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Monthly Archives January 29, 2014

‘Contemporary Chinese Holocaust’ by Jim Dunlap

The Society
January 29, 2014
Culture, Poetry
3 Comments
Imprisonment, torture, pathetic wrong - begat from  a people of age-old culture, wit, classic beauty, artistry and song: practices akin to hyena,  vulture, or other sadistic depravity - such is the...

‘Greeks, Bearing Gifts’ and Other Poetry by Phill Doran

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January 26, 2014
Culture, Humor, Poetry
1 Comment
  Greeks, Bearing Gifts The coils of wood cascade as worn blades glide from cedar lengths, rough-hewn deformed and coarse, while nearby, ships await a final tide and summer’s winds chase sand...

A Sonnet by Evan Guilford-Blake

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January 23, 2014
Beauty, Poetry
1 Comment
What wonder! - In the arcs described by wings Aloft and floating on the fair spring air. In graceful glides, parabolas of dare Defying, in ascent, all earthy things. Blue light this, that arises o'er their...

‘The Rainbow’ and Other Poetry by Robert Woods

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January 20, 2014
Beauty, Poetry
  The Rainbow A wave of color binds our sentiments before it fades. For each emotion, is a subtlety in hue expressed, And through life's noble journey, may we add these tints and shades To vivid...

“Ballet Lesson” and Other Poetry by Betsy M. Hughes

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January 17, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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  Ballet Lesson The flow has ebbed and left a tidal pool. A little tern wades in with webbed feet So delicate they wobble in the cool But keep the balance of this athlete. She moves her slender...

Humorous Poetry by Wayne Lee

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January 14, 2014
Culture, Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
  Calpurnia’s Paranoia Beware the Ides of March, she said— if you ignore the signs, you’re dead. But Caesar did not share her dread and shuffled off to work instead. Once on the Senate...

‘Stars from a Different Sky’ by Robert Walton

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January 11, 2014
Beauty, Poetry
Sparks from nearby campfires Might be stars of paradise Glimpsed through twilight’s window Too briefly for surmise Of their height above the pines, Their hues - red, green, or gold -– Or mountains...

‘Building for Eternity’ by Richard D. Lackman

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January 8, 2014
Humor, Poetry
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He looked all around him and saw monuments so vast Built with good intentions to endure and hold steadfast Awesome structures pointing up to heaven as to say Here is my creation and forever it will...

‘Bounty’ and Other Poetry by Bronwen Hudson

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January 6, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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  Bounty When apples hang untouched on branches’ bottom, Or beans lie grounded, neither grown nor dead, Or bulbs down-nestle into earth of autumn, Then let them lie! Don’t hurry them...

Haiku by Evan Mantyk

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January 3, 2014
Beauty, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
  The Persecution of Falun Gong I. Meditating group One clear crisp day at Shanghai In earth’s sunny loop II. What is Zhen-Shan-Ren? Truth-Compassion-Forbearance Refiner of men III. Police arrive...
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  2. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘What the Caterpillar Calls the End’: A Poem by Scharlie MeeuwsMay 23, 2025

    Sharlie, this is one of the most enchanting multi-layered poems I have read that flowed so fluidly. I was left…

  3. Frank Rable on ‘Sound and Fury’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 23, 2025

    I was thinking William Faulkner, but now I remember that he borrowed "Sound and Fury" from Shakespeare. It was an…

  4. James A. Tweedie on ‘The Dyer’s Second Tale—A Medieval Heist’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanMay 23, 2025

    Delightful. Delight-full. Full of delight. Etc. ad nauseum. Paul, what a treat. And how much fun it must have been…

  5. Alan Steinle on ‘What the Caterpillar Calls the End’: A Poem by Scharlie MeeuwsMay 23, 2025

    What death declared, life then revised: The soul remade, the self-surprised. I like these lines from your poem. They remind…

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