The sonnet sequence, "My Human Disguise," of 600 ekphrastic poems, was begun February 2011 and completed January 15, 2022. It can be found beginning with the January 20, 2022 post and working backwards. Going forward are 20 poems called "Terzata," beginning on January 27, 2022. Thirty more Terzata can be found among the links on the right. A new series of dramatic monologues follows on the blog roll, followed by a series of formal poems, each based on a single word.
I own a clock that can’t tell time —
Acts like an unruly street mime.
Not only does it refuse to chime
At any quarter of or on the hour,
It always runs faster or slower
Than time itself, and often backwards.
Its hands clap out nonsense words —
There are no numbers on its face.
I turn a ring to change its pace,
As though duration is relative.
Its works know no imperative,
Not like an hourglass, but a sieve.