Month: June 2023

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet ...

. La Campana Ring, grandfather! And ring for liberty. The bell spoke once and, speaking, croaked and cracked. Our gazes ...

. Miracle of the Book Distance was short, but porters would be needed, And sacks were packed with small necessities. ...

. Incensed For days, drawn draperies of fire, pinned close by dry pines, needled us with smells of smoke so ...

. The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea ...

. Le Bal Des Ardents for Joe Salemi On 28th January 1393 in Paris, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of ...

. Psalm 23: King David’s Version When I was just a hungry sheep __and I was lonely, lost and scared, ...

. Pillar of Salt “By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the Lord ...

. As Orwell Warned The Right now gets censored to silence, While schools and the media teach, That speech from ...

. South Vietnam Warfare . Northern Jungle The rat-tat-tat of machine gun Split through the mist of morning sun. The ...

. The Adventures of Verb At six, I had a dictionary Where I would meet a man named Verb, Superb ...

. Darkface at Dusk "Death is swallowed up in victory" ---1 Cor. 15:4 At twilight, as I walked in solitude ...

. Even the 49ers Don’t Play There Anymore Is San Francisco slip-sliding away? Old Navy, Nordstrom, Saks, the Gap, have ...

. Job’s Rant Job 3: 3-10 . May darkness and death’s shadow claim the day When I was sent to ...

. In Extremis ---from the Western wilds Here at the most attenuated ends Of America’s arterial transport map, Where pavement ...

. This Is the Choice  The gates of hell Closed from within. No one sends us--- We lock ourselves in. ...

. The Deluge From Heaven came the rain; On Earth the waters swelled To wash away each stain The eyes ...

. Reviewed Book: Laughing Matters: Poems with a Wink and a Smile by James A. Tweedie, Duncrest Press, 2023 by ...

. Green I’m talking green: the greening ground Of spring and springing hope eternal; The spectrum’s hidden light unbound And ...

. Pharaoh’s Dream Redux “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the ...

. The Gallows The trial was quick, the verdict read: “Guilty as charged,” the foreman said. The judge declared the ...

. The Straight-Fishing, Straight-Talking Jiang Ziya Far off in time and place but still on this small globe, By a ...

. Runway Ready An Anorectic at a Playground . Scrawny, lean and teen Miss Annie sat upon her bony fanny, ...

. Distant Thoughts from Nearby I need to turn my dog-ears up __and harken to the quietude ____ignored for many ...

. The House on 58th Street for my father Salvatore J. Salemi (1913-2008) The house on 58th Street stood right ...

. The Test The second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' —Jesus (Matthew 22:39, NASB1995) Is ...

. The Number 207: The Road to Nowhere Oh once along the Road to Nowhere That used to be the ...

. Anesthesia Where was I for that half an hour or so While somewhere deep inside me they explored? The ...

. Fracture Mechanics Dams, bridges, tunnels, buildings and the like Are often structurally sound for years If not centuries, whereupon ...

. Emptiness I search for you in every face I see. True love should last forever and a day: Its ...

. The Moselle Tranquil meandering alluvion, From Vosges pink sandstone hills it percolates In rillets past rich vines in echelon ...

. Fifth Glyph This glyph, in British talk, occurs most oft--- most common, too, writ down within our books. Twixt ...

. Sonnet When sitting on a swing my cheeks were chilled, I gazed and saw the dawn, a new spring ...

. Commodore Perry Opens Japan On July 8, 1853, on the orders of President Millard Fillmore, Commodore Matthew Perry led ...

. Lord, Give Me Serenity Lord, give me serenity To deal with lunatics, Especially the ones Who are found in ...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 4: Poetry in the Age of AI If you enjoy this video, ...

. All That’s Left Is Yours based on I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris The bride walked the aisle ...

. Beyond the Visible Veil Gravity cannot hold those forms who float __And drift—hiding in air— Though some guard human ...

. The 10 Best Love Poems of 2022 If you are more of an academic poetry lover who stills enjoy ...

. Xanadu Revisited after "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Coleridge __In Washington aristocrats __ordain corruption happily: __here the Potomac River flows ...