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‘Beauty’ by Valerie Dohren

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September 28, 2014
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I saw the face of beauty fixed Upon the rising sun Beyond all mortal compliment Her loveliness there shone Within the constellations set Against the heav’nly realm She glittered ‘cross the...

‘Suicide Nets’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath

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September 25, 2014
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Lamenting our Complicity in the Installation of Suicide Nets I met a “bum” outside an Apple store holding a sign which read: “I’m taking bets.” “On what?” I said. “On something that’d...

‘O, Scotland’ by Clide Abersuwe

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September 22, 2014
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  "Breathes there a man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself has said, This is my own, my native land." —Walter Scott I saw this stolid man stand tall, and obviously proud. He wore a bit of...

‘When I First Heard the Learn’d Astronomer’ by I. E. Sbace Weruld

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September 19, 2014
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A counter to a Walt Whitman poem When I first heard the learn'd astronomer explain his proofs and figures, and arrange the particles of this vast universe, I was excited; I was not estranged. I truly...

Poetry on Chinese Communism by Damian Robin

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September 16, 2014
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Chinese Cameo 1 Here’s a tale of friends and family— Near the founding of the CCP, Zhou Enlai and Sun Bingwen were friends, both Party members seeking sim’lar ends. Both heaved and puffed up...

‘A Father’s Poem: a Ten-nos*’ by Bruce Dale Wise

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September 13, 2014
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  I hope your life will offer you new opportunities, that you will find contentment in the choices that you seize. Remember family's important. You can count on us, especially when the way of life...

‘Bewintered’ by Jane Blanchard

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September 10, 2014
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  When snow arrives As long forecast, It sets a scene That does not last; But for the while Snow sits around, All else remains Transfixed, spellbound.   Jane Blanchard lives and...

‘A Moon Poem’ by Evan Mantyk

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September 7, 2014
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For the Mid-Autumn, or Moon, Festival My Ford Explorer would ascend no higher: Stuck half-way up that driveway's first steep hill. 'Twas a December night so cold and dire, The truck, that old machine,...

‘The Truth James Foley Stood For’ and Other Poetry by Cid Wa’eeb El Sur

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September 3, 2014
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  The Truth James Foley Stood For, a Ten-nos* James Foley, searching for the truth, a photo journalist, was murdered in cold blood by a masked IS jihadist, beheaded on a video in deserts of...




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    Nonetheless, the speaker in "A Harvard Education" does seem to imply that hate speech in general should be permitted by…

  3. Norma Pain on ‘Why Pterodactyls Make Great Pets’ by Mark F. StoneDecember 11, 2023

    I absolutely love this poem. It is so much fun to read. A verbal treat for young and old and…

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    These two beautiful poems about music from the masters and from nature are as enchanting as they are melodious with…

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    Adam, this is a valuable consideration of true womanhood--that naturally addresses true manhood as well in lines 12 and 13.…

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