Katie Wilson — The Monarch Review
A Celebration of the Sonnet – Katie Wilson
Sunday, April 22, 2012 13:41 — 1 Comment
It may be that a poetic form as venerable as the sonnet does not especially need new celebration. Poets still write sonnets, after all – even if to some the form may seem antiquated, oppressive, or just plain uninteresting. And the sonnets of centuries past are still read, studied, and appreciated, from Petrarch to Shakespeare, and on through the Romantics and the Moderns. There are popular and beloved sonnets that nearly everyone has read and still remembers, at least in name: Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” that begins “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?â€, Shelley’s “Ozymandias”, Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I […]
Can Literary Tradition Survive Capitalism? – Katie Wilson
Monday, February 14, 2011 0:44 — 3 Comments
The founding of a new literary magazine is, I believe, a thoroughly worthwhile endeavor.
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The answer isn't poetry, but rather language
- Richard Kenney
