The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Is Suffering Not Suffering?

Is Suffering Not Suffering? Is suffering not suffering if bathetic? If one of them, though adult, asks his mum To rescue him, is that so pathetic That it’s not agony?  He goes to slum Around a foreign city with his mate (In every sense) but gets so drunk and...

Sex, Drugs, and Red Roses

Sex, Drugs, and Red Roses It seems at least a possibility That spoiled brats might just have feelings, too. They’d have the usual ones, hostility And sulking, and that adolescent brew Of self-regard, fragility and rage. But maybe Rimbaud had some emotion Like...

Johnny Lantz II

 …..Johnny Lantz II …………………………………….tenor.com He lies there, stupidly, while trying not To fall asleep, with glossy earphones at His neck as if he’s hoping that some hot,...