The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Liberty and Gladness

      Liberty and Gladness Chuck was that image of a man who skips And kicks his heels together at a whim Of joy.  He had the soul of men whose lips Were made for prayer and praise, whose mouth held brim Full words of warmth, intelligence and thought. We think of...

A River Bends Beneath: Cliff Dwellers

     A River Bends Beneath:               Cliff Dwellers                 Canyon, Unsplash.com Harsh days stretch out like winds that scour a flat Terrain, a bald plateau that knows relief From endless sameness only by a grief Which opens like so many canyons, bat-...

Heracles, Hero of Hardness and of Pumping Power

Heracles, Hero of Hardness and of Pumping Power                 Theocritus of Syracuse, Idyll XIII As far as Hylas was concerned, not just The heart of Heracles was bronze.  That part The boy controlled because heroic lust Took over certainly was not the heart Of...