Click (English Sonnet)

Since the birth of the wire people have clicked
Upon buttons and buttons and buttons of
Remotes and phones, to D-pads and keyboards
Practicing technological skills aloof

Sooner though, expected in proper timing
The zombies whom the audience once were
Transform as lesser apes that do nothing
Interacting with words, without conflict

Spanning their wits in trivial puns
Feeling less and less real- pretentious
Of the attention span that once was
But now a mere glance to what moments were

Oh simple things these buttons simply be
Society confines itself willingly

Summer Once... (Tanka)

There was a time when
We were once innocent too
When swimming was fun
And summer with you was clean
Why did to do that? You Cad!

When Meeting She (Pushkin Sonnet)

Treat the next lady to coffee
Ask her of her day and listen
Perhaps she may reveal coyly
Of what they think falsely of men

Pertaining to bad habits and
Good virtues we should reprimand
Thinking less of shallow statures
Provoking sad caricatures

That I myself may prevent too
When meeting another maiden
With class, skilled in speech and a pen
Telling words never meant then

So neither tomorrow could kill
The lonely heart the She would will

[a,B,a,B,c,c,D,D,e,F,F,e,G,G]

NOTE: Lower case schemes are feminine rhyme. Russian Sonnet.

Swine (Playwright)

(Scene: Jane opens the door and finds trash, bottles, and food containers littered everywhere in her apartment!)

JANE.
What happened to my apartment!? There's trash everywhere! Oh my God, who did this?

(Enter DAN.)

DAN.
Jane, you're home!

JANE.
Dan! I should have known! I trusted you with my keys, and this is what you do: you break my stuff while you and your friends role play all day long. What do you have to say for yourself?

(Enter LANA, hiding behind a door, but peeking, with towel- naked.)

LANA.
(coy): My lord, thy chambers hath gone cold.

DAN.
(pretentious): Now Jane, you know how dedicated I am to my Live Action Role Playing. I never back down from a challenge.

JANE.
It's over. We're breaking up.

DAN.
A difficult challenge, but if you say so!

JANE.
And you're paying for the damages.

DAN.
There's a spell in RPG's for that. When you reenter the room, magically everything returns to normal again!

(Exit DAN. The girls wait. He never comes.)

LANA.
He deserted me. We were to make love 'til the morning rise!

JANE.
Please! You'll be faking it anyways!

(Curtain.)

The Girl (Terza Rima)

She is beautiful, such a youthful face
She is beautiful, so becoming
She is beautiful, with poise and grace

What a mystery, I heard her singing
What a mystery, I've watched her stroll
What a mystery, then she went missing

How I miss her, that untouched angel soul
How I miss her, of temptation's sultry
How I miss her, by wolves, spiders, and all

And I dream, perhaps serendipity
And I dream, we would meet by destiny

Bitterness (Terza Rima)

Killing life when death is absent, making
An hour trench slowly through a day
Repeating one's nihilism perverting

Shaking truth with steadfast pride away
Prying into scheming persistence
Nullifying what say "Come what may!"

Proving least of love's existence
And most of all that of God's presence

Crisis (Vers Libre)

Did you ever wake to such dissatisfaction
You'd cry
Without tears or
Without hate or
Without much else to hope against
That life seemed to never end
Immortally remorseful
Wishing for something real
To touch
To feel
Making differences
Even in secret
Though knowing well that
You may still be alone?

I did
I am
I don't know when it will end
If ever?