[David Anthony]

I did enjoy this one.
Classic Petrarchan sonnet--the most challenging sonnet form--and makes it look easy.
There is a volta, I think, coming early.
I love the close.

[FOsen]

If that's the turn, it's not enough to register as such. I give this full marks for its expressiveness and ease with inventive invective, though.

Frank

[John Beaton]

This one is well-crafted and has “voice”.

I particularly like L7, L11, and L13.

My quibbles are that: L1-5 and L6-14 are too unconnected — sense-wise, L6-14 could stand alone; and the last sentence seems tacked-on.

John

[Adam Elgar]

The sestet is utterly brilliant - indeed inspired. The games with clichés in the octave are a risk, that just about comes off – probably it does because by the end we know the writer is fully in command of the tone and material. I don’t mean to sound grudging – I think this is really hot stuff.