We're living in a post-Darwin era, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that sonnets must adapt or become extinct. And they've been adapting for as long as they've been around -- seven centuries? Me, I'll wait another 60,000,000 years before pronouncing judgement on which mutations were successful and which were not.
The contest rules didn't specify which species of sonnet were acceptable and which were not -- all permutations welcome -- I think that's the right way to go.
"Mower's Song" -- I like it.
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