Exceptional Sonnet Sonnets : A Tryst, Tisk Tisk by michaelcahill Write a Spenserian Sonnet writing prompt entry

Such nightmares creep from dungeons in my dreams. My days now pass in darkness shunning sleep. Fair lady lied; she trapped me with her schemes. My heart cries mesmerized--despair flows deep.   This castle, once my prize that war did reap, when glory justified my kingly crown. My enemies, all gone, no longer creep to task me while I sleep on quilted down.   But, now this King's become the kingdom's clown, to roam the streets and bray a minstrels tune. My lady dances in her bridal gown. A Queen, she weds--whilst I play the buffoon.    No justice will befall cold Jezebel. It isn't sin, it's lust that heats up hell!     Writing Prompt A Spenserian Sonnet was created by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599). It is a variation or a Shakespearean sonnet - it has three quatrains and a couplet. But there is a twist where you employ linking rhymes between quatrains. The rhyme scheme is ABAB, BCBC, CDCD, EE - and it is to be written in iambic pentameter. Author Notes Always looking to improve. Suggestions welcome.

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