Join us for the final installment of the Considering Craft Series with Ruelaine Stokes and the Sonnet.
We will study a few gorgeous examples of the form, taking them to heart. We will talk back to the sonnet, make friends with rhythm and rhyme. Then, using a series of language games and practical activities, we will begin creating our own sonnets.
Note: If you have a rhyming dictionary, that would be useful.
Join us for the final installment of our Considering Craft Series featuring poet Ruelaine Stokes and the Sonnet.
Meet Ruelaine Stokes,
Ruelaine Stokes currently serves as the Lansing Poet Laureate (2024-2026) and as president of the Lansing Poetry Club.
A teacher and arts organizer, she performs individually and with the spoken-word group Voices of the Revolution.
She is the author of Jar of Plenty (2021). In collaboration with former Lansing Poet Laureate Laura Apol, she co-edited the book, My Secret Lansing, a collection of poetry and prose about hidden treasures in the Greater Lansing Area (2023).