A Sonnet of Unusual Structure.

.....Playing with the usual structure of a sonnet, not so much in the foundation but with the 'draping' or 'covering'. In this case the rhyme scheme. This one is set to ABAB ACAC ADAD AA.

.....I cannot find any period sonnetry with this exact scheme, but some similar stylistic covering. It changes the flow to make it more rhythmic I think, but it would be difficult to continue this in say an epic poem, like 'The Faerie Queene'. Although that is probably not a worthy thought since a sonnet is a small contained universe and something along the lines of 'The Faerie Queene' would have to be a journey, but that is a different topic all together. :-)

.....Written in Catelin's memory...

She cast off from these shores in the deep night.
A choice born of desire and yearning stong.
To be free to chart a course true and right.
Unfettered by winds who might steer her wrong.

Her steed a great ship of unflagging might.
Winds whipping silken tresses of her mane.
Sprays of salt sting the eyes and blur the sight,
As sorrow fills the heart and tears fall as rain.

Her command rings forth as a ray of light.
The heavens pausing in their ebb and flow.
The soldiers parting on the roadway bright.
Allowing passage of this ark aglow.

She patrols the skies on this ship in flight.
The stars companions in this sacred rite.

.....As usual, I need to be more willing to bend grammer rules. But I'm too rigid for my own good. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

What Day Is It?

.....As has been usual, I did not get nearly as much done today as I would have liked. :-) But maybe that is the nature of vacations. :-)

.....We did get to celebrate Master Ralg's birthday at a brunch out at the airport (Bremerton NATIONAL Airport :-)). The last time we did the brunch it was a lot better it seemed than this time. But there were still good things to eat. We certainly did not go away hungry.

.....I started to get depressed though as the conversation kept hitting work things. No matter how many times we tried to strike in another direction. Very sad. Hopefully not an indication of how retirement will go. :-)

.....Did some grocery shopping for Mom in preparation for Christmas dinner at her place. This may have been the best thing that could have happened to her. She is getting more and more excited about having us over on Christmas. She is actually gutting the apartment and doing her absolute best to get it cleaned for us. I already have orders to show up on Wednesday with the van so we can take dead furniture to the dump. :-)

.....She also wants to wait until Thursday to finish her dinner shopping. But I shudder at the prospects of that and may try to convince her to at least go on Wednesday, if not Tuesday.

.....Returned home and did some reading, which was fun and relaxing. Also did a little writing on a couple of different things. Which was also fun.

.....Was looking for a coat and ran across my wool felt tophot. It is very steampunk and I thought looked pretty cool. Certainly not a bowler like what Talon wears, but maybe I'll wear it around and see what sort of reaction I get. Awfully dusty though. Looks more grey from dusk than the actual black that it should be. TBT gave me some ideas on cleaning it.

.....I remember wearing this hat back in the late '80's, and I wasn't the only one to wear this style. Amazing how fashion travels around in circles. Although it wasn't 'steampunk' back then. I can't remember exactly why tophats were popular for a couple of years then. Although at the time I actually liked wearing my fedora more, which is probably why this tophat even exists. I think that my fedora dies back in the '90's. :-)

.....Now all I need is a Victorian overcoat. :-)

.....Let's see how close I can stick to my agenda for tomorrow:

* Sand a set of circlets.
* Pull out first section of Baronial Customary for dissection (must also remember to add Theodoric to the discussion list).
* Pull together all Seneschal files for organization (from all their various locations).
* Tune hammered dulcimer.

.....That looks like a manageable list. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.