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Sonnets by Scott Alexander McKenzie

Sonnets about Love, Relationships, Longing, and Humanity

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God Exists

It is Scientifically Proven Here

The Mighty Quinn

The Leader of the McKenzie Grandchildren

Clover

My Beautiful Granddaughter

Rhone

To My Grandson, Rhone

The Silence

The subtlety of thee, my company, In silent reverie among these pines, Where muted snow now blankets ev’ry tree, And candlelight illumes our warm confines, I glance above the page of my Thoreau, To spy upon the fantasy of you, Where fire light hath cast a thoughtful glow, Upon my love engrossed in her haiku, And in that moment in this cabin still, Your dark myster’ous eyes rise from that page, And…

This Relentless Thorn

Skyward to the West; the summer blue Has wrapped his warm arms ‘round my fractured heart, Has lifted this poor soul now twice run through, And yet I fear my faith has come apart, For everywhere I turn I see his face, And as the wind whips ‘round me evermore, The clarity of him cannot outpace, The darkness of this maddening languor, This pain; this grief; this ever-present thorn, With needle tip,…

Dance of the Selkie

Within a pulsing vein of youth without Restraint, the water to the flame of we, Inside those bated moments so devout, And fervent to the things not meant to be, I saw you gliding twisting winding there, Me, a forlorn fisher ‘top that dune, And you, my dear, a dark-haired maiden fair, Were glowing selkie dancing ‘neath the moon, I hid your skin and tried to make you mine, And for a time, it worked;…

The Future (and Purpose) of Humanity

My Conversation With Grok

Frames

Inspired by Big Head Todd's "Bittersweet"

Goodnight

What words, what sentiment shall I impart, To thee I truly love and hold so dear, When night doth fall and you and I must part, And longer no shall thee and I be near? What comfort shall I find in absence be, While I am here and ye are there afar, Where scent nor touch nor chance upon shall see, The wonder of thy charismatic star? Alas, my heart, my longing, and my love, Shall bear the cross of…