The big three in sonnet sequences from the Elizabethan time zone were Shakespeare, Sidney, and Spenser. Of course, the Bard is the General Motors of the bunch. Spenser’s a Chrysler. But I’ll take Philip Sidney, my Model T. The complete “Astrophel and Stella” can be test-driven here.
A THOUSAND HILLS
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Masaoka Shiki — the fellow who attempted to “reform” hokku into what he
called “haiku” near the beginning of the 20th century — wrote a lot of bad
verses, ...
6 days ago
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Roger, I love your improv. Suburu indeed.
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