As requested by my friend Jim
Yesterday I posted on facebook my pleasure
at eating Tim Tams and reading sonnets
simultaneously, whilst also sitting in the sun
with my sweet cat. This post got a lot of likes.
Then one friend asked, intending jocularity,
'When will you publish "Sonnet Written
Upon a Tim Tam"?' Why not? I thought,
and replied, 'Tomorrow' – which is now today.
The taste is something between chocolate
and honey, a blend, and the texture also mixed:
creamy soft outside, the centre crisp yet melting.
It takes six bites – or sometimes only four –
to savour and devour one whole, from the first
burst of joy in the mouth to the last lingering lick.
Linked to Meeting the Bar: Neruda and the free verse sonnet
at dVerse Poets Pub.
Also linking to dVerse's 2019 Sonnet Challenge.
I felt proud of myself in writing this one, both for rising to my friend's challenge and because I had some glee in using the sonnet form for such non-exalted subject matter. (I used to be intimidated by the idea of attempting a sonnet, but Samuel Peralta cured me of that when he was on the dVerse team of presenters. He taught us a variety of sonnet forms and made them all seem delightfully easy.)
Nice last stanza.
ReplyDeleteOh they look wonderful and we dont have them in my part of the world, to our loss.
ReplyDeleteThe banal made beautiful although as a non-lover of sweet things I know that what I call banal is to others sublime.
ReplyDeleteFor a 'sweet tooth' like me, Tim Tams are indeed sublime. (Grin.)
DeleteThank you, Rosemary. You seem able to take on any challenge. If only Woolworths would bring back the three bean Tim Tam: that one deserved an epic that I'm not quite up to writing. Your sonnet suits all.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I am unaware of the three bean Tim Tam! Wonder how I missed it (and what exactly it was).
DeleteRight, I have now Googled and found out. Damn! I would have loved that.
DeleteI love the local candy - I think sometimes the candy we grow up with is the best there is.
ReplyDeleteSounds a tiny bit like our Kit Kat. I, too, have a big ol' sweet tooth
ReplyDeleteAh yes. We have Kit Kats too. Yes they are a TINY bit like – and bigger and better. (Smile.)
DeleteOh now they look yummy...as yummy as this poem!
ReplyDeleteIs this an ad? Of course not. Too well written. (hee-hee)
ReplyDeleteLovely, poignant stuff, but no sugar for me. Inspiring, yes, we need to write about anything.
ReplyDeleteYummy yummy sonnet ~ What fun to write about this...now I feel hungry, ha ~
ReplyDeleteSo much fun in this sonnet. I can almost taste it (though having never had one, not quite).
ReplyDeleteCute, very cute. And you are right, for a book on "Forms" we don't want this to qualify as a sonnet. But for a book on cute poems, this definitely qualifies. See my post here: https://triangulations.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/sonnet-variants/
ReplyDeleteI think disciplining to write forms is the whole point of using forms. Free writing is free writing.
Not entirely free, as it has the requisite 14 lines and volta. You yourself said in a comment on Bjorn's dVerse post for this challenge that two of the traditional features of a sonnet would make a poem acceptable as one.
DeleteI've never had one, but they look tasty. I like how the poem references itself.
ReplyDeleteTo me it qualified as a sonnet... (and I think it also kept the meter very close to iambic pentameter)...
ReplyDeleteI think the conclusion after the volta shone light about the sonnet in a great way, and it also shows to me that anything can spark the poetry... (my first ever sonnet was written as an ode to an outhouse)
I think this is a great example of how to use the sonnet form for lighter topics or humor. It’s different, and that’s what I like about it. It is a versatile form.
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