From the Shallow End to the Deep End: Ninety-Five Shakespearean Sonnets by AJ Streator

This book travels through a sequence of deeply personal and transformative family experiences. It presents layers of cathartic journeys through the complexities of faith, human emotions, and family relationships that ignite them. The author utilizes traditional Shakespearean sonnets, and embraces the challenges posed by their discipline and structure. Each sonnet in this book adheres to Shakespear's classic fourteen-line format in iambic pentameter with the rhyming scheme he championed over 400 years ago. Despite this rigid framework, the sonnets explore themes that are raw, contemporary, and deeply personal but not necessarily unique to traditional Christian family values. This book is autobiographical, fictional, and therapeutic all in the same stanzas, and it truly guides the reader from the shallow end to the deep end, both literally and metaphorically. This book is unique among recent works of contemporary poetry. Whether you are a lover of classical poems or a seeker of emotional resonance within your own faith and family, these sonnets may appeal to your inner equilibrium. Read more