A Day in Life (Sonnet)

[MorpheusSandman]

The silent rising sun adorns the dew
As eaglets drink the milky mist in nests
Caressed in ease by Mother Nature’s breasts
On mountainous summits meeting days anew.
The noontide touches on the walking shores
And leaves this solid shell for open skies
To win or lose itself in truth and lies
For peace and life in pregnant inner wars.
My mistress moon communes with sleepy seas
And speaks through mouths of clouds and wordless winds
That creep through minds that never comprehend
Cabals relating through conspiring trees.
The blind and deaf, the old and young, the dumb and wise:
Eternal life and death just pass before their eyes.

[firefangled]

Morpheus, this is an amazing sonnet. The language, though highly structured, never becomes obscure or antiquated.

The second sentence was magnificent I thought.

[Pendragon]

I think it's the closing couplet that makes this poem shine. Well done, o King of Dreams!

[MorpheusSandman]

Thanks, firefangled and Pen; this was a bit of an experiment for me in that I attempted 3 disparate quatrains that I tried to abstractly pull together in the couplet. Going by your comments, perhaps it worked!

[blazeofglory]

This is really a beautiful poem.This poem is really full of nature, as if nature reincarnated into your immortal lines. I am really moved by your lines and how you have so beautifully presented nature unsullied.

[cogs]

the affair theme... the conspiracy... getting pregnant with life, then giving birth like mother nature... then the timeless theme of nature seeing all time... wow, you actually were able to frame it all with couplets

[qimissung]

Stunningly beautiful. I envy your ability to write a sonnet with such seeming ease. It is not a form I've had the courage to try...maybe someday.

[MorpheusSandman]

Thanks blaze, cogs, and quim.

[paperleaves]

The couplet at the end really seals the deal. It is beautiful. Something about the second line as well mesmerizes me beyond belief...
such unique images. Thanks for sharing, Morph!

^_^

[indydavid]

What an amazingly powerful sonnet.

[DanBierce]

I gave up on trying to write sonnets. Just too hard for me, so I appreciate those who can do them well. I'll just have to assume this meets all the proper criteria as far as structure goes. Fine job!

The critic in me took note of "truth and lies" as perhaps not the best words to use due to the abstraction aspect. I would never use it in a poem of my own. If this sonnet were mine I would try to replace it with something more concrete, but no biggie. Enjoyed!

[MorpheusSandman]

Thanks to paper, indy, and Dan.

@Dan: That part definitely isn't my favorite, but I wanted something to set up the hendiadys in the next line and the succession of "ands" in the penultimate line.