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Pop Sonnet 2017

Bernardo Aparicio García

Our friends over at the Korrektiv blog have come up with a pretty hilarious idea for a poetry contest and they want you to take part. If you want to participate, your goal is to turn a pop song into a Shakespearean sonnet (including archaic Elizabethan language). Winners are promised “something Shakespearey, I suppose.” For further instructions, see this announcement at Korrektiv. Deadline is April 1, so start writing!

And here’s the poem that inspired it all:

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Bernardo Aparicio García

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Bernardo Aparicio García is founder and president of Dappled Things.

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  1. AvatarRobin Tatom Johnston says

    March 9, 2017 at 8:22 pm

    This is a great idea! Love it!

  2. AvatarFr. Richard Libby says

    March 27, 2017 at 7:37 pm

    Thank you for telling us about this! I intend to enter.

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