List: Sonnets and Nonets | Curated by Joe Váradi 🇭🇺

Aug 11, 2024

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Sonnets and Nonets
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No Crime in Rhymin’
A Sonnet, In Which Pete Buttigieg Gets a Well-Deserved Shout-OutPete, with husband Chasten, and kids Penelope and Gus (2023)
Aug 11
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Aug 11
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No Crime in Rhymin’
A Sonnet, In Praise of Celine Dion Atop the Eiffel TowerSi un jour la vie t’arrache à moi Si tu meurs que tu sois loin de moi…
Jul 28
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Jul 28
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The Howling Owl
A Sonnet, In Which Democracy Dies a Little, But Quickly Gets Its Second Windfast times
Jul 24
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Jul 24
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No Crime in Rhymin’
A Sonnet, In Which Jesus Has a Come-To-Trump Momentwhoa
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Jul 19
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No Crime in Rhymin’
Ballad of Nikoleta, the Flight Attendant On Air Serbia 500 Out of Belgradean English sonnet from the Balkans
Jul 23, 2023
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Jul 23, 2023
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a Few Words
lethologicaa sonnet about verbal forgetfulness
Oct 23, 2022
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Oct 23, 2022
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Scrittura
Letter to an Ungrateful Selkiesealed, with a bitter kiss
Oct 9, 2021
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Oct 9, 2021
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No Crime in Rhymin’
Sonnet to Wifebeater ShirtsUbiquitous mainstays of mobster flicks
Iconic undergarment lacking sleeves
Well-suited to dispensing blows and kicks
Sep 4, 2022
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Sep 4, 2022
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No Crime in Rhymin’
The Ballad of Hogan Torah and His Ex the Poeta sonnet of schadenfreude
Sep 3, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021
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No Crime in Rhymin’
The Cologne Warsa New York City epic, in three acts
Apr 11, 2020
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Apr 11, 2020
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A Cornered Gurl
Nonet the Starry Nightin response to Tre’s challenge
Jan 10, 2020
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Jan 10, 2020
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High Expectations Nonetinspired by Maddison Rowe’s roygbiv
Jan 8, 2020
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Jan 8, 2020
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No Crime in Rhymin’
Getting Hot and Steamy on a Sundaya pair of nonets
Jun 16, 2019
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Jun 16, 2019
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Resistance Poetry
He Won Because …the Sunday morning concession tweetstorm, as a Shakespearean sonnet
Nov 16, 2020
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Nov 16, 2020
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No Crime in Rhymin’
the pointy stack o’ bricksa sonnet pile-on to Alex Guenther’s riddle of the links
Mar 17, 2021
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Mar 17, 2021
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No Crime in Rhymin’
Bare Naked in a Sleepy Villagea sonnet for Daniele
Oct 31, 2020
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Oct 31, 2020
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Resistance Poetry
a see through-wall made of shiny steela Petrarchan sonnet for our times
Jan 6, 2019
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Jan 6, 2019
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Sonnetry
The Ballad of Rhonda from Customer Supporta sonnet inspired by 'The Seed'
May 14, 2020
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May 14, 2020
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Sonnetry
The Ballad of White Boy Ricka news-inspired sonnet
Jan 22, 2021
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Jan 22, 2021
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Sonnets and Nonets

A Sonnet, In Which Pete Buttigieg Gets a Well-Deserved Shout-Out

Pete, with husband Chasten, and kids Penelope and Gus (2023)

A Sonnet, In Praise of Celine Dion Atop the Eiffel Tower

Si un jour la vie t’arrache à moi Si tu meurs que tu sois loin de moi…

A Sonnet, In Which Democracy Dies a Little, But Quickly Gets Its Second Wind

fast times

A Sonnet, In Which Jesus Has a Come-To-Trump Moment

whoa

Ballad of Nikoleta, the Flight Attendant On Air Serbia 500 Out of Belgrade

an English sonnet from the Balkans

lethologica

a sonnet about verbal forgetfulness

Letter to an Ungrateful Selkie

sealed, with a bitter kiss

Sonnet to Wifebeater Shirts

Ubiquitous mainstays of mobster flicks Iconic undergarment lacking sleeves Well-suited to dispensing blows and kicks

The Ballad of Hogan Torah and His Ex the Poet

a sonnet of schadenfreude

The Cologne Wars

a New York City epic, in three acts

Nonet the Starry Night

in response to Tre’s challenge

High Expectations Nonet

inspired by Maddison Rowe’s roygbiv

Getting Hot and Steamy on a Sunday

a pair of nonets

He Won Because …

the Sunday morning concession tweetstorm, as a Shakespearean sonnet

the pointy stack o’ bricks

a sonnet pile-on to Alex Guenther’s riddle of the links

Bare Naked in a Sleepy Village

a sonnet for Daniele

a see through-wall made of shiny steel

a Petrarchan sonnet for our times

The Ballad of Rhonda from Customer Support

a sonnet inspired by 'The Seed'

The Ballad of White Boy Rick

a news-inspired sonnet

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