Of the six sonnets so far I have two sonnetised Graeco-Roman myths, one old joke retold in sonnet form, one pun on the term 'Shakespearean sonnet', one docu-history presentation of the horrors of colonialism and one sonnet - Alicia's - that breaks ground. They're all wonderful sonnets, of course, but the cutting edge is sitting pretty so far.
Peter
PS - late as ever - I now see that I have been overly, not to mention crassly, dismissive of everybody's-sonnet-apart-from-Alicia's, for which I apologise. The two sonnets that are the specific subject of this thread into which I have so rudely crashed, both present thought refreshed by contrast with the dual classic background of sonnet and myth. There's every reason to applaud their content and the sensible choice/use of medium. Lisa manages both renewal of the myth and of the subject of rejection through non-conformity to norms. Deborah's is a little lighter, to my mind, but marries past and present with consumate elegance.
I know that Tim has paid a lot of attention to technical merit, as well as the possible diversity of sonnet material, while performing the cut. They are all good, obviously, each in its own way. My comment, which was really intended to express my own taste for poems that may change the way we think, was no more than that.
Peter
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