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# A Birthday Sonnet
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/a-birthday-sonnet/
- Published: 2021-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: A sonnet for your birthday? What conceit! Are you a hero of some Shakespeare play? To do the work and match iambic feet the syllables just so, not come what may a poet’s poet might invest the time but I am just a hack...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

A sonnet for your birthday? What conceit!  
Are you a hero of some Shakespeare play?  
To do the work and match iambic feet  
the syllables just so, not come what may  
a poet’s poet might invest the time  
but I am just a hack who plays with words  
though I might use it – time – to rhyme with crime  
crime may not pay but brings its own rewards  
well written sonnets, this one, not so much  
must move you in some way, as Shakespeare would  
and though it entertained, if just a touch  
it’s not yet time to move to Hollywood  
But having said that, do enjoy this writ  
A sonnet for your birthday, what conceit!

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2789101-A-Birthday-Present