The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

Orlando Sanford International Airport

Orlando Sanford International Airport Not just the eyes, but lashes too:  the young One there behind the check-in desk has hearts- Stopping eyes and lashes, black, highly strung Sublimity of beauty to launch hard parts Of anyone who yearns for grace, launched to...

A Found Sonnet: Blue and Black Gemstones

A Found Sonnet: Blue and Black Gemstones   “I cannot accept this death.  It’s been some Years now since we’ve seen each other.  Rimbaud, Though, Arthur’s art and face, still shine out from The back of my dark brain.  Rimbaud is a low, Bright sun which burns inside me,...

Sacerdotal Insects

        Sacerdotal Insects Young Rimbaud kept live lice in special seats Up on his head for a specific need. He didn’t leave’em in his guestroom sheets To cause insult.  He needed them to breed There so that, when in passing through the rues De Paris he encountered...