Onomato-Poetics

January 7, 2012

Ahem… [The pub-crowd’s yakety-yak quiets to a murmur.] Hi, everyone! Sheila, here and I want to welcome you to today’s Poetics …

Pretzels and Bullfights: Italian Sonnet

January 2, 2012

After a temporary hiatus last week brought about by too many family members loitering around the bookshelf, an excess of …

December 29, 2011

For New Year’s I thought we could talk about couplets. Couplets are probably responsible for your earliest introduction to poetry. After …

December 12, 2011

This week, we’re shifting back to continental Europe with a taste of one of Europe’s young greats. This week’s work …