Chasin’ the Bard: Running Meters with Shakespeare – 51 sonnets and more

Legend has it there is a mountain in Wales where upon spending one night, any man will descend either a poet or a madman. After years of, “Bad luck,” my father climbed that mountain, slept overnight and returned. Did he return a poet or a mad man? You decide. This book and the unfinished sequel are the results. Look for Still Chasin’ the Bard very soon! Phil Wyman was a John the Baptist type figure, more at home in a place like Burning Man than in the traditional established American church. A controversial religious figure, among his greatest claims to fame was his excommunication from The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, a scandal that was covered in the Wall St. Journal. But, sonnets. Yeah, like Shakespeare wrote. In a world that is increasingly defiant to any order, my father loved these little poems. Included are dozens of sonnets beautifully written on love, loss, betrayal, heartbreak, God’s presence and more. Not only are there sonnets, but in depth descriptions of how each sonnet was written with an analysis of things like rhyme scheme or rhythm. This book is truly excellent for anyone trying to learn to write. a sonnet honestly. There is even a nice long instructional on how sonnets are written in general in the beginning of the book.