull the mind from the body;

We all should wonder what the future brings

And, in the spirit, it will embody;

Hannah Aleece Patton will I do scoff

When she loses to me at our dance-off.

What She Leaves Behind (3/11/10)

Teresa Gully, she flies to the sun

And grabs a handful of bright, shining stars;

She gives her best friend Hannah Patton one

And then takes it away and flies to Mars;

Teresa Gully leaves Hannah crying

But we all know this will not last for long;

She will always do her best in trying

In making those around her very strong;

But when will she return to planet earth,

Since she left all her good friends behind?

We can just hope for all that it is worth

To prevent ourselves from becoming blind;

We wait for Teresa to come back home,

So we will no longer have need to roam.

Transition of Love [Everything Will Be Alright] (4/9/10)

I am aware that you have not been well

Because things have not gone the way you planned;

As your problems begin to grow and swell,

You shut everyone out of your life and

Keep to yourself like a young lonely lamb,

So naïve, so vulnerable, so stressed,

The reason you no longer give a damn

About the things you already confessed

To the one you loved, the one you enjoyed

In your company. But there is a turn

Of warm blessings that you will not destroy;

You deeply wonder what your heart will yearn

For there are brighter days ahead of you,

Waiting for the perfect one to break through.

I hope you liked those! Have a great day and live life!

Lenten Sonnet #2

I'm posting two sonnets tonight. Both of them are inspired by fictional characters in Disney movies.


Queen of the Sea (3/12/10)

The little mermaid, what a happy soul

Who loved living her life to the fullest;

But just like Alice, she fell in a hole

And got lost in a world sent on a quest;

Then she returned to the ocean’s deep floor

And then scattered the darkness around her;

In life, she was looking for something more

Had she discovered where the wild things were?

She found the lost city of Atlantis

And made herself the queen of the lost sea;

She waited like a calm praying mantis

While the fishes were then filled with great glee;

She wondered, "Have I found a new big world,

Where all the mysteries will be unfurled?"


Brave Warrior Girl (3/20/10)

Invading the country over the wall,

They came with full force and frightening might;

To save her father she needed to stall,

So she went to war to put up a fight;

With her lucky cricket and dragon friend,

She was the only girl among the men;

Defending her people until the end

Was what made the sword stronger than the pen;

Caught impersonating a war soldier

She found herself in a numbing trouble;

Almost killed in an avalanche boulder

She survived amidst the burning rubble;

Saving her country and the emperor

Made her the bravest, we all could concur.


Hope you like these, and look forward to more! 


Have a great day and live life!

Lenten Sonnet #1

Forget "Sonnet Saturday." I think for this Lenten season, I am going to post a sonnet on here every day. So here it goes.


My sonnet is based on Shakespeare's Sonnet 19. I'll post his sonnet here for reference:


Sonnet 19


Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleets,
And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O, carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.
Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.


Now here mine goes...

A Timely Destruction (3/9/10)

As time will take its deathly toll on life

And make the flowers shrivel in the sun,

Then will it kill with its destructive knife

And force life’s fragile thread to be undone;

While friends walk by and we depart from home,

It runs along and hurries for its nest;

The sword, it stabs as we are soft as foam,

And time delivers dark and dreary rest;

But how will I remember you and me?

Will we be given love’s untimely end?

The trap of time’s nonstop eternity,

We shall escape and time we will contend.

If time will take its charted course above,

Then we will fight with letters of our love.


Have a great day and live life!