1/ None of the sonnets in frank: sonnets feature regularized meter and rhyme. The book, my nature, is an experiment with form, with what has been called the American Sonnet since Wanda Coleman coined the phrase. Gerald Stern wrote a book of sonnets he called American Sonnets, 2/ many of which were over 14 lines. Of course, Terrance Hayes wrote American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, profoundly influenced by Coleman, and @Oliver_delaPaz wrote The Diaspora Sonnets, etc. etc. All of the experimenters, including me, have played with vestiges