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‘What If’ by Pamela Corbett

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May 31, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
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What if the tall tales we’re told as children, are in fact true?Lost stories about elves, hobbits, and knights of great virtue-Waging battles of honor, searching for glorious men,Fighting wretched villains...

A Biographical Remark in Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis

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May 29, 2016
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By Douglas Thornton "And lo I lie between the sun and thee" (Venus and Adonis; line 194) To see the poet in the act of composition, to hear his words tell not only the story, but with imaginative zeal,...

Imitating Three Shakespeare Sonnets, by James Sale

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May 27, 2016
Beauty, Poetry, Shakespeare, Translation
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Original Shakespeare followed by imitation.   Sonnet 49 Against that time, if ever that time come, When I shall see thee frown on my defects, When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum, Called to...

‘If I Could Be’ by Hayden Bergman

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May 25, 2016
Humor, Poetry
  If anything I could choose to be, certainly the pig I would choose; with an oink and a roll in the mud, of me, no man would accuse gloominess, misery, or grief. I would wake up in a bed of...

‘Zhang Dejiang’s Hong Kong Visit, May 2016’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

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May 23, 2016
Human Rights in China, Poetry
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  Zhang Dejiang's Hong Kong Visit, May 2016 By Li "Web Crease" Du "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow." -The Beatles, Revolution Zhang...

Poems on Child Abuse by Damian Robin

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May 21, 2016
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  Grooming Kids get pressed down tight in rooms — closed rooms with bare soft furnishing — fresh flowers tunnelled, forced to blooms, re-fertilised, kept promising. Sweet words lead children...

Can the Writing of Poetry Be Taught?

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May 16, 2016
Education, Essays, Poetry
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By James Sale In our egalitarian and democratic societies we very much hope and want all good things to be available to all people if they have a mind to have them. Indeed, in the world of personal...

‘The Frail Security of Mediocrity’ by Buffy Worsham

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May 14, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
I thought that maybe you’re no longer free To think separately from Time’s favored paths Choosing its well-worn roads to unmarked streets, Gathering fruitless branches, your trip won’t last. I can...

‘A Chinese Epic, Chapter I’ by Evan Mantyk

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May 12, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Human Rights in China, Poetry
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Chapter I: Arrival in Beijing Inspired by real events   Sing to me, Muse, who flies through Heaven’s realms, Sing of that night when terror swept the land And peaceful practitioners of Falun...

‘The Mirror True’ and Other Poetry by Sheri-Ann O’Shea

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May 10, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
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  The Mirror True When all at once I seem to see you there I find I never knew you from the first When all that I once thought you seems reversed I wonder what my mind could so ensnare. How could I...

Poetry Review: ‘Heroes and Wonders’ by Ben Zwycky, 2015

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May 8, 2016
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By James Sale Poetry is a delicate balance of language that is prone to either too much yin or too much yang; or put another way, as the poet steers his or her course like Odysseus towards his true soul,...

‘Spring’ and Other Poetry by Corey Browning

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May 7, 2016
Beauty, Poetry
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  Spring O hallow tulip, flower of the spring, I cannot wait until the sun may bring, From out the earth your amethystine grace, Your smell, your pinkish shade, your tender face. For of your musky...

A Look at T.S. Eliot Looking at Edgar Allan Poe

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May 5, 2016
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By Wilbur Dee Case | Edited by Kent Van May Now I can see why T.S. Eliot disliked Edgar Allan Poe's verse; Eliot was trying to write a different kind of poetry; and it is no surprise that, for Eliot, Poe...

‘The Ballad of the Man Who Was Never Mated’ by Don M. Ferry

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May 3, 2016
Humor, Poetry
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  1.  The Man There’s a little village up north,     yet untouched by modern strains, Where plain folk in stilted thatched huts,     lived midst fields...

‘In the Lotus Pose’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

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May 1, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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In the Lotus Pose By Uwe Carl Diebes At first, he was uncomfortable in the lotus pose, but as he sat down carefully, his upper spine arose. Though startled where he found himself, he gradu'lly...




  1. Cynthia Erlandson on ‘Ode to the Strings of My Guitar’: A Poem by Daniel HowardSeptember 29, 2023

    Your ode has a truly musical sound and feel to it (as is, of course, highly appropriate). Your consistent rhyme…

  2. Maura H. Harrison on The 23 Best Haiku of 2023September 29, 2023

    To the judges, I'm grateful to have my haiku mentioned as a runner up. Thank you for your time. It…

  3. Joshua C. Frank on A Poem Inspired by Kimberly Hartke and Other Poetry by Joshua C. FrankSeptember 29, 2023

    Thank you, Gigi. It makes me happy that you were touched by it.

  4. Gigi Ryan on A Poem Inspired by Kimberly Hartke and Other Poetry by Joshua C. FrankSeptember 29, 2023

    Joshua, This is a beautiful poem of redemption. Thank you. Gigi

  5. Mia on ‘The Battle of Athelstaneford’: A Poem by Margaret CoatsSeptember 29, 2023

    Dear Margaret, thank you It is a very rare occurrence but I will not have a computer for a couple…

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