SONNETS FOR THE GODLY & THE DAMNED: a handbook for the cocky sonneteer

By Bill Homewood

One of a depreciating number of poets using strict rhyming and rhythmical schemes today, poet Bill Homewood presents a small collection of his work, together with tips and encouragement for others wishing to wrestle with the sonnet form. In SONNETS FOR THE GODLY & THE DAMNED - A HANDBOOK FOR THE COCKY SONNETEER he explains how he came to write each poem and pays homage to William Shakespeare. "In a sonnet, you can follow your heart for twelve lines, and use your head in the last two. 14 lines," he writes, "Is a nice length - it just gives you time to broach an idea, explore it a little and come to a cocky conclusion." Novelist and poet Adam Thorpe (ULVERTON, ON SILBURY HILL etc) writes: "Drawing on his long experience as Shakespearean actor as well as skilled poet, Bill Homewood has produced a delightful and slightly irreverent homage to the sonnet form. His own examples with their lively metaphors and alluring music spice the practical guide and the whole should inspire anyone 'to have a go' themselves, as he puts it. A lovely book." Roger Pringle, poet and former Director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival, writes: "These lively poems, with accompanying commentary, demonstrate the exciting possibilities the sonnet still offers to writers, as well as the pleasure it gives to readers. The guide is particularly welcome at a time when Free Verse, for all its value, seems an over-dominating influence. An invigorating read."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1791656781
• ISBN13: 9781791656782
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 53 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.1" x 7.5"