Ricochet: Word Sonnets - Sonnets d'Un Mot

by Seymour Mayne

Ricochet is a bilingual collection of word sonnets by one of the chief innovators of the form, Seymour Mayne. It includes three sequences of pithy and evocative poems that encapsulate moments of sharp perception while also drawing attention to instants of humour that suddenly appear in daily life.

Concise and visual in effect, word sonnets are fourteen line poems, with one word per line. Frequently allusive and imagistic, they can also be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2760321290
• ISBN13: 9782760321298
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"