The Dubai Sonnet
- The Dubai Sonnet
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Author’s Note: This is “The Dubai Sonnet,” also called the “Holiday Sonnet of Dubai.” Instead of writing a poem about how wonderful my holiday in Dubai was, I picked up shells from the Dubai beach and used them for a picture sonnet. It is not a photograph, but a digital collage. As you can see, the “rhyme” is created by reusing the exact same shells. More than 30 picture sonnets appear in my new book, Hou Van Mij (Love Me) a 270-page collection of poetry and pictures, published in honor of my 25 years of writing for young people. [End Page 72]
Ted van Lieshout
Ted van Lieshout is a Dutch poet, writer, and artist who was recently awarded the Theo Thijssen Prize, given every three years to a Dutch author for a body of work, in addition to many other awards.
