as in poem
a composition made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern
He wrote gushy sonnets to his girlfriend when he was away at camp.
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By James Folta | July 17, 2025 Is Brad Lander’s original Shakespeare in the Park sonnet any good?
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Eve Dunbar, lithub.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
When women and men speaking Cervantes’ tongue are sent to concentration camps like the South Florida Detention Facility or CECOT, then what use is a sonnet?
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Eve Dunbar, lithub.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
When women and men speaking Cervantes’ tongue are sent to concentration camps like the South Florida Detention Facility or CECOT, then what use is a sonnet?
—Ed Simon
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
To the west, the London Eye pirouettes above the skyline—to the east, Shakespeare’s Globe serves legendary sonnets.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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In the poem Klecko weaves together boxer Frazier’s left hook, butterflies and gods.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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Further reinterpretation of Rumi’s poems meant the publication of dozens of books.—
Rebecca McCarthy,
AJC.com,
28 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lyric is a direct stab at Cazzu, who dated Nodal for two years from 2022 to 2024; the pair even had a child together in 2023.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2026
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Like reggae and hip-hop, reggaeton lyrics often emphasize Black solidarity and speak out against racial oppression and police violence.—
Brendan Frizzell,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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