XXIV- To a Terrible Sonnet of Hopkins'

I’m not surprised you like white rosaries
if you’re the Virgin they say you are
we said them once by ...

XXIII- Sonnet on the Rosary - for Su Cullen

this baptismal rosary’s intended
to be wound about the fingers at death
yet I found small kids had tormented
the ...

XXII- Sonnet on Augury

the augur is the lightning’s fowler
as he lays out traps for the storm
like an egg-robbing boy this prowler ...

XXI- Sonnet to the Mezzogiorno

these southern towns are founded on night
that’s pitiless and starless as day
nocturnal councils gather out of sight
to ...

XX- Sonnet for a Changeling

who cares whether spirits are good or bad
they inhabit us when we are young
and demand we witness to ...

XIX- Sonnet on the Secret Names of Angels

angels will never tell us their names
which they say are too marvellous for us
the truth is - names are ...

XVIII- Sonnet for a Templar

that ancestor was no exemplar -
raised at Cornwall’s vision of the mount
he took the Cross and became a Templar ...

XVII- Sonnet towards Death

I’ve started to live in another time -
when I’m out of the house the lights switch on
in rooms I’ve ...

XVI- Sonnet for the Angel of History

the angel of history hovers
caduceus lion-head and winged
above the twin cups of the lovers
thunderstruck from knowing everything ...

XV- Sonnet on the Mithraeum at Bloomberg

guys - how do we get out of the rock
how do we escape the cave of the world
by the ...