- Sonnet: in praise of HRM Judith of Drachenwald
- Sonnet: in praise of HRM Eridani of Trimaris
- Sonnet: Knight-Slayer
- English Carol: Fealty With Love
- Terza Rima: In praise of Gwydion Braich Hir, Baron of Bryn Madoc
- Terza Rima: In praise of Mistress Rosemounde of Mercia on the occasion of her Augmentation
- Sonnet: “I turned my eyes up to the morning sky”
- Sonnet: “The sun shines down with far too great a heat”
- Sonnet: “The mighty bear strikes out with tooth and claw”
- Sonnet: “The foot may seem to be of little worth”
- Terza Rima: The Conqueror’s Choice
- English Sestet: On Governance
- Ghazal: “You Belong Here” – in honor of Mistress Jadi Fatima
- Terza Rima: In praise of the Barony of the South Downs
- Ruba’iyat: Concerning the artisan’s journey
- Rhyme Royal: Compostela
- Rondeau: “How fair the moon”
- Rondeau: “The gold shines bright”
- Rondeau: “Remember me”
- Rondeau: “I hold your hand”
- Rondeau: “Fealty with love”
- Terza Rima: Elisenda’s Stand
- Rondeau: “The things we want”
- Triolet: I Lost My Way
- Rondeau: “From Cupid’s bow”
- Rondeau: “Have faith in me”
- Rondeau: “My heart alone”
- Sonnet: Gifts of the Gods
- Sonnet: Penthesilea
- Sonnet: The Loves of Aeneas
- Sonnet: The Sabine Women
- Sonnet: Rome and Carthage
- Triolet: I Saw Her Once
- Triolet: Coming Home
- Shaped Poem: Desire
- Rondeau: “The knight in red”
- Triolet: The Sword
- Rhyming Couplets: The Fifth Pilgrim
- Rhyme Royal: The Ribbon
- Rhyme Royal: True Love
- Triolet: A Rosebud Rises
- Sonnet: The Crown’s Favor
- Decima: In The Garden
- Triolet: The Tree
- Ode: Foreign Shores
- Rhyme Royal: The Faith of Ants
- Sonnet: My Lady’s Heart
- Sonnet: “I smile when my true love’s face is in sight”
- Decima: “I bend my knee before my lord”
- Terza Rima: The Door
- Triolet: The Royal Arms
- Rhyme Royal: Walking At Dusk
- Ballad: The Moon Above
- Rondeau: “A lady’s hand”
- Rhyme Royal: Distant Stars
- Ode to a Shield
- Triolet: “The greatest treasure in the land”
- Triolet: “An unexpected fall of snow”
- Sonnet: “The charcoal rests between my fingertips”
- Rondeau: “The dream lives on”
- Terza Rima: Bearcat’s Stand
- Ballade: “Will you turn and look my way”
- Ballade: On the virtue of Mercy
- Sonnet: The Crow’s Nest
- Sonnet: “They say that it’s the clothes that make the man”
I came into poetry through the side door. The first of these I wrote to celebrate the fact that there were going to be two reigning Queens at Pennsic that year with a love of dance. I attempted to emulate the sonnets praising ladies of high station found in Caroso’s dance manual, and presented my work at the war. Later, I felt it was only right that I write one for my own wife as well, and somewhat unintentionally became Poet Laureate. I wrote more poems then out of a feeling of obligation, though I found it quite enjoyable, of course.
I enjoy working within the confines of structured poetry, though I find some of the forms that were developed for non-English languages to be too difficult for me to make effective use of them. Here you can find more information on the forms I’ve used: