{"product_id":"the-sea-as-green-stephen-evans-9781953725721","title":"The Sea as Green: Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Sea as Green \u003c\/em\u003eis\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea collection of American sonets by playwright and author Stephen Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Note on the Form\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am not sure how I stumbled on the sonet form; I may have invented it, or come across it somewhere in my reading long ago. I started calling the form an American sonet to distinguish it from its European cousins (Elizabethan or Petrarchan sonnets). The form has twelve lines: two five line stanzas and one concluding couplet. The meter is mostly iambic, though the line length varies. Some rhyme, some don't. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI keep coming back to the sonet form because of the freedom I find within the structure, and because I suspect that it allows for true poetry, or my concept of it anyway. This is not to say that any of my poems (or anyone else's, for that matter) achieve that goal. But I keep trying. \u003c\/p\u003eStephen Evans\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953725724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953725721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Time Being Media, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2026","brand":"Stephen Evans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517089558783,"sku":"9781953725721","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4ee8b06-a207-4882-bfb1-34d1d447f5cd.jpg?v=1778729829","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sea-as-green-stephen-evans-9781953725721","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}