This week, actor Michael Gaston started #readasonnet, challenging his friends and colleagues directly to share sonnets with the world. Now actors are performing sonnets (and not just by William Shakespeare) in their homes and putting them online to soothe us all in our isolation. (Gaston is also reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG aloud, in installments, if you’d like to tune in.)

Here are some of my favorite sonnets so far:

New: Rufus posted a new video on Twitter: “Shel Silverstein #readasonnet” pic.twitter.com/d8fbD40EdX — Rufus Sewell Source (@RufusSewellIT) March 20, 2020