Explaining My Sonnet About a Deceiving View (Part 2) – Mad Chaos: April 21, 1999
The long deferred sonnet annotation finally arrives. A landscape stands in for a person, and every step closer shows another flaw.
Five Hours on a Sonnet About a View (Part 3) – Mad Chaos: April 8, 1999
The varlets, the gallows and the crumbling walls get explained, then a new sonnet about a beautiful and deceiving view takes shape.
Explaining a Sonnet and Writing Another (Part 2) – Mad Chaos: April 7, 1999
The author explains his latest sonnet quatrain by quatrain, then rushes a new one onto the page before sleep.
A Quiet Visit From Simon Mid-Sonnet (Part 1) – Mad Chaos: April 7, 1999
A slow Wednesday of puns, bills and a half-finished sonnet, interrupted by a whispered hello at the door.
Explaining a Sonnet About Sheep and Lions (Part 3) – Mad Chaos: April 5, 1999
Puns on wine and whining, lions among sheep and a Lord who laughs at his attacker, followed by the next sonnet.
Explaining My Own Fallen King (Part 3) – Mad Chaos: March 19, 1999
The long promised explanation of the siege sonnet, from the pun in its first line to the mercy offered in the last couplet.