my sonnet

I have always appreciated the sonnet. in my AP literature class in High School it was the very first poem i was required to write. Honestly its the only type of formal poem I still enjoy. There is a challenge in making an interesting point in only 14 lines. Since then after studying several classical authors like John Donne and Shakespeare I have come a long way in sonnet writing. Here is one of mine:

Ode to my cigarettes

Cigarettes have become my secret love.

Since I can go outside and take a puff,

Day after day I thank the stars above.

When I’m getting stressed I can’t get enough.

After all, I’m troubled and have a lot of work.

Please do not lecture me or bring me down

Regardless, after my cig ill have a smirk.

So about my little habit that’s gotten around town;

I’m young and don’t have cancer yet

Maybe I’ll soon quit in a year or two

But now I wouldn’t stop smoking to win a bet.

And please; I’d take cigs instead of you,

So please leave me alone, I won’t go broke,

And really, there are worse things I could smoke.