A Sonnet a Day, to Shorten the Time, to Make for Play

For myself, writing sonnets is a joy,

to string words lyric in natural toned verse,

this art is mine, not some high-school teacher ploy

these words are my tools, this meter: my turf.

I will set in stone my hereafter goal:

to string words lyric in this pent meter

every rise and setting, learning my role

as writer. In this way I'll give readers

who are just looking for a spot of fun,

a short, sharp, bit of English language play.

We'll break rules, and make them up, for a pun

This is English people! where the rules don't stay! 

      Though this meter may be weighed down with age

       I yet feel freed by this, my iambic cage.