The Encyclopedia Sonnetica

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...

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I re-arranged my china.  England failed While I was doing that.  The team was young As we’d been told ad nauseam.  They paled To losers, though.  I placed old cups among The others on a shelf as England’s team Lost.  No, I wasn’t watching England’s game Against...