Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Daphne

In Greek mythology, sun god,

Apollo, did fall in love with

Lovely Daphne, but got no nod

From her, and according to myth,

Zeus and other gods pitied her,

So turned her to a dryad that

Be forever protected sure

Inside a laurel tree habitat.

Apollo, sad by this loss, he,

To the mortal world, did bequeath

A special prize for victory

Made from laurel leaves into a wreath.

Daphne's beauty lives on today

In every laurel tree's leafed array.