Two Colonizations from Sonnet's Shakespeare, by Sonnet L'Abbé

LXXIII

of in me or or

do in me of as

in by by up in

me of on of as

it it by to

few the the day

the and all the

the his lie the

bed was thy ere

That time year thou When none

hang upon cold bare late sang

thou such west doth take away

self that rest thou such fire

that doth must with that this

thou love more love that well

thou must long

mayst those which shake where

sweet birds see'st after which

black night seals see'st ashes

youth death which which makes

which leave

behold boughs yellow

ruin'd leaves choirs

sunset fadeth death's

second expire strong

 

against glowing

twilight whereon consum'd

nourish'd

perceivs't

LXXXV

able add affords, 'Amen' all And And And before breath But by compil'd come character clerk cry comments dumb effect fil'd for for form every golden good good Hearing her his hindmost holds holds hymn I I In in in in is love like manners Me more most Muse Muses My my my of of of of others others, pen. polish'd praise praise praised precious phrase rank Reserve respect,

richly the the their Then Though tis 'tis tongue-tied To to true,'

quill, say so, something speaking spirit still, still that that the think thought, thoughts, thoughts to unlettered well-refined While whilst whose write with words, words words you you your

Sonnet L’Abbé is the author of two collections of poetry, A Strange Relief and Killarnoe, and a reviewer of Canadian fiction and poetry for The Globe and Mail. Her work has been included in Best Canadian Poetry 2009 and 2010 and was shortlisted for the the 2010 CBC Literary Award for poetry. She is currently teaching creative writing at the University of British Columbia and writing a dissertation on botanical metaphors in representations of human cognition in the work of American poet Ronald Johnson.