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Suppertime Sonnets
by
Kate Sherrod (Goodreads Author)
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 project: to write and publish at least one pseudo-Shakespearean sonnet every day for at least a year. When 2...more
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 project: to write and publish at least one pseudo-Shakespearean sonnet every day for at least a year. When 2...more
ebook, 99 pages
Published
June 28th 2011
by KateOfMind Media
(first published June 27th 2011)
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Oct 01, 2011
Tokidoki Zenzen
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
geeks, aspiring poets, fans of the sonnet
Sherrod is not Shakespeare, as she admits up front--but I'm not much of a Shakespeare fan anyway, to be honest, so I feel that comparing someone to the so-called Bard isn't much of a compliment in the first place. What Sherrod and Shakespeare have in common is a technical skill. I've read enough amateur poetry, taken enough poetry composition classes, and tried my hand at enough sonneteering to realize that fourteen lines of iambic pentameter--especially fourteen lines every single day--is no si...more
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.
Dec 18, 2011
John Markos O'Neill
marked it as maybe-read
Jun 29, 2011
Benjamin
marked it as to-read
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