Sonnets

These are some of my sonnets. Some I think are quite good, some are atrocious, and some are meant to be atrocious. I have other work too but I haven't got around to transcribing it yet. I feel the later sonnets are better than the earlier ones--practice makes perfect as they say. My personal favourites are V, VI, XVI, XVII, XIX, and perhaps XXV. Others I like include XXII, XXVII, XXVIII, and finally III and VIII for sentimental reasons,

XXXII is new and a bit of an experiment. The language is very casual but the meter is fairly strict.

I also have Shakespeare's work on-line which you are welcome to browse through. There is a forms based interface you can use to search the text. The plays themselves are available as plain text or HTML files.

Sonnet III -- Realization Sonnet IV -- Musings Sonnet V Sonnet VI Sonnet VII Sonnet VIII -- To A Friend, From A Friend Sonnet IX Sonnet X Sonnet XI -- Constancy Over Time Sonnet XII Sonnet XIII Sonnet XVI -- From Catullus - For Terena Sonnet XVII -- The Ice Queen Sonnet XVIII -- In Response

Sonnet XIX -- Betrayal Sonnet XX -- A Request Sonnet XXI Sonnet XXII -- The Tapestry of Dreams Sonnet XXIII -- A Folly Sonnet XXIV -- A Valentine Sonnet XXV -- Love Sonnet XXVI -- Response To An Invitation Sonnet XXVII -- Karen Sonnet XXVIII -- A Question of Resolve Sonnet XXIX -- Janelle Sonnet XXX Sonnet XXXII -- The Last One

William

Many years ago now I wrote, as a frivolous activity, series of short stories which appeared one episode per week. I later collected the short stories into the first two chapters of a book entitled William.

Other Stories

In Form VI (yes, that is Sixth Form and not Year 12 or some other modern abomination) I wrote a short story called Truth or Dare. I think it disappointed the editor of The Sydneian who was under the impression I was going to give him some manner of satirical poem.

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