‘Questions for the Gods: Sisyphus’ by Alan Toltzis
for Claudia Why didn’t Sisyphus simply walk away and climb, unencumbered, up the smooth cleft worn in the undulant hillside, ...
for Claudia Why didn’t Sisyphus simply walk away and climb, unencumbered, up the smooth cleft worn in the undulant hillside, ...
Marv’lous Melody I read the words all leaping from the page And hear the joyful rhythm in my head But ...
. . Javelin Ekphrastic Out of the air and shot from a thrust, Clout of the spear, forethought where it ...
This dieting can be Hell With nary a late-night snack I wage a constant battle When the hunger pangs attack ...
In Defense of the Aesthetic Sense When lovely melodies arouse and wake My dormant bliss, or true words do ...
Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have peacefully resisted persecution by the communist regime in China for 17 years, since ...
Chapter II: Visions and Dreams (For Chapter I click here.) THE band and locals, totaling fourteen, Retired to rest before ...
The waking’s spun with webs of urgent lure And sleep is shriveled dreaming marred by fear. The life allows the ...
C0d0s0 By Leweca Derusbi The Chinese hackers who are known as the Codoso group are infiltrating sites across the ...
Lost The angel’s cry, the devil’s kiss: How did you let it come to this? You claimed the darkness too: ...
When the wind blows true through the land Rustled leaves hold trees that withstand Tempered gusts with vicious intent. ...
Jaded I Lay Jaded I lay prostrate in bands Constructed of my self-frustration: The morning waned; so too my elation, ...
This rhyming adaption of the 14th century Arthurian poem is suitable for 4-6 students to perform and only takes about ...
Anasazi Mesa castles in the sky Where paintbrush blooms and eagles fly. A people's passage marked in stone; Artifacts of ...
The extented rhyme across lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza is beautifully Spenserian in its musicality. Yours…
Probably the most fictive element in the poem is the "belle dame sans merci" cliche applied to Clara. She and…
I love everything about this ode - the chosen form, the mellifluous flow, and the message. The poem's brilliance lies…
Susan, this great send up of all Earth-worshippers reminds me of one of the funniest videos of all time. I…
Gorgeous, Margaret, absolutely gorgeous. Your "blossoms affably exchange affection" reminded me of Wordsworth's daffodils enjoying the air they breathe, and…
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