The Sonnet makes a Comeback and Ernest Hilbert is its Advocate

Peter Crimmins examines the evolution of the sonnet in his article for Newsworks, focusing on modern poetry that reimagines this classic poetic form in new and exciting ways.

Red Hen's very own Ernest Hilbert is one of Crimmins' featured poets, stating, “Hilbert experiments with how many ways he can prod, twist, and kick at the sonnet to pull the form into the 21st century,” when describing Hilbert's poetry collection All of You on the Good Earth.

Read the rest of Crimmins' article at Newsworks: http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/arts–culture/item/63273-finding-beauty-inside-rules-the-sonnet-makes-a-small-comeback