SONNETS FROM A FLOATING LIFE IBD

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Readers often expect sonnets be written in the style of William Shakespeare. Don Moore, a devotee of the English poet, chose to write his own poems in that classic manner. With free-wheeling thoughts adhering to the iambic pentameter patterns of the 14 line sonnet, Moore explores many subjects beyond ShakespeareâÇÖs English Renaissance realm. His interest in Asian legends, American music and life, astronomy, and mythology is penned in admiration of ShakespeareâÇÖs craft.áMooreâÇÖs love poems echo the Bard of AvonâÇÖs romantic sonnets.áHowever, his compositions in rich verse are created for the contemporary reader. Applying tempered imagery to his poetic vision, Don describes himself in lines of his sonnet titled WILD.'I, the poet, sit here singing my songs,My songs over and over, back and forthLike an excited caged beast who belongsIn the wild blackness of the DipperâÇÖs North.I say that Poetry is a feelingAnd I possess enough of lyric bentTo taste a bestial newness when I sing...'