Mike Snider’s Formal Blog at the Sonnetarium
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007I am a big fan of metrical poetry, as anyone who knows me knows. I especially love sonnet form. I once wrote an entire garland of sonnets, of which I have since lost most of the parts, but that should tell you just how much I love sonnets. I discovered Mike Snider about a year ago when I was blogging for the site that became poetry.jesuslist.com, and fell in love with his ability to write sonnets that didn’t sound like they were written back in ol’ Will’s time. I liked them enough to buy his chapbook 44 Sonnets (just click the Buy Now button on his site. It’s cheap - and worth more than triple the money. Trust me on this.) Mike’s formal blog at the sonnetarium is full of his musings about poetry, the art of creating poetry, why we should create poetry and how poetry can inform our daily lives.. along with a healthy helping of “what I’ve been up to”. From his blog, you can pop over and read his sonnets and other poetry just by clicking in the sidebar, or wander around the net reading other poets and poetry sites that Mike finds worthwhile. He may feel like he’s lost a year, but his blog doesn’t reflect that - and he promises to update more frequently. A definite many thumbs up for Mike and his blog, especially if you want to see how one of the most formal of forms can take on new life when you use everyday language and events to power them.
