overlapping rhyme schemes, enjambment, wonderful word choices. what can I say? I'm dazzled. Something like this is not easy to write. And to make a truly good poem out of it, such that its formal restrictions take a back seat to the finished product, even while remaining true to its feet, adds additional dazzle to my dazzlement. And I haven't even begun to parse the concepts.

It is truly a dazzlement - I do not think any form is beyond Laura's flexible, mighty pen. The word choices fill out the mouth and mind in ever expanding combinations. I can never figure out how to do the wrap-around lines in a sonnet and make them come out sensible, with the right stress. I read, I learn... Thank you.

Wow. The title was enough to draw me. And at first it seemed a bit too rich/heavy after the second/third stanza. Though even that was great..then you add in "Trojan horse$#%@" and the whole peice reaches out to you in all its rich flavor with pure cleverness and wit making the reader smile and think. This sonnet definitely blooms and shines no matter what the title says. Makes me miss counting syllabes by tens. Great write! Well done.

I love the all the play on words,like pique for peak, for example...you have such an incredible ability to construct such magnificent lines in such confines.... ah Laura, I am jealous :)

Might I crown you mistress of the quill for this is rich in imagery and language and it is exquisite. As for refuses to shine, ah but here you have polished the meter and made it sparkle. smh

drag sturm und drang through my mind / keep opening my windows / there are always layers to anything Laura_Doom, and I love the unfolding of them :)

Oh my, such words! You are truly a poets' poet Ms.Doom! Totally killer.