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    Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes
    Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes
    Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes
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    Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes

    By Robert McDowell

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    Sonnets are among the most admired and daunting poems in the English language. In his Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes, noted poet and teacher Robert McDowell flawlessly explains and demonstrates the characteristics of the English, Italian and Spenserian sonnets and provides excellent examples of each one. His insightful, playful exercises, or writing prompts, encourage reader/writer participation in the most positive ways. In very little time, the diligent reader will be creating her own sonnets, and learning something valuable about the organizing power of form in writing. There is nothing so liberating as a perfectly made object. This makes a super gift, and it works well in the classroom, too. Writers of all ages and stages can benefit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert McDowell
    Release dateAug 19, 2013
    ISBN9781301196180
    Sonnets: How To Write Them in Minutes
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    Robert McDowell

    Robert McDowell is a poet, novelist, ghostwriter, teacher, speaker, editor, author and co-author, editor and translator of 22 books, including the bestselling Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations and Intentions (Free Press/Simon & Schuster), Emily & Virginia, a novel from Homestead Lighthouse Press, The More We Get Together: The Sexual and Spiritual Language of Love (Poiesis Press). His books of poetry include Sweet Wolf: Selected & New Poems (Homestead Lighthouse Press, 2023), Quiet Money, The Diviners (a book-length poem), On Foot, In Flames and The World Next to This One. He was the co-founding publisher of Story Line Press, where he served as editor for twenty-two years. With Mark Jarman, he also edited The Reaper, a literary quarterly. He created the Rural Readers Project and co-created The Poets Prize.

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