The words of Don Paterson inspire me to write two sonnets of my own, but my new passion for sonnets proves short-lived. Why? In this podcast, I interrogate the role of trends in poetry, and the influence of a form.

Books referenced:

The Process of Poetry (Fly on the Wall Press, 2023) edited by Rosanna McGlone

The Art of the Sonnet, edited by Stephen Burt and David Mikics (Harvard University Press, 2010)

Writing Poems by Peter Sansom (Bloodaxe Books, 1993)

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