All Comments on 'Consolation Plies'

Lines 7 & 8 are great and accentuate the first part of the sonnet so well.

Nicely done.

the standard for either here or sonnet

Kudos -5ed

However, am I to assume the periods are a deliberate omission

O my

GM said what I would have had I known how. 5'd

Thank you all for your generous ratings and comments! I greatly appreciate it, and hope to have time to submit more work soon.

And yes, the lack of periods is intentional. I prefer the feel and appearance of it that way, for some reason.

Agree about the superb lines 7 & 8 - indeed, the whole of the second stanza is a story in itself. Overall, soothingly seductive (and I'm male!).