Homework - A summers Trek - Sonnet - 2009
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:55 pm
I found that old one and only Sonnet of mine I mentioned,
Surprised it was so long ago - had to give it a quick critique - but it wasn't too bad.
Easy to see that this was in the middle of my prospecting days.
A SUMMER TREK - Sonnet
With urgent haste I trudge through burning sand,
While urging weary camels to the south,
Where cruel mirages creep across the land
To now torment and taunt my parched dry mouth.
Through red rimmed eyes inflamed with sandy blight
I glimpse at last a blurred but distant creek,
And see the ghost gums standing stark and white,
To guide me now towards the place I seek
But find now with dismay the creek is dry
So I endure a tiring sleepless night
And dig with haste and hope till limbs do cry,
Until at last there comes a welcome sight.
There’s water trickling in my hole there still,
Long hours now since we all have drunk our fill
*****
T.E. Piggott 9/10/2009
Surprised it was so long ago - had to give it a quick critique - but it wasn't too bad.
Easy to see that this was in the middle of my prospecting days.
A SUMMER TREK - Sonnet
With urgent haste I trudge through burning sand,
While urging weary camels to the south,
Where cruel mirages creep across the land
To now torment and taunt my parched dry mouth.
Through red rimmed eyes inflamed with sandy blight
I glimpse at last a blurred but distant creek,
And see the ghost gums standing stark and white,
To guide me now towards the place I seek
But find now with dismay the creek is dry
So I endure a tiring sleepless night
And dig with haste and hope till limbs do cry,
Until at last there comes a welcome sight.
There’s water trickling in my hole there still,
Long hours now since we all have drunk our fill
*****
T.E. Piggott 9/10/2009