Sonnets as a poetic form are perhaps best-known through the lens of William Shakespeare, whose sonnet cycle contains some of the most beautiful love poetry written in English.  But sonnets have been used by many different poets in countless different ways, since the form we know was first "invented" by the Italian poet Petrarch in the pre-Renaissance era.  In some ways it is a very simple and predictable form - 14 lines of poetry, with a simple rhythmic footprint, and usually a highly-structured rhyme scheme.  And yet, into this deceptively simple container, poets across the centuries have poured a rich gamut of emotions and subjects, empowering the poetic form to sing in myriad beautiful, powerful and engaging ways.  Simon will read a variety of sonnets from different writers in different eras, and explore the ways in which they have each brought their unique poetic craft to the simple sonnet.#

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