To try to make up my poem deficit, I decided to write some shorter (but related) poems that will help me meet the 30-poem requirement for NaPoWriMo while giving me time to finish the longer ones. This one is my first attempt at a Spenserian sonnet!
Maid Of The Mountain
A Mountain Song
Maid of the mountain, why do you sing?
Because my soul is so happy and light
With true joy and peace surpassing all things
And it makes me wish to sing with all my might.
You mean, that you in life so delight
Maid of the mountain, that you always have joy?
Nay, there are times I am sad, or plagued with fright,
Or of some other feeling that might destroy
My feelings of peace; then I cannot enjoy
Life as I should, which is truly a shame.
But then if one of the old songs I employ
To rekindle in my heart happiness's flame
Then all the sad feelings do float away
And then I am able happy to stay.