Suborned by Rhyme Volume 1, Contagion - is the author's journal of the first two and a half months of an unexpected literary journey, documenting the chaotic beginnings of an unforeseen rhyming infection. It contains multiple daily sonnets on living, walking, and nature experiences which are leavened by longer pieces of Hero statements, World Cup rants, Philosophical Musings, Employment and People Observations, Viet Nam and Garage Clearing multi-poem memories, finishing with a vilified Soup Recipe.