Sonnet VI: Plato's Lover
©2012, Olan L. Smith
She places Plato into realms he adores
Inebriated with knowledge ― he weeps,
Drawing closer Wisdom's maiden heart leaps,
While beneath profound tranquility pours
Into his cup — philosophy unveiled —
Man is prone, aside heaven's astuteness,
Resting on Discernment's virginal cloth
Was man misled to plight his wedded troth?
But thoughts of treachery pierce consciousness
A goddess's breastplate remains unscaled.
At daybreak honesty will sip earth's dawn—
Is she truthful or is she deceptive?
Above heaven Athena is festive,
For existing sins discernment is drawn.
(A.N.This is an Italian style sonnet; it is unmetered (pre-Chaucer style) with a rhyme scheme abba, dceecd, abba.)
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Sonnets Written by Olan L. Smith
PoetryI am moving many of my singly published poems into collections, and in this collection will reside all my sonnets I have written, and will write in the future--I hope you enjoy. Love, peace, and freedom, Olan L. Smith aka Cotton Jones. (Cover credit...
