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Monthly Archives May 30, 2014

‘Give And Take’ by Damian Robin

The Society
May 30, 2014
Culture, Poetry
2 Comments
  Our ends and deaths sit with us all the time defining executioners and crime; and though we try to keep them from our door, many killings lie within the Law— are even processed as a human...

‘Coastal Shingle’ and Other Poetry by Len Krisak

The Society
May 27, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
Coastal Shingle There, totem-stacked in paratactic charm, The words cascade: Hay.Shavings.Piglets.Straw. I had not sought a sign from Salt Marsh Farm, But since this was the only one I saw, I turned...

‘Zhen-Shan-Ren’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
May 24, 2014
Culture, Poetry
Zhen-Shan-Ren: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” the three main principles of Falun Dafa Zhen-Shan-Ren, Zhen-Shan-Ren… Hear the Truth that sounds like “Zhen,” Rhythm that can vanquish...

‘Ashamed I Will No Longer Be’ and Other Poetry by Firestone Feinberg

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May 21, 2014
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
Ashamed I will no longer be... Ashamed I will no longer be To write an older poetry -- I have the right to reach for rhyme And make the most of measured time -- While looked upon I am with scorn...

A Health Insurance Limerick by Troy Camplin

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May 19, 2014
Humor, Limerick, Poetry
1 Comment
The cost of insurance was such Its price I could sadly not touch -- So I gave all of that To a young bureaucrat And now it costs three times as much!   Troy Camplin is an author, poet, and...

‘Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling’ by Li Bai, ‘Yellow Crane Tower’ by Cui Hao

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May 17, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Education, Poetry, Translation
2 Comments
Updated January 10, 2020 Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling by Li Bai (701-762) Here phoenix roamed four hundred years ago, A sign of the enchantment that once thrived; How empty now, where no...

‘The Battleground’ and Other Poetry by Ken Kenigsberg

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May 15, 2014
Humor, Poetry
The Battleground The slashing blades strike fierce and deep The newly stricken fall down in heaps. In vain: the foe storms back enraged, The scythe-like swords remain engaged. The rampaging hordes...

‘Cynthia Moon’ and Other Poetry by Clinton Van Inman

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May 12, 2014
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
1 Comment
  Cynthia Moon Go drag your white skull before blind seas That tumble dazed to your mono-eyed magic Go string the treadmill tides around the poles And make all starry lovers pale and sick Go...

‘Waiting, Sadly’ and Other Poetry by James Sale

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May 9, 2014
Culture
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Waiting, Sadly For Keats I'm waiting, sadly, for a guest to come: What hour defeats me and how I don't know. But come he will, like some ghost to his own, And when he knocks I'll answer him and...

‘Two Strangers Passing on the Street’ by Richard Lackman

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May 6, 2014
Humor, Poetry
1 Comment
The two were different as could be as anyone could surely see One was tall and thick and white, the other black and thin and slight To look at them it would be clear to any stranger standing near That...

‘The Fallen Vestige’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Rodriguez

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May 3, 2014
Beauty, Culture
4 Comments
The Fallen Vestige The fallen vestige of her foliate time: Browned leaves beneath; coarse needles of old pine Once green and pungent; when her nests in spring With peeping chicks, and swaying boughs,...
  1. Joseph S. Salemi on ‘Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 11, 2025

    Susan, if I could see you in person I would give you a huge kiss for this poem (with Mike's…

  2. Mike Bryant on ‘Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 10, 2025

    I know you couldn’t believe it, Susan, when you read it here: https://apnews.com/article/pope-leo-green-mass-climate-justice-4a65f5d0897016d654589439032433b3 And here: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/07/09/pope-leo-celebrates-first-green-mass-as-he-pursues-climate-justice-for-all/

  3. Roy Eugene Peterson on ‘Pope Leo XIV’s Green Mass’: A Poem by Susan Jarvis BryantJuly 10, 2025

    When dressed in purple robe, his light must be a strobe.

  4. Kristiann Saunders on ‘For Liza Am I Westward Bound’: A Lyrical Folk Ballad by Davis SaundersJuly 10, 2025

    Wow. What a story! My heart was engaged in each character's plight to the end. It was riveting, thoughtful, and…

  5. Yael on ‘For Liza Am I Westward Bound’: A Lyrical Folk Ballad by Davis SaundersJuly 10, 2025

    Long poems often fail to hold my attention all the way through, but this one is well paced and thoroughly…

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