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Suppertime Sonnets
FORMAL POETRY, INFORMAL SUBJECTS
She's not Shakespeare, but hey, no one ever dared HIM to write a sonnet about a cricket that vomits to discourage predators. We all have our niches, no?
On December 31, 2008, Kate Sherrod, the Iambic Pentamistress*, undertook a strange to write and publish at least one pseudo-Shakespearean sonnet every day for at least a year. When 2009 came to an end, she just kept on going and still occasionally posts new works at her blog, Suppertime Sonnets (at) Blogspot (dot) com.
What appears within this ebook is a selection of Kate's weirdest, geekiest, prettiest and best-loved sonnets as chosen by Kate and her readers. The collection includes sonnets about insects and other creepy crawlies, the International Space Station and other NASA achievements, special topics in biology and chemistry, the seasons in Kate's home state of Wyoming, and even a few usable recipes Kate has rendered in sonnet form. A bonus section includes all of Kate's strangest "sonnet dares," undertaken when she allowed her Twitter followers to choose the topic for that day's poem.
SUPPERTIME SONNETS is an on-going experiment in daily formal poetry composition, a voyage through extreme geekery, and might even be a little educational. But don't hold that against your humble sonneteer!
What can YOU fit in fourteen lines?
*According to composer and musicologist Milton Mermikides, anyway.
She's not Shakespeare, but hey, no one ever dared HIM to write a sonnet about a cricket that vomits to discourage predators. We all have our niches, no?
On December 31, 2008, Kate Sherrod, the Iambic Pentamistress*, undertook a strange to write and publish at least one pseudo-Shakespearean sonnet every day for at least a year. When 2009 came to an end, she just kept on going and still occasionally posts new works at her blog, Suppertime Sonnets (at) Blogspot (dot) com.
What appears within this ebook is a selection of Kate's weirdest, geekiest, prettiest and best-loved sonnets as chosen by Kate and her readers. The collection includes sonnets about insects and other creepy crawlies, the International Space Station and other NASA achievements, special topics in biology and chemistry, the seasons in Kate's home state of Wyoming, and even a few usable recipes Kate has rendered in sonnet form. A bonus section includes all of Kate's strangest "sonnet dares," undertaken when she allowed her Twitter followers to choose the topic for that day's poem.
SUPPERTIME SONNETS is an on-going experiment in daily formal poetry composition, a voyage through extreme geekery, and might even be a little educational. But don't hold that against your humble sonneteer!
What can YOU fit in fourteen lines?
*According to composer and musicologist Milton Mermikides, anyway.
- GenresPoetry
110 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 27, 2011
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About the author
Kate Sherrod
5 books88 followersKate Sherrod is a poet, fictioneer, audio book narrator, and high school speech & debate coach living in the tiny (under 2000) town of Saratoga, WY. Her poetry and prose have appeared in numerous anthologies. She is the author of Suppertime Sonnets, a curated collection of poetry from her 2009-2010 challenge to write a Shakespearean sonnet every day by suppertime, and of Pulp Sonnets, an extensive collection of flash-length genre fiction in sonnet form.
Kate has several other projects under development, but she's keeping those under wraps for now. The year of 2016 taught her a thing or two about jinxes, oh yes it did.
When she's not writing, recording, or coaching, Kate sits on several boards for local community projects, is the president of a very active volunteer organization, and spends a lot of time soaking in the local mineral hot springs in Saratoga.
Kate has several other projects under development, but she's keeping those under wraps for now. The year of 2016 taught her a thing or two about jinxes, oh yes it did.
When she's not writing, recording, or coaching, Kate sits on several boards for local community projects, is the president of a very active volunteer organization, and spends a lot of time soaking in the local mineral hot springs in Saratoga.
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August 1, 2011
An interesting and creative way to present recipes, in the form of a sonnet. I especially want to try the hummus recipe.
Of course, they are not all recipes. There are other subjects, but I haven't finished reading it.
Of course, they are not all recipes. There are other subjects, but I haven't finished reading it.
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