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Sonnets, of sorts

Sonnets, of sorts

From June 2024 Poetry Archives

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Lauren Bell
Aug 06, 2024
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Oh all the ways one can be loved

Let me count the ways 

I once thought love was meant to be a linear practice 

But a more accurate portrayal would be somewhere between pan’s labyrinth and a common corn maze 

Mythological in creation, available in special seasons

Somehow a permanent feature in the tales of heroes.

I suppose the slaying of the minotaur is actua…

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