Simply 6 Minutes – Go Away I’m Reading

~ JezzieG

Inspired by and written for Simply 6 Minutes – thank you, Christine

Oh yes, I get the feeling for this picture. I am an avid reader and I like to read in peace and quiet away from everyone – it’s my time in my space. Given I read a lot of crime fiction the police tape should be on my bedroom door – for now, a Keep Out sign will do. This week’s sonnet is the Balanced Sonnet

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Go Away I’m Reading
Form: Balanced Sonnet

The damn phone that doesn’t stop it’s ring-ring
And the list of calls left unanswered grow
For talking right now is just not my thing
I’m reading a book like you didn’t know
So stop calling me and leave me alone
A plot thickens while the outside winds blow
And I am not picking up that damn phone
My mind is lost while turning a new page
And by my side the cuppa has got cold
Imagination runs out of its cage
Just leave me alone, I’m not yours to hold
I am in overtime with the dapper sleuth
As Lord Peter and I begin to engage
Leave me alone, before the words uncouth

Word count: 114
Time: 9 minutes 45 seconds

©JezzieGFarmer2022

Published by JezzieG

I am a freelance writer and poet and started writing after raising my two boys as a way of discovering just who Jez is. That is still very much an ongoing project but the journey so far has introduced me to many wonderful friends and fellow writers through an ever-growing love of poetry.

11 thoughts on “Simply 6 Minutes – Go Away I’m Reading”

    1. It is fun writng the sonnets for your prompts, even if I fail the time limit – I think there are one or two sonnet forms that may just do it -not anywhere near them yet as I am going down my list of form. I like trying though

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        1. This is where it gets a little scary – when I started out making notes on different sonnets I didn’t think I’d still be here writing notes now – currently my ever growing list stands at 262, I have written up notes for 211. That doesn’t include the 120 variants a piece of the Ivorian and Rovi sonnets.

          So in answer to your question – there is a lot.

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