I’M A TIME TRAVELER, & WILL WAS MY BEST BUDDY WHEN WE WERE CLASSMATES AT STRATFORD HIGH.
I’m amazed that the entrancing rhythm used millions of times in the plays of the world’s greatest verse writer William Shakespeare is unpopular right now. But in this book my friend Will’s rhythm does amazing things. Suites of related lyrics within my 400 poems may attract you. There are poems made from photographs of Tasmanian landscapes by Louise Fairfax, renowned paintings translated into pentameters, and a lyric suite about etched gargoyles by Aubrey Schwartz. There are 5-beat “rhymes royal” in the style of Chaucer and 13 artisanal odes in the style of John Keats—including one on a shmurah matzah! And there are reactions to my 18th-century composer amazon book voucher code friend Telemann’s music and then a grand climax of 70 dialogue responses in pentameter sonnets to Spanish folk songs. Exploring momentary and lifetime perspectives, present and historical problems and insights, intercultural imaginings, and sending messages to friends about art, psychology, and life I invite you to . . .
TRAVEL WITH WILL & ME!