Shakespearean Sonnet

 

 

C.B. Anderson, US   Let It Slide   Whenever friction lets its guard down, words slip off the glossy page to disappear beyond the margins, like migrating birds that flee from rumored winter through a clear bright sky. When complex sentences evade the grasp of simple minds, and meaning floats above a dark infarcted everglade, there is no cure; there are no antidotes where fulcrums haven’t been established yet and traction’s a convenience long ago abandoned. Blest are they who never let their lack of skills deter them from a show of earnest effort. Also, bless the fools who build a world without the proper tools.     About C.B. Anderson, US   C.B. Anderson was the longtime gardener for the PBS television series, The Victory Garden. Since 2003, hundreds of his poems have appeared in scores of print and electronic journals out of North America, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and India. His e-chapbook, A Walk in the Dark, can be found on the website of The New Formalist Press. This is C.B. Anderson's first Sketchbook appearance.