I am 50+ years old, a Philippine Canadian dual citizen residing in Toronto Ontario Canada. I like reading and writing sonnets because they have a strict format which is easier to do than creating a new one for rhythm and rhyming. Various subjects and cultures interest me and I like diversity and multiculturalism. I am also listening more to romantic classical piano music online, like Chopin and Beethoven.
When wars have ended and we are friends with our enemies,
As governments and armies in war and peace pretended
That bombs and guns would solve problems while mouthing blasphemies.
Cities were destroyed, funerals citizens attended.
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'Henry, is it not time you should propose? '
'Propose what? ' He gulped a sweet chocolate.
'Marriage of course! ' Intrigued, he struck a pose.
'What? For a bachelor, it is too late! '
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Being worldly, filled with erudition,
Professor Helmut Wroth, with a Master
Of Communication, perfect diction,
Teaches English, although his thoughts faster
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Tired of reality, its delusions,
The Poetess thought, 'How incredible
A mind's mechanisms and inventions
In perceiving life. To make legible
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'Students, whatever my ashes are worth,
Remember life is full of dialogues.
Thus, forgive me and my ego henceforth,
For filling your ears with my monologues.'
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