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This is a selection from our archive of sonnets, each written by a member of the diaTribe, and published here on the diaTribe Web by PM Productions. This is a bold move on the part of our contributing authors, each of whom are publishing their work gratis, each of whom you may contact via an email address following their respective submission. Support them by telling them what you think - or, at the very least, don't nick their stuff.

Probity

When first your friends heard news of our new love,
We seemed, I thought, to garner their respect.
But gauntlet's constant challenge, face to glove,
Turned fans to storm-crows, news into neglect.

The masks you deign to claim as friends, I fear,
Are dropped like embers when you take your leave,
And in those rough-shod times, it seems I hear
Them sigh, "When first we practice to deceive."

So race a drink with those you like tonight;
They'll bend my ear tomorrow with your crimes.
Like Hippocrene, they'll blush and blurt insight
Assuming, "He'll vouchsafe our pantomimes."

Go! Run with those who lace your pleasure dome!
Ignore the fool who yielded you his home.

...by the founder of PM Productions, Barry Parham.
First published by the diaTribe - June 2001

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