Mike O’Brien @zoomburst.substack.com · Feb 27 #Spent too much time reading classical stuff lately So this week's #PoemsAbout came out as a sonnet 22 likes 5 replies ? Reply Replies John Chmura · Feb 27 Spent is so often a looking to the past, but this poem has adamant about no “backward glance,” and is, indeed, all in future tenses. Jen Thorne · Feb 28 Love the language in this. It does feel like a classic 👏 La Reine des Metaphores · Feb 28 Nice one. I bet that was fun ? to write - I like a good sonnet. Sue Ibrahim · Feb 28 Cleverly done. The form gives it gravity. Merril D. Smith · Feb 28 So elegantly written, Mike--classic and heartfelt.