The Twist and Shout — Meeting at the Bar prompt today at dVerse Poets Pub focuses on the volta at the end of a poem. I’ll let you check out Bjorn’s excellent description if you want to know more about it. I looked back over some old lessons at dVerse for a sonnet form to use and settled on the Terza Rima Sonnet from way back in May 2013. As usual, I probably didn’t get the meter right, but I liked the rhyme scheme for this prompt and the poem that I had already started earlier today.
Pruning
Jesus, intercede for me when I sin
If I loudly protest, make me mute
I must survive the Father’s discipline
Oh, Jesus, intercede when I bear fruit
Prune away enough of what is dead
But never my whole being to uproot
For my greater good I know You bled
To save me from a sinful wasted life
That I might bear abundant fruit instead
Seasons come filled with trials and strife
I cry out to You my God above
And still I must endure Your Pruner’s knife
Your pruning is a true act of love
As on my branches rests Your holy dove