Sonnet # 24



My mind can hardly make a picture-thought
Of the last time I had from women sex.
Yes, many times in tears in bed I've fought
Of human minds what's very much complex.
I miss of women's lips what's tender, sweet,
And the vague memory I've of her duct.
It pains! A woman I cannot beget.
My heart hurts much; I can't my life conduct.
A man in poverty, he does live here.
A single soul in sadness, rich in pain.
When life is up this bad, to wish death near
Is pleasant as in a dry day some rain.
    It's worse than hell to have a life love bare.
    My want is big, but none to come does dare.
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Submitted by luisestable1 on April 09, 2023

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABCDEDFGHGII
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 589
Words 129
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Luis A. Estable

Luis A. Estable, poet for more than twenty years. Single, no children; originally from Cuba. Writes poems in several styles: sonnets, songs, haikus, children's verses, free style verse and more. Has published three books of poetry: " Eighty-Three Sonnets, Book One," Religious, Thirty Sonnets," "My Mind Simply Saying. All of them available on Amazon books. Has degrees from SFCC and EWU. Lives in Spokane, WA. Thinks that poetry is the most compact and beautiful expression known to man, and that a poem never reaches perfection; the work goes one and this is a good advice to keep, especially for young poets. more…

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