The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Talleyrand & Gouverneur Morris

Talleyrand & Gouverneur Morris 0      “Your character is such that you undo Unhappiness much faster than can fate Create its sadnesses,” said Monstesquiou To Adelaïde, who had the lovely trait Of being charming Countess de Flahaut— Which meant that she...

Highs and Lows

       Highs and Lows 0 What if the Buddha got it wrong and deaths Don’t take us to Nirvana but instead Produce a consciousness too much like meths, Or LSD?  Or if that final bed, The one for each immortal soul, is full Of nightmares (weedy paranoia), Because...

My Skeleton is not a Cage

My Skeleton is not a Cage 0 My skeleton is not a cage, or, if It is, a curious one.  Important parts Are held outside the bars, though some are stiff As cartilage or bones.  This fact imparts A certain freedom to my meaning, to What I define by my existence.  I Am not...