Sonnet No. I
Sacrifice
©2010, Olan L. Smith
It gave to us intelligence and vim,
Enough to be much more than tissue's lore,
So deftly centers Loving Care and Hymn,
Apart from life's charade, of so much more
Than that of evolutions' banal soup
Confusion. For I do believe a Fount
As giving us our life and forms our group
With strength anew, and It apart, does count.
We stand beneath this tree, to scan across
A living work remaining unsurveyed,
And do not comprehend uncommon loss
Of Virtue's sacrifice in trade conveyed.
For we in sinfulness do still partake,
And thus, a sacrifice for human sake.
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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...