An ode and a sonnet

Well, I thought I was going to bed early tonight. However, I remembered the challenge issued by my friend hugs & dreams in her most recent entry, including my own silly suggestion about a sonnet (what was I thinking?!?). And since the topic of these challenging pieces is a huge favorite of mine, the following works of questionable brilliance sprung forth from pen to paper; I now submit them to the monitor screen for your approval. Feel free to take up our little challenge (see her diary for more info).

An Ode to Whittering
O whittering I sing your praise
So happily I pass my days
With wisps of words so light and sweet
My spirit soaring, what a treat!

O Whittering! Wherefore Art Thou Whittering?
I whitter happily in dulcet tones
With words as light as feathers on a breeze
Of daffodils and dandies, ice cream cones,
And midnight steeds that thunder through the trees.
The whittering I whitter makes me smile
And brings a lovely cheer across my screen.
I drink a cuppa with a friend the while
And chatter to a face as yet unseen.
Awhittering amid the snuggling hugs
The laughs out loud and quiet little times
The time slips by; with sighs and little shrugs
Our screens light up with daft and nutsy rhymes.
Ah whittering; without you life is mean;
With you it takes on quite a charming sheen!

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Sleeping to Dream

November 10, 2001

Hearing the word sonnet makes me recall our Shakepeare talks on the bus… correction not talks, but our talking like Shakespeare lol Lovely whitterings :o)

I must say my dear, that you do whitter, so very delightfully and beautifuly, whether it is in an ode or a sonnet. Both those were very wonderful. Hugs.

Ahhh….. the wonderful world of whittering… *grin*

omg, the pressure….lol… wipes glistening brow and paces the room hoping for sonnet inspiration lol… :D:D huge hugs and pace made trenches :D:D… but my oh my i must say…. your words have added to the pressureometer lol…. these are gooooooooooooooood

Erstwhile (okay yesterday) I worked ALL DAY trying to do a sonnet. Thought I had one, took a nap since I had such a friece headache, woke up and read NON-sense. Looked again and even had the rhyming done all wrong-stupid ten syllables and 14 lines is all I got. I did come up with several other things of which I’m pleased. So I came back to see how you did it. YOU make it look so EASY!

Your words just flow! And now that I know what a sonnet is all about (extensive research-whew-I had no idea!) I do find yours especially excellent!!! One more attempt (as today is a holiday) but I just may leave the sonnets to you, Ms. Barrett Browning, and Mr. Shakespeare. At least I can say years from now.. Erstwhile I tried to write a sonnet. Love & hugs,

This is really quite exquisite writing …Wonderful…Methinks Shakespeare could learn a few things…If this is whittering..it is whitter at its best. Long may you whitter please…..?….Love to you. Bren

I love this so much!!!! I just went and checked my notes and see you have been there and seen that I am still here…. hahaha… am I still making sence???? I was gonna go to sleep but I just needed to get through your entries and be caught up with my oh so wonderful cyber mom!!!! Thank You!!! I love you, Angel