The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Men Lying Apart

         Men Lying Apart   And where do you three lie now, Barraqué, Foucault, and Nietzsche?  You have been removed. One lies in Vendeuvre, one far away In Trélévern, as if life disapproved And did a deal with hell.  Trapped Nietzsche lies In such a tiny village that...

Julian the Apostate Proclaimed Emperor Near Notre Dame Cathedral

      Julian the Apostate Proclaimed Emperor Near    Notre Dame Cathedral Mais où sont les neiges d’antan! ~ François Villon In 1952 Jean wrote his first Great opus.  Barraqué of Notre Dame Became the lover with a champagne thirst For Foucault.  After that, Jean...

How to Take Care of Yourself: a Stylites Approach

How to Take Care of Yourself:  a Stylites Approach One of the Stoics said, “It is in constantly paying attention to oneself that one assures one’s salvation.” From Socrates onwards, maybe before, Right down to Kant, and Sartre, Marx and Freud, Philosophers and...