‘Far From Home, First Dream in Months’ by Andrew Szilvasy
August 13, 2012 I dreamt last night of singing with Li Po. (Or is he now sleeping, dreaming of me?) ...
Month: March 2016
Sonnets II & III by Justin T. Monelt
Sonnet II The spark which lights my innermost desire, whose flame burns fierce in Spirit and in vein, your blinding ...
‘Dunblane Cathedral’: A Poem on the 20th Anniversary of a Massacre, by Joseph Charles MacKenzie
. Dunblane Cathedral On the massacre of sixteen children and their teacher at the Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland, ...
‘Roly-Poly’ and Other Poetry by Sheri-Ann O’Shea
Roly-Poly Talking on the telephone, a mother missed her baby Wait a sec, I’ll go and check And call you ...
‘Metaphysical Mortar’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream
. . Metaphysical Mortar Between the cobalt and the blueGlean gestalt and sum of trueAll and each be more than ...
A Reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Raven’ by Evan Mantyk
Inspired by real events in China Not that long ago in China, in a labor camp confined a Year ...
Withstanding the Ravages of Time: An Interview with William Ruleman
By Kristina Pentchoukova Right from the first email from William Ruleman, I knew that I was interacting with a classicist ...
‘A Fifteen-Year-Old’s Response to Frost’ and Other Poetry by Janice Canerdy
A Fifteen-Year-Old's Response to Frost "This 'pome' don't make NO sense! What junk!" the scowling students muttered. "Two roads ...
‘Transient’ by Suchitra G. Das
Transient I lingered along the sandy runway Hearing the winds blowing about; A tender voice from far, faraway, “Hurry, or ...
10 Riddles by Mike Munsell
1.) The prankster's favorite home decor, Clockwise or counter, the choice is yours. Never eaten, found in bowls. Around I ...
‘Horses’ and Other Poetry by Ruth Hill
Horses Tell me what power hits the ground, heard a mile away, ear to mound? Earth’s tympanic membrane resounds; like ...
‘Reflections on a Falun Gong Candlelight Vigil’ by Shannon Cong
Shall I compare the CCP To a tragic Shakespeare play? For all the lies of history Unfold in China today. ...
‘Apes or Angels’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges
Apes or Angels Humans, some say, aren’t much more than an ape— A reasoning beast, quintessence of dust. Others believe ...
‘Behind Times’ by Karlee Renkoski
They tweet like a bird, have books of your face, and Kindle who? I can hardly remember which TV ...
‘Sestina: Falun Dafa’ by Sylvia Telfer
In China now are shadows forged from fire, a DNA pre-history. They cloud troubled villages, rice fields, goldfish ponds. ...
Margaret, thank you for introducing me to the life of Carlo Acutis. His life story is particularly touching to me…
Very nice, Margaret. I think one of the holiest things about him was that despite being the first internet-aged saint…
Oh, Andrew, thank you so much! I really do feel this particular subject of "the mead of poetry" was the…
Went to an exhibition of his documentations of Eucharistic miracles throughout the world. He was truly a young man dedicated…
I think this is my favorite poem of anything you've ever written, Theresa. An epic contained within the sonnet form.…
