Preserving the Old Era | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Sonnet
  4. Preserving the Old Era

Preserving the Old Era

July 31, 2011
By SparrowFeather GOLD, La Crescenta, California
More by this author
SparrowFeather GOLD, La Crescenta, California
14 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

View profile

Silly girls, painted dolls, empty heads, smiles.
Who needs to dig deeper than the outside?
their siren calls loud, so perfect their wiles.
How man' of these women can say they tried?
Quiet, quiet. unsubtle are their cries.
We've come very far from elegance
all's moving, late relations to deny.
Gone are the days of dresses and temp'rnce.
Telled me how to hide and I will go.
Like innocence tainted by blood on snow.

© Shaylene F., Rowlett, TX

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
summer love sonnet
By Hannah caposela BRONZE
Wayne, New Jersey
Hannah caposela BRONZE, Wayne, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Jenny Lake and the Destruction of the Sky
By zachroyal PLATINUM
Johnson City, Tennessee
zachroyal PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
33 articles 4 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I Am but Mad North-northwest: When the Wind is Southerly I Know a Hawk from a Handsaw&quot;<br /> -Hamlet

View profile
Poetry
The Stress, the love.
By BroadwayJukebox BRONZE
Vancouver, Washington
BroadwayJukebox BRONZE, Vancouver, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t let sooner than you think become later than you hoped.&quot;

View profile
Poetry
My Dad
By Bentley810 BRONZE
Lexington, North Carolina
Bentley810 BRONZE, Lexington, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You gotta do what you gotta do to be successful&quot;

View profile
Poetry
Infatuation
By yourlonelylover PLATINUM
Harrington Park, New Jersey
yourlonelylover PLATINUM, Harrington Park, New Jersey
26 articles 1 photo 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
Decision making
By hannahbee7 DIAMOND
Boca Raton, Florida
hannahbee7 DIAMOND, Boca Raton, Florida
67 articles 1 photo 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know you&rsquo;re a writer if your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is &ndash; wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you&rsquo;re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself.&quot;

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.