The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Good Works

           Good Works The man two doors along is more a man Than I am. That’s according to clichés. Those normal things I can’t do right, he can. The simplest manual travail dismays Me.  He just does it.  He has more of bulk Than my slight body does.  He has the form,...

He

He The way he makes us feel is like the vaults In high cathedrals.  High and higher still They rise within our hearts with all their faults Though far above us like a sacred grille He sets out forms for irises and souls. The complications of the stonework cry Out. ...