'Scorn not the sonnet.' Well, I reckon not, br I would not scorn a rondeau, villanelle, br Ballade, sestina, triolet, rondel, br Or e'en a quatrain, humble and forgot, br An so it made my Pegasus to trot br His morning lap what time he heard the bell; br An so it made the poem stuff to jell- br To mix a met.-an so it boil'd the pot. br br Oh, sweet set form that varies not a bit! br I taste thy joy, not quite unknown to Keats. br 'Scorn? ' Nay, I love thy fine symmetric br grace. br In sonnets one knows always where to quit, br Unlike in other poems where one cheats br And strings it out to fill the yawning br space.br br Franklin P.