The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

The Highest of the High

The Highest of the High I tried to sing of politics and stuff Like that, the serious matters I’m supposed To write about. But that was not enough, No, not enough at all. I reached out, closed My laptop, and employed a fountain pen To make me set down those much...

I Used to Think Unfailingly of Charles When I Passed that Tree

I Used to Think Unfailingly of Charles When I Passed that Tree   I pass the giant redwood limbs each day Still.  Something’s  altered.  It is not the tree. It’s more I don’t react to it.  No sway Disturbs its dignity.  A change in me Has made me stop remembering. ...

Heavenly Bodies: We Made Night & Slept Separated After All

Heavenly Bodies: We Made Night & Slept Separated After All   The night we made was everything but dark. I put my surging galaxies inside You.  Both of us thought twilight was too stark So we created moons  — moons growing wide. A full moon that we made was not...