The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

An Aesthetic Rule for Life

An Aesthetic Rule for Life A wasp just landed on my hand.  It moved About a while and flew away.  A breeze So tiny I could barely feel it proved The threat was gone.  My feeling of unease Was just as short as those antennae.  It Was perfect as a killing thing. That...

“And All the Sons of God Shouted for Joy”

α — The first letter of the Greek alphabet “And all the sons of God shouted for joy” The memory of you rinses even light. Though clouds today add gray to sky and air, This flash-back makes white flowers cleaner white; I wash them in the essence of dark...