Janice Canerdy Poet Rhyme

Recipe For Shakespearean Sonnet Soup--Given In Quatrains

I love to swap things with my friends.
	Today I’ve got a recipe
	to offer you. Please send me yours.
	Let’s make some “soup” with poetry.

	You must have fourteen cups of fresh
	strict meter. Just one brand will do;
	that’s iambic pentameter.
	For spicy sonnet flavor, you

	add just a pinch of all of these:
	A B A B, C D C D,
	E F E F. Stir well before
	you add the special spice—G G.

	For soup with substance, metaphors,
	hyperboles, and similes
	add robust taste to sonnet soup.
	Add more—whichever ones you please.

	Bring to a boil. Then cook on low
	to medium two hours. Before
	you serve it, taste. Does it taste great—
	or not? Does it need something more?


April 28, 2017    entered in Brian Strand's Premier May Contest: 25-line max, any topic or form


May 19, 2022
Poetry Contest: Merger with Food
Sponsor: Natasha L. Scragg

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Paula Goldsmith July 2, 2022 at 12:38 PM Congratulations on your win. A "Creative/Fun" write/recipe. Have a blessed/weekend................

Karen Jones July 2, 2022 at 8:03 AM Congras on a win today!

CayCay Godwin January 21, 2017 at 2:22 AM Well done. I enjoyed this very much ... CayCay Janice Canerdy January 21, 2017 at 8:59 AM Thanks so much CayCay! Janice

Jan Allison January 17, 2017 at 11:48 AM I struggle to write sonnets so will follow your recipe and hope the result is good! Good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx Janice Canerdy January 17, 2017 at 2:05 PM Thanks so much, Jan! Janice

Tea Fortuna January 17, 2017 at 9:10 AM Now that is poetic and very clever...words so soft and put together :) Janice Canerdy January 17, 2017 at 9:24 AM Seana, thank you so much! Janice