An English Sonnet

Screaming and kicking I was pushed outside.

Mother kissed me and waved to me goodbye.

Must I run from the gnarling beast or hide?   

I sprint and dodge the puddles to keep dry. 

Up over the fence and across the street.            

He is barking and drooling on my heels.        

Any way I go, we wills surely meet.                

          The chase will end when I hear screeching wheels,

  Or when the old man steps on his loose chain,

Or maybe an alien will take him.                     

        Today I think the same thing will happen again.

I think about climbing out on a limb.            

I decide to grab the doorknob of brass.        

At school I am safe and he hits the glass.    

An Italian Sonnet

So far away, burning bright, burning long        

like a nova brighten. Why do you fade?           

I only want to look at what God made.            

Clouds cover you over. It is so wrong.            

You fly further. I want to go along.                    

Be my escort and to me don’t evade.                

Every night I fall for your new fa�ade.              

Hold me in your embrace. It is so strong.         

Am I where I am? Where am I going?                

I will not let go; you enthrall me so.                 

No day ever will this be in a book.                    

Suddenly my life is slowly slowing.                 

Not one memory lost is of my woe.                    

All I did was look; boy, you have some hook.