Bravo to Nicholas Korn, especially Sonnet 680. It's good to read someone who has clearly learned from Shakespeare but who refuses to be a mere antiquarian. I've wrestled with the sonnet as well. I find that I need to make the stanza Petrarchan, then overall form Shakesperean, then double it in size. It's great to see another poet who sees the opportunity available to our time. I keep telling myself I'm going to magazine-publish again keep not doing it. Right here is really where the action is.
Bravo to Nicholas Korn, especially Sonnet 680. It's good to read someone who has clearly learned from Shakespeare but who refuses to be a mere antiquarian. I've wrestled with the sonnet as well. I find that I need to make the stanza Petrarchan, then overall form Shakesperean, then double it in size.
It's great to see another poet who sees the opportunity available to our time. I keep telling myself I'm going to magazine-publish again keep not doing it. Right here is really where the action is.
Great