A New Year’s Eve Poem: ‘The Pendulum’ by Lee Ubis Cardew
The pendulum o' th' old grandfather clock goes back and forth, and forth and back, and back and forth, ...
Month: December 2013
‘Ode to Matters of Fact’ and Other Poetry by Joseph Psarto
Ode to Matters of Fact The best advice I've ever read -- if you don't breathe you'll soon be ...
‘Smile’ by Kylee Draper
It spreads like wildfire when you give a smile. At first you won’t really notice at all, But if you ...
Essay: ‘Twas the Night after Rhyme…
By Clinton Van Inman Editors who reject classical styles of poetry in submissions usually respond with, “I hate meter, rhythm ...
Preparing for Winter and Spring by Damian Robin
An English Autumn’s Coming Indoors, a crisp leaf skates on smooth floorboards, gunned by silent puffs from our gapped ...
‘The Actor’s Prayer’ by Francesca Cappelli
You came to life from dreams and thoughts and whispers. You were told and you were – forever true. ...
Poetry on Opera by U. Carew Delibes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBmdmFCtTNU Near the End of Don Giovanni The terror starts with the entrancing entrance of Commendatore's shattering note in ...
‘Cosmorama’ by Kemar Cummings
Beyond the skies is universal eternity. Nebulous ghosts of dust float around In the black hole of space. A night ...
A Psalm of Christmas, A Psalm of Life
Revised October 18, 2021 A Psalm of Christmas What the heart of the young activist said to the psalmist by ...
‘The Reverie of Space’ By Julio Toro San Martin
In darkness, in the mantling of the night, When Earth is calm, and troubling noises cease, I turn with wonder-looking ...
Three Unfunny Limericks by Damian Robin
In the Play Pit As Cameron stands, cap in hand, The jailers of New Middleland Keep a straight face ...
‘Juxtaposition’ by Reid McGrath
Here is a blonde-marked maple tree: Stands by the road so stolidly While mourners make their floral shrines And in ...
‘My Wish Fulfilled by Practicing Medicine’ by Dr Rong Shu
I look upon how much people suffer Wishing Bian Que and Hua Tuo* were now here Predestiny links us ...
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"Forever in our memory now"
Adam, this deeply affectionate elegy certainly shows you are one of the many who now say, "We are Charlie." He…
Dear Mary Jane, Thanks for your kind comment. The syllabic overlap between my poem and tanka is just a coincidence;…
