And Now, A Sonnet

Share this post
Taking A Break
jamesmaynard.substack.com
Materialisms

Taking A Break

See you in June

James Maynard
May 23
2
2
Share this post
Taking A Break
jamesmaynard.substack.com

Resting at a milestone

Last week I published my fiftieth sonnet in this series, and up to the moment it was published I doubted whether I wanted to publish it or not. I worried about how esoteric it was becoming, being the third poem in a crown of sonnets that starts with sonnet number forty-eight. I’m really interested to see where this crown is going ( and I hope you are too ), but I’m also worried that to push it out to meet a deadline will stunt the project.

Compound this with our first family outbreak of COVID last week, where Jessica and I kept on working and parenting, each taking a break to fall ill, and a nice three week hiatus from publishing sounds just great.

My plan is to continue writing into this crown, hopefully enough to have an outline for the next eleven points, and publish a couple guest poems in the next three weeks. Sonnet fifty-one should arrive in your inbox on June 12th.

Meanwhile, submissions!

In the meantime, I’m very excited to see submissions coming in from all walks of life, and hope that you readers will share this post and other poems and let others know about the opportunities for contributing.

And Now, A Sonnet
Contribute to And Now, A Sonnet
I’m very excited to be looking out for guest poets to contribute sonnets to And Now, A Sonnet. What’s “And Now, A Sonnet”? And Now, A Sonnet is a sonnet series I began on Substack as a way to respond to world events around me. The first year was a test run to see if I’d be able to write quality poems on a weekly basis…
Read more
3 months ago · 2 likes · James Maynard
2
Share this post
Taking A Break
jamesmaynard.substack.com
2 Comments

Create your profile

0 subscriptions will be displayed on your profile (edit)

Skip for now

Only paid subscribers can comment on this post

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in

Check your email

For your security, we need to re-authenticate you.

Click the link we sent to , or click here to sign in.

Alison Acheson
Writes Unschool for Writers May 23

Enjoy your well-deserved--and no doubt needed!--break.

Expand full comment
ReplyCollapse
1 reply by James Maynard
1 more comments…
TopNewCommunity

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2022 James Maynard
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Publish on Substack Get the app
Substack is the home for great writing