


He is the recipient of a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He has published six books of poetry, most recently Holiday in the Islands of Grief (University of Pittsburgh Press). The British Library put together this brief but helpful explanation of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets and the way they relate to one another. Jeffrey McDaniel (born June 23, 1967) is an American poet. Fingerprints 'I don’t just want your heart. Her smile was contagious and even in difficult times, she was cheerful. The poem begins, I gave you sorrow to hang on your wall / Like a calendar in one color.

Learn more about Shakespeare's life and work in this concise yet comprehensive biographical overview. 'Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones.' Jeffrey Mcdaniel. Mary Tillman McDaniel of Clewiston, Florida passed into life eternal on March 12. Explore all of Shakespeare's sonnets (including "Sonnet 71") in our understandable, modern translations. Listen to a dramatic reading of "Sonnet 71" by the actor David Tennant. Jeffrey McDaniel Even when I’m dead, I’ll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil, just to be next to your bones. If you're curious about what it would have been like to read Shakespeare when he was still alive, take a look at this copy of "Sonnet 71," shown exactly as it was when it was published in a 1609. More “Sonnet 71: No longer mourn for me when I am dead” Resources.
