<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545460" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Anti-Sonnet</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They say a sonnet must be all about<br>Romance, and swing in rhyme and rhythm, but<br>I shall try to defy them and slam shut<br>The door on love, as I rant loud and shout<br>That I’m not interested in such things<br>As tenderness, soft speech, platitudes, that<br>Pander to their whims. Shall I fall down flat<br>As my attempt to write no ode that sings<br>Of soppiness will fail? I shall plough on<br>To put my case that I’m not going where<br>You want me. To put the finger on it, <br>This anti-sonnet is a love-less one: <br>Don’t goad me to be goo-ey, I don’t care<br>I shall not mention love in this sonnet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=C.+Richard+Miles">C. Richard Miles</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545460" data-title="Anti-Sonnet de C. Richard Miles" data-description="They say a sonnet must be all about Romance, and swing in rhyme and rhythm, but I shall try to defy them and slam shut The door on love, as I rant loud and shout That I’m not interested in such things As tenderness, soft speech, platitudes, that..."></div> </div> </div>

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