Month: March 2023

. Marching with the Mourners In Memory of Richard and Rob inspired by the Halt Hospital Homicide Rally I attended ...

. La Muerte In those days, no king ruled in Ithaca. A pack moved in with communist ideals: An orgy ...

. Signs of the Times . I. Hymn 6-6-6 a rondeau Hymn 6-6-6 on high display— The devil’s number where ...

f Jägermeister "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior __are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man ...

. Shishaldin Radiant angel, bathed in light, Gleaming opalescent white _On the smooth, sheer snow Clothing your smooth symmetry-- Smooth ...

. . Ballerina The balanced ballerina on her toe was poised with perfect posture—back and chest. The crowd, in silent ...

. Song of the Wailing Women Her spirit has gone forth. Return her to the earth, Released from work and ...

. In My Wilderness Once, I thought I saw things clearly. Certainty felt quite sincerely. But, my path was very ...

. The Cat Who Barked There is a row of trees that crowd the ground, They’re dark and still. My ...

. Promise While winter holds her icy grip __There’s promise in south breezes That make their yearly northward trip--- __Springtime, ...

. The Glass Delusion of King Charles VI of France ‘His malady grew worse every day until his mind was ...

. Pastoral Calls—Part 3 of 3 . Midnight Encounter He was tall, well-built, and handsome and as far as I ...

. The following is an excerpt of Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes, encompassing most of Chapters 1 through 8, including Don Quixote ...

. The Tragedy of the p and the q . Lovers in eternity The p and q were two eternal ...

. Reality Check __The bars we frequent have been raised too high, Not calibrated to the greatest common factor: __The ...

. Dialogue on a First Grade Science Textbook Many spiritual traditions throughout history have perceived all things, animate and inanimate, ...

. Avalon This little tale concerns a man, Who in an English village ran A thriving little corner shop, Supplying ...

. The Dandelion Suburbia frowns upon her sunlit face: “Out, out thou upstart weed!” Poor Dandelion —like sisters Cinderella, Queen ...

. To the Reader of Verse Ah, lover, critic, arbiter of verse, divulge your passions, fill a lusting soul with ...

. In celebration of World Poetry Day, write a limerick on the theme of World Poetry Day, poetry in general, ...

. How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then ...

. Learnin’ Letters I wanna learn me letters Ma, I wanna learn ta read. If I can learn me letters ...

. The Antiques Buyer Meets His Match "What's the best you'll do?" I asked; __“It's nice, but needs some work... ...

. Ex-Freedom of Speech In fact, most liberals don't support free speech today, And often see a need for censorship ...

. Ponzi Your promises mean nothing if they lack fidelity.  It grieves a man to hear such welcome words, then ...

. Old Orphan They’re over on my dresser, simply framed And looking 1940s fresh and young. There’s something to them ...

. The War on Children “I quoted some Scripture, I said that there are only two genders. And apparently, because ...

. The Last Night That We Met in memoriam CQD, Halifax, February, 2001 We gripped hands awkwardly. I’d grasped your ...

. The Leprechaun Come mid-March, the leprechaun Glides up and o’er the rainbow, Playful as a unicorn That’s prancing in ...

. "The Lark in the Morning" is a traditional Irish song performed on classical guitar by poet and professional musician ...

. Freedom Convoy Song To bravely speak is to turn on the lights, __To silence darkens all of our debate; ...

. St. Jerome’s Cicero Obsession based on St. Jerome’s letter to his disciple St. Eustochium in Rome, A.D. 384 When ...

. Beatrice Smiles: Canto XXXI of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns “You, on the other side ...

. Θαλῆς 2.0 In days of yore, Thales, the famous sage, Went out on a stargazing walk and fell Straight ...

. The Sea Cliffs Imposing, somber, motionless they stand, Like ranks of rugged soldiers primed for war, They stand where ...

. Britomart and Marinell In Edmund Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene, Britomart is a female knight who represents the virtue ...

. The Scottish Gourmand A culture-rich country which lay to the east where we were invited to conference and feast ...

. Winter Sunset Gnarled, naked boughs, shadowed skeleton arms Stretch in despair and agony. They frame Like barbed-wire twists the ...

Pastoral Calls—Part 2 of 3 . Face-to-Face A weeping woman called me on the phone And said, “My daughter’s in ...

. The Number 17: Ondine and Lucien’s Great Adventure;  Or, The Kind that Can Float from The Bus Poems: A ...