Tag Archives: eternity

What is Love: sestina

Posted on May 26, 2017 by John

Is love a thing that lasts, or a mere trinket, a toy that fascinates until it bores, a passing fancy, or eternal compact between two souls and never any more, a gift from gods above, or social stricture meant as … Continue reading →

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So Much To Do, So Little Time

Posted on December 1, 2014 by John

“So much to do, so little time”, or so the saying goes; as we waste both the hours and doing, pacing to and fro. Refusing any call to act without sufficient thought, we fine-tune the social contract – every strophe, … Continue reading →

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The Starting Point – a cywydd deuair fyrion

Posted on December 10, 2012 by John

What matters most, do you suppose, at living’s end when these doors close: the riches cached, the virgins wooed, the years achieved, the sins eschewed? Or is it all a pointless ruse, that defeats all – no win or lose, … Continue reading →

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No Time But the Present

Posted on August 4, 2009 by John

Time was when I used to write a sonnet a day – for about two years, if you care to look back through the archives here.  I think it’s time to kick start that old tradition. You know the saying … Continue reading →

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On the Wasteland

Posted on March 3, 2003 by John

So the old world is gone, let a new one replace it! The world is already dead; that figment of existence that you knew in the past, the places well-remembered, those fond scenes where the history of an ancient folk … Continue reading →

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