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Is the Sonnet Also an American Art Form? David Bromwich Says Yes

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Idaho landscape Bromwich Sonnets

In “American Sonnets,” Yale professor David Bromwich has assembled poems that suggest the sonnet is an American art form.

Filed Under: Americana Poems, article, book reviews, Books, Classic Poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poems to Listen By: Time Lines 3—Sonnet 111

By Laurie Klein Leave a Comment

Sunset at Pescadero Beach

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Filed Under: Blog, Podcasts, Poems to Listen By, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets, Time Lines, Time Poems

Poems to Listen By: Time Lines 2—Sonnet 116

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

park bench in green foliage

Laurie Klein is back with another Time Lines episode and a riddle of unseen possibility, this time with Shakespeare’s Sonnets 116 and 123.

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Teacher Stories—My First Villanelle (Thank You, How to Write a Form Poem!)

By Rebecca D. Martin 7 Comments

a blue bird in a tree with green leaves to highlight the villanelle and sonnet

So much is changing—has changed—in this world. Rebecca D. Martin finds a deep leaving-truth in her first villanelle and her first experience as a teacher.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, How to Write a Form Poem, Sonnets, Villanelles

Poet-a-Day: Meet Gabriel Spera

By Tania Runyan Leave a Comment

Daisy White Petals Love Sonnet

Can a sonnet be funny? (Should it be, especially if a household “disaster” is in progress?) Gabriel Spera chose amusement…

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Susan Rothbard

By Tania Runyan 5 Comments

apple blossom Washington DC-apple poem Susan Rothbard

When you think you’re grounded in reality, a form like the sonnet might lead you to the imaginary. It did for Susan Rothbard in her apple poem!

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poets and Poems: James Tweedie and “Mostly Sonnets”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“Mostly Sonnets” by James Tweedie shows how the poetic form can also be used for important subjects other than love.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Tom C. Hunley

By Tania Runyan 1 Comment

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How can a mashup lead to a sonnet like Tom C. Hunley’s? See the cool exercise that can make it happen.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Ron Wallace

By Tania Runyan 3 Comments

Gold Wheat Provence France-Mrs. Goldwasser teacher poem

When your ode is also a sonnet. Ron Wallace shows how a golden form poem decided to play with expectations (and intentions).

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Ode Poems, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet Isaac Willis

By Tania Runyan 4 Comments

Berlin facade architecture-Sonnet for an Architect Poem

When you begin a poem, do you ever feel like a particular form is calling? Isaac Willis shares why he chose the sonnet for this architect love poem…

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets

Poets and Poems: Brad Lussier and “How Does He Love Me?”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

The 47 sonnets of “How Does He Love Me?” by Brad Lussier remind us that love is transcendent, eternal and unchanging.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poet-a-Day: Meet David Wright

By Tania Runyan 3 Comments

Louise McKay Los Angeles cellist-Music Poem by David Wright

How can you discover your poetic habits and create new ones that change your poetic music? Poet David Wright’s cello-based sonnet shows the way.

Filed Under: Blog, How to Write a Form Poem, Poet-a-Day, Sonnets

An Epic Told in 500 Sonnets: “The Gift of Life” by Amanda Hall

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

In “The Gift of Life: An Epic in Verse,” poet Amanda Hall employs some 500 sonnets to tell a story of love amid contemporary life and culture.

Filed Under: article, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets

Poet Laura: Poultry Poetry—Feeding Grapes and Reading Sonnets to Chickens

By Laura Boggess 2 Comments

Water Droplets on grapes

This month, our intrepid Poet Laura visits chickens on a chilly day, bearing delicious grapes and heartfelt sonnets.

Filed Under: Blog, Chicken poems, Poet Laura, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Fiction Prompt: Chapter 3, Snowflake Lights, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and Pumpkin-Spiced Whoopee Pies

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Our fall into fiction series continues with snowflake lights, Shakespeare sonnets, and whoopee pies. Join author Callie Feyen for chapter 3.

Filed Under: Blog, Fiction, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets, writer's group resources

Poetry Prompt: Experience a Sonnet

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen in taking a look at the mysterious and lovely world of the sonnet, and experience one for yourself using a variety of easy tools.

Filed Under: article, Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry teaching resources, Sonnets, writer's group resources

World War I: Mary Borden – Nurse, Novelist, Poet

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Poppies Mary Borden World War I

American Mary Borden married a missionary, financed a hospital in World War I France, had an affair, published novels — and wrote poetry.

Filed Under: article, Blog, love poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Sonnets, war poems

Top 10 Best Shakespeare Sonnets

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

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Odds are Shakespeare wrote far more than 154 sonnets. But of the 154 that have survived, here are 10 of the very best Shakespeare sonnets!

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, Shakespeare, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

The Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104 (Annotated)

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

Shakespeare Files: Sonnet 104

The Shakespeare Files is a collection of annotations and exclamations on the poetry of William Shakespeare. Today, it’s Shakespeare’s Sonnet 104.

Filed Under: Blog, Poems, poetry, poetry humor, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Files, shakespeare poems, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

Write Your Own Shakespearean Sonnets: Juliet’s Aubade

By T.S. Poetry 13 Comments

write Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare sonnet

Sonnet about Romeo and Juliet? This is one you simply won’t want to miss. Then maybe try your hand at one of your own.

Filed Under: love poems, love poetry, shakespeare sonnets, Sonnets

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