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Sonnet 51 – From Some To All

January 24, 2015 by Dennis Lange

…..Sonnet 51 – From Some To All

The history of man records a tide,
A current ‘cross the world that swelled and rose
And raised the race from ignorance to ride
To mountaintops capped by the aged snows.

Crowds caught the rise but some were left behind.
A mark of that is when men marked their X.
While most were men of letters and refined
A single letter was, to some, complex.

Today, at high tide, we’re so civilized
The paper for an X now disappears.
And penmanship, an art once highly prized,
Is cursed as end of teaching cursive nears.

The tide that rose and made the islands small
Now brings a special ignorance to all.

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Posted in My Poems, Sonnets | Tagged bard on the hill, cursive writing, Dennis Lange, From Some To All, hand, history of man, illiterate, mark X, penmanship, poems, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, signature, Sonnet 51, sonnets | 4 Comments

4 Responses

on January 24, 2015 at 5:07 PM | Reply Sandra Conner

Ooooooh very good, Dennis. You definitely hit the nail on the head with this one.
- on January 24, 2015 at 9:03 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks! Ironic, isn’t it?
on January 29, 2015 at 4:42 AM | Reply Dennis N. O'Brien

Good one – really like the couplet.
- on January 30, 2015 at 8:12 PM | Reply thebardonthehill
  
  Thanks. Glad you liked it.

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