I am half way through my mission to write a sonnet every week for a year. My sonnets are arranged into four collections of fourteen. The first two collections are personification and forms of love (inspired by the Ancient Greeks’ many words for love). The third, which commences with this sonnet, combines the logic of… Continue reading Ages & Sins 1: Infant Love
Month: March 2022
Forms of Love 14: Selfless love
The final sonnet of my ‘Forms of Love’ collection is dedicated to agápē or selfless love. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John15:13. (And I quote the bible as an atheist who recognises enduring wisdom.) To others I could not live the life… Continue reading Forms of Love 14: Selfless love
Forms of Love 13: Elements of Desire
This ‘forms of love’ sonnet is inspired by pragma: enduring love. The opposite of enduring love is short-term selfishness. This sonnet makes the case for pragma by presenting a grasping, flawed argument for short-term selfishness. The theme throughout the three quatrains is the need for stuff: fire, air, water and earth. (These were the pre-Socratic… Continue reading Forms of Love 13: Elements of Desire