Month: October 2016

. . Said the Painter Upon the mossy stones I dwelt,I did, and was, and painting feltAn arch and angel ...

  Persistent Danger Where is this going when state and foe mow down civilians and non-combatants in market stalls? They ...

by Conrad Geller People are always asking "What are the best love poems?" or "Where can I find something beautiful ...

In the name of poetry, we implore you … Since time immemorial, poetry has moved people’s hearts and shaped humanity at ...

  Aleppo By Cid Wa'eeb El Sur We will drain it dry as hay. Peace shall neither night nor day ...

By Conan Milner | The Epoch Times For centuries, the plays of William Shakespeare have been celebrated for their larger-than-life ...

  Intimations of a Dream When the wind rustles through the open pine, And the leaves murmur and shudder off ...

by Dusty Grein Hailing from 15th and 16th century French and Italian roots, the villanelle is arguably one of the ...

  For Elizabeth If charm were a country, then you would be Its capital of many domes and spires Gilded ...

  A Bear in My Living Room While playing some computer games One day, I heard a noise out in ...

By Evan Mantyk Michael Curtis A classical architect, sculptor, painter, and poet, Michael Curtis is, in no uncertain terms, a ...

Growing Up So lucky they used to say, and it was when it was rare. But now there’s way too ...

In the grey-streaked dawn I can barely glean A deck of petals expertly dealt out in a ring A clingy ...

There was a king who sought to enter Law, for as he noshed a cone of Rocky Road, the Emperor ...

  The Price (a pantoum in iambic pentameter) The sea and sky, once beautiful and clean, They’ve paid the price ...

Related How to Write a Sonnet How to Write a Haiku How to Write a Limerick How to Write a ...

A Rhyme Crime An old man once curtly said, "I wouldn't give a dime for poetry that has rhyme." A ...

  Paean to “ODE TO JOY”* I heard the “Ode to Joy” today, ten thousand times at least. I could ...