Modern Sonnet

Sonnet this is because author says so
impressive poem when you think on it
meter exact not one beat off, you know
the rhyme, the scheme, the rules, I’m sick of it
this unfamiliar beat requires much thought

and you poor reader in unfamiliar meter

I have tried to write a sonnet
so now you know
it is difficult

think of sonnets and how impressive they are
(don't think of this)
the rhyme must fall each time in place
the unfamiliar meter requires concentration
the reader cannot slack and day dream
I am finding this easy to write

but picture me slaving over each word
tearing my hair out as I try to think
of a phrase with an apt metaphor and rhythm
I recount the lines and there’s one too many
a crumpled manuscript falls to the floor