Comment from Joan E.

Excellent

I am glad you were inspired by your brother's garden again--thank you for sharing the fantasy aspect of it in your photograph and sonnet. I enjoyed your rhyme scheme, and I hope you won the trust of the "little people" and you'll be forever blessed!

 Comment Written 23-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 23-Aug-2015

Thank you Joan. Not yet, but working on it.

reply by Joan E. on 24-Aug-2015

I'm sure they'll come around! Smiles- Joan

Comment from Pantygynt

Excellent

Although this style of sonnet does not end with a rhyming couplet the last two lines here definitely form a conclusion. It is an interesting form that I think would grow on me if I were exposed to it more often. Away from the technicalities of the piece this is a fun subject that you have chosen. May your crock of gold rise up and slap you in the face !

 Comment Written 21-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2015

Thank you Pantygynt. I'll take that, and grab anything that spills out.

Comment from rod007

Excellent

What a wonderful thought. These possessed sculptures can provide riches beyond one's wildest dreams. I suppose the odds of that happening is one in a billion as I dive back into reality. An effective and thought provoking poem. Well done, Tom.

 Comment Written 21-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2015

Thank you rod. Wouldn't that be nice?

Comment from I am Cat

Excellent

I love the little guys too!
I have a big ass hole (not a big asshole, as Gynt says) in my back yard...drops about 25 feet and feeds in to the lake... has a lovely waterfall when it rains... I think i need about 100 of these guys.. preferably zombie ones to look like they're crawling out of the hole... what do you think?

love the poem... it's awesome.
and i'm tired and heading to bed.
hugs
cAt

 Comment Written 21-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2015

Thank you Cat. Zombies? Hmm, don't think so. That's more Deen Kutz or Stephen King, like. Maybe mummies for you. You know, all that surgical tape! Lol.

Comment from Sandra du Plessis

Excellent

A wonderful fantasy poem of the little people in your brothers lovely garden, it won't surprise me if you one day find some fairies there, maybe even red riding hood and the wolf.

 Comment Written 20-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 21-Aug-2015

Thank you Sandra. Hah! I won't be surprised either. Lol.

Comment from nancy_e_davis

Excellent

Hmmm. Can't say t his form impressed me. I don't care for the abba rhyme in the octave. It is lacking somehow in my opinion. The couplet rhymes in the sestet are more to my liking.
However you did a good job Tom. :<) Nancy

 Comment Written 20-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Aug-2015

Thank you Nancy. The enveloping rhyme scheme is harder to detect in longer lines. Maybe in tetrameter it would be more peppy. Or, maybe I should have written a more romantic theme.

Comment from Chunger

Excellent

Wonderful poem. You have a great imagination. I wonder what inspired writing this poem? The rhyme scheme works well with this topic to bring forward the magical tone.

 Comment Written 20-Aug-2015

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reply by the author on 20-Aug-2015

Thank you Chunger. That is a wonderful compliment.