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.
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).