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The Splendor Of A Thousand Sparkling Stars---A Sonnet For Cascade

 Her poems present their words in constellations

that flow across the page in a cascade

of verbal beauty that does not evade

her readers' grasps and real appreciations.


The resonance of sparkling honesty

(not some mere drama, glibly falsified)

thrives in her lines that show---accurately---

the way a soul can soar, or dance, or glide.


Even a dolt, a dummkopf and a dunce

can recognize---immediately, at once,

for sure---that she is one of PostPoems' greatest

Poets.  In proof of that, look at her latest


poem. I admire her work; hence, this sincere

sonnet constructed like those of Shakespeare.


J-Called

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I have never, ever, been able to write a Petrarchan sonnet.  And, although I prefer the sonnet form used by John Milton, to which I add e.e.cummings' "scatter rhyme," I felt a Shakesperean sonnet might provide a credible tribute to the Poet, Cascade.


The title was inspired by Cascade's poem, "Paled By A Thousand Sunday Suns."  Make sure you read her poem!

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©1 March 2023 - 8:25pm — J-9thxciv
2 March 2023 - 2:35am — patriciajj
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Everything you wrote in this

Everything you wrote in this shimmering tapestry of starlight and appreciation for literary granduer is stunning in its accuracy. Cascade has been mesmerizing me for many years now, and I'm always on the lookout her latest posts. 

 

 I love the clever endorsement you gave her "Paled By A Thousand Sunday Suns" and your recognition of artistic traits that set her work apart from the rest: "The resonance of sparkling honesty" and words that "flow across the page in a cascade/ of verbal beauty", the latter a whimsical nod to her screen name.

 

A Shakespearean sonnet was, absolutely, the most fitting choice.

 

The perfect tribute to our irreplaceable Cascade of talent.

 

 

2 March 2023 - 5:15am — J-9thxciv
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Thank you for that comment. 

Thank you for that comment.  Cascade is one of the luminaries in what, to me, is the central constellation on PostPoems' sky; as you are (as I may have mentioned to you from time to time).  Petrarchan sonnets are impossible for me; the Shakesperean is a little scary (as the Miltonic sonnet, which he created because he was not pleased with the other two forms) is easier, and may have spoiled me.  But I want to try the more difficult form for this pupose.


Before I slip into my customary verbosity, I will say thanks, again, for the fine comment; and bring my response to a close.

 

J-9th94

3 March 2023 - 3:25am — patriciajj
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Trust me, you blaze bright in

Trust me, you blaze bright in that constellation. And one is never verbose if their words are highly valued.