Month: December 2021

. Samode Palace Hotel An erstwhile palace, and all wished to claim a former sultan's, not a servants', room. So ...

. So Simple Lies are told to Balkanize, To disenfranchise, federalize, To bloat the vote. An anecdote, A narrative, a ...

. Maria Montessori Seldom felt hunky-dory. Her vision for education Fell short of inspiring a nation. . King George the ...

. The Devil and the Hounds of Hell Over and over in the gloom of night, In degrees of Celsius ...

. What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be ...

. We Are in for Another Covid Christmas! We are in for another Covid Christmas: __Lockdown tales of woe. ____Now ...

. Turn, Turn, Turn I, whose heart is closed and locked, Who turned away when your Son knocked And who, ...

. Daphne and Apollo “O foolish Cupid,” fair Apollo mocked. “To think that you, a wanton boy, should dare To ...

. Failure to Strive Do, or do not.  There is no try. —Master Yoda We’ve traveled far, or so it ...

. Elemental, My Dear Slight air and purging fire, the first my thought, the other my desire. ---Shakespeare, "Sonnet 45" ...

. Passer Mortuus Est, from Carmen 3 by Catullus (84-54 B.C.)| Translated from Latin by R.W. Rhodes My baby's favored ...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCmLSOndstY . CREDITSPoetry: Robert FrostAudio/Visual Work: Society of Classical PoetsVoice-Over: S.A. ToddPhoto: "Yellow Forest" by Eflon (used under creative ...

. The Biden Oil Refrain As President, on his first day, He closed old Keystone down, Then shut off Arctic ...

. The Gusting Winds The gusting winds, they blow, it seems, more bleakly this December; They bite my cheeks and ...

100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing with the Society of Classical ...

. A Shot in the Dark   "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, ...

. The lights went off, for long enough, And in the darkness things got rough, All four quarters gushing red— ...

. Listening to Bach While the World Falls Apart for Adrianna, Paul, and Beth I Sight isn’t needed---the continuous cracking ...

. Where Is God? Along life’s way Problems arise. Some seen before--- Some do surprise. “Why Lord, to me Comes ...