Bruce Bennett

“Sweet Love, Renew Thy Force”

    “… while opening a delicious dark chocolate bar, I was
    delighted to find a WS Sonnet….”
                                      -- from a friend’s email

A Shakespeare Sonnet with a chocolate bar.
How fun! How sweet! You get to chew and think.
The luscious chocolate only goes so far,
But as you savor it you’re on the brink
Of much much more! A world of love and loss
And longing, made transcendent by the Bard.
For just an instant, all the dreck and dross
Of your dull common life, of all that’s marred
And missed, is magically removed. You chew
And are transported. Everything feels right
For just that moment. All the world is new
And brave, and so are you. But then, that bite
Is gone. You gaze around. There’s no more Will.
You’ve just the wrapper. It’s the old world still.
 

Bruce Bennett is the author of ten full-length collections of poetry and more than thirty poetry chapbooks. He taught English and American Literature and Creative Writing and directed the Visiting Writers Series at Wells College from 1973 until his retirement in 2014, and is now Emeritus Professor of English. His poetry website is https://justanotherdayinjustourtown.com