Jeanette Sobey

Emptiness Leers Jeanette Sobey

Sonnets, Sestinas and Coronas, are forms I love to write in. Structures tend to guide me forward in the creativity process, rather than inhibit. It's a bit like needing to choose a spot to stand in within a large world of words, ideas, thoughts, and feelings. This way, one is not lost within a realm of choices. Of course, I also choose a theme at the beginning of each work, but then I can indulge in the creativity process, harnessed by form. With the Sestina complex ordering of six words, I like to choose the words and theme, and then see where my journey takes me. Of course, it goes without saying, one needs to reread, reedit, rewrite, then reread, reedit, rewrite some more. Check, check, check. This is an essential, time consuming part of the process. However, I still love the traditional formats and believe they necessarily smooth the blunt edges of my work. The Corona comprises seven individual sonnets that are linked, to tell a story. The first line of the first sonnet is the last line of the last sonnet. I also like to write in iambic pentameter beat, which add a musical quality to the poems, when read aloud. I always believe poems need to be read aloud. A voice more powerfully delivers the message, in poetry. Hopefully, dear Reader, you will find a poem that you can relate to. The themes are about love, desire, pain, dark moods, and fragility of life.