The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Piano . . . Softly Gone Away

 Piano . . . Softly Gone Away Pianos disappeared.  They evanesced So silently we did not even know That they were fading.  Women acquiesced In this demise and men let silence grow, Or, rather, stereos and CDs filled The space of ivory keys with black ones in Between. ...

Prayers of Hypocrites

Prayers of Hypocrites Do prayers of hypocrites pierce through the clouds And enter God’s soft earlobe?  Does God bend His ear unto their beggings?  There’d be crowds Of them aflapping at their journey’s end If heaven’s gates are slammed against...

My Heart is Like a Satin Valentine

My Heart is Like a Satin Valentine My heart is like a satin valentine Except instead of dark and darker things With pastel sickly centers, glossy shine Still inwardly desires love’s angel wings. The irony is far too much for me And you know even better how...