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Frost, Tennyson, Shakespeare |
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Dickens, Freud, E.B. Tylor |
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Shakespeare, for his sonnet form |
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A semi-retired professor of anthropology & sociology, I enjoy a little teaching, as well as writing and playing classical guitar. My latest book, just out, is PLUTONIC SONNETS(PublishAmerica, 2008). Its 165 poems center on the discovery and naming of planets and elements; the dedication page thanks the poets of neopoet.com for comments on drafts of the sonnets. |
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*LOL* took me a second but I got it! I love it!
Rett
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A clever friend and colleague, the logician Stephen Pollard, innocently asked me this one day last year, and wittily but unwittingly triggered the sonnet cycle I am still working on, now about 130 sonnets long. I googled his question, and found that it seems to have been independently invented a handful of times after Pluto’s demotion from full planetary status. Glad you like it!
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Nice to see you around here, milord :). x