Hundred and Fifty Four Sonnets

A sonnet is like a little explosion. First there is the idea. Such an idea arrives in the mind from the outside, like a text message. Ping. There it is. When thoughts begin to stream and mingle around the idea, one must be quick and catch them in lines. These lines then must rhyme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG. Ideally, there are ten syllables in a line, not counting silent ones. One is caught in a little time bubble universe while writing a sonnet. One must grab all that is given in that very moment. Before