I love metaphysical poetry, I love ‘love’ poetry (when it’s good!) and I love the associations and connotations of writing a sonnet – crafting something, taking your time, and using skill to build something (hopefully) effective and beautiful. I also love the tradition this connects you with – Donne, Shakespeare, and the rest. If my Gillian (my wife) is truly the most beautiful, most wonderful lady in the history of, well, history itself, then she deserves many, many sonnets to be written about her. And so I will keep writing. And I mean every word – my only problem is that I don’t have the skill to capture and refract her many-faceted brilliance – but I will keep trying. Two more sonnets – see below!