My passion is to write modern sonnets
Yes, I said modern not traditional.
Iambic pentameter I regret
Is too restrictive and conditional.
John Keats observed this many years ago.
Expression of thought is more important
Than any well-placed iamb, this I know.
These little songs* are not songs at all; Shan't
Pretend when they're not. Mine are messages
That I compose within fourteen verses.
Some assurances, other presages.
They are my work for better or for worse.
If I fail to convey in fourteen lines
I had naught to say and wasted your time.

* Sonnet means little song.