My Father
This poem was written for Scott Wood’s LiveJournal writing prompt (“Write a poem inserting the phrase: ‘I love you, but I can’t see you right now’”). The subject matter was partially inspired by the prompt on Simply Snickers, but the poem specifically for that prompt needs to be written still.
This was written as a modified Spenserian sonnet – in short, I misremembered the rhyme scheme, which is [abab bcbc cdcd ee] and wrote it with a rhyme scheme of [abab cbcb dbdb dd]. So perhaps I have created a Nicholsonian sonnet?
It remains to be seen.
Anyway, enjoy.
-Nicole
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I love you, but I can’t see you right now.
You are an enigma from beyond the grave;
the facts of your life you never allowed
yourself to reveal. In order to save Continue reading →