MacSonnetries

Overview

A collection of 154 sonnets reflecting on love, death, marriage and economic theory, each taking its inspiration from Shakespeare's 154.  These poems have wit and a kick coming from a middle-aged woman in the middle of Scotland in the twenty-first century.

Author Biography

Brought up in post industrial Lanarkshire, Petra Reid did Law at Edinburgh University and worked as a solicitor in general practice and as a welfare rights adviser.  She studied fine art while raising a family and developed an interest in poetry through Dada. She does site specific performances at one-off events.