The Grand Gesture

a sonnet spawned by a song

She made

The grand

Gesture

But I was

Too clueless

To see

So she quit

Waiting

For me ...

Forget

The rain

The blame's

On James

You see

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2026

Author's Note

Inspired by Milli Vanilli's "Blame It on the Rain" . P.S. --- lately most of the times I try to comment on poems here I get a "not secure" message and it asks me to log in again, so I am at a loss as to how to comment at those times. Sorry. ~Jim

Reviews

[Michael Sun Bear]

Apparently we both get inspiration from our musical tastes. For quite some time I had the same “review” problem. I use an iPad. Finally I deleted my icon for writerscafe, then used my search engine to find the site, log in, create a new icon. For some reason that worked. I have also occasionally solved these types of problems by switching search engines temporarily. The Cafe website is so prone to hinky problems. It can be really frustrating. For my entire first year here the site would not accept my photos.

[Desert Knave]

Thanks, I will try that. Yeah, music is always making me inspired to write. ~Jim