Would you care to comment on this poem?

Question

HAPPINESS
by C.S. Scotkin

How shall I speak of happiness to you
When in a glass, reflected to my eyes
This face I see has something, seeming new
With no detected wants, with no disguise.
I cannot waste my gifted time with fears,
Desires that never once will fill my heart
With joyful songs to sing for all the years
Allotted me before I must depart.
And yet the self like some small selfish girl
I whined to those who’d listen, “it’s not fair”
I never knew that I possessed a pearl
But now I know some beauty I can share.
Content with life and lot is cause for bliss,
I’ve traveled far to find this happiness .

Danny R · Accepted Answer

I only need to traverse Cartmel Fells
to stop my mind's vain search for "something else".
That revelation often will astound,
when I take stock and simply look around.

cassie58 · Answer

Very nice sonnet. Your end couplet is how I feel. Why do I find sonnets so difficult to do myself - I can never get the flow right.

neonman · Answer

Without a precise review, a cursory read read iambic to me.  Compliments on this sonnet and the message of what you found and now accept.

Elaine P...is for Poetry · Answer

Sonnet Maestra, you have done it again and with it you have taught us a lesson.

Anonymous · Answer

A nice poem.

❤ ❤bidadari-AlHurun&#39;in❤ ^-^ ❤ ❤ · Answer

really I enjoy it. so sweet, very beautiful :-) <3

nice to read it,thanks, dear...

Good luck!

Van Ryder · Answer

Honest answer or shall I tell a lie?...... Honest...Rubbish.............Tell a lie.......Brilliant.

Trending News

Would you care to comment on this poem?

7 Answers