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On Gov. Cuomo: ‘Governor Mussolini’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 28, 2021
Coronavirus, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
. Governor Mussolini Fifteen thousand souls,Killed by the stroke of his pen,For whom no bell tolls. . . Covid Chronicles I saw a naked face...

‘A Lenten Prayer’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 24, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
22 Comments
. Of all Creation, who am I Who sins against Thee, Lord Most High? Of all that crawl, of those who creep, No one has ever sunk so deep. Of those...

A Poem on the Death of Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021), by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
. Rush He was larger than life And it cut like a knife When his wife let us know That he died. From this kind of grief There can be no relief. Such...

‘Ashless Wednesday’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 17, 2021
Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
. The Great Reset has rocked the world--- What untold evil has unfurled! Unshakable foundations crumble. Through the rubble, nations stumble. Who...

‘Chairman Xho’ (Pronounced ‘Joe’) by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 6, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. They’ll be coming for you soon, Chairman Xho. It’s an old, familiar tune that we all know. You’ve been howlin’ at the moon And they’ll...

‘Christmas Present’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 29, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Holidays, Poetry
39 Comments
. Long the shadow that it casts, Christmas present, o’er our pasts. In its darkness made to bask, Mumbling carols through a mask. Oh, the...

‘A Wretch Like Me’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 25, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Holidays, Poetry
18 Comments
 . To miss the mark, to lose my way,to choose the dark, on Christmas Day. No star I see, no Virgin Birth.No joy for me, no peace on earth. But for a...

‘A Verse for the Morning After’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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November 4, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry
12 Comments
  A Verse for the Morning After As thieves and pirates count our votes And set us at each other’s throats And fiddle while our cities...

‘Breathe Free or Die’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 18, 2020
Coronavirus, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
57 Comments
  There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that we will never hear For this thing...

A Poem on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020), by Joe Tessitore

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September 22, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
Supreme Farewell As every king and peasant must, A justice stands before the Just. We bid farewell to Sister Ruth, Who trembles now before the...

‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 2020’ by Joe Tessitore

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September 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
27 Comments
  I am a cardboard cutout. I sit here in the stands. I do not think. I do not blink. I do not clap my hands. You are a cardboard...

‘A Ditty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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August 14, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
18 Comments
  A Ditty What happened to the human race? It vanished, friend, without a trace. And what, pray tell, of humankind? You may well seek, but...

Poetry on the Death of America, by Joe Tessitore

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July 23, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
17 Comments
  No Epitaph The lies lie heavy on his chest, Striped red, striped white, now tattered vest And soon to draw his final breath--- Who’ll...

‘At the Cemetery’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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May 25, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
28 Comments
  At the Cemetery “Drowned together while playing with a sled on the ice of the Saw Mill Pond at Kensico. Dec. 5, 1871.”...

‘Threadbare—a Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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March 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Poetry
7 Comments
  My Coat---a Haiku God pays no heed to disguises He can see through--- I've worn myself out.   The Old Poet's Tree I'm bent with...

A Bernie Sanders Poem: ‘B.S., 2020’ by Joe Tessitore

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March 4, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
16 Comments
  Who is this finger-waving man--- this millionaire, this communist? Let’s think about him while we can, this grandpa with the Marxist...

‘Surveillance, Twenty Twenty’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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January 6, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
8 Comments
Surveillance, Twenty Twenty I never thought I'd live to see my TV looking back at me!     One Nation, Divisible How long have I...

‘Sara’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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December 18, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
12 Comments
Sara's Prayer* Take me beyond all thought and word, where only beauty can be heard. Then silently, before Your throne, I'll dance, Dear Lord, for...

‘Irrelevant’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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October 2, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Poetry
10 Comments
  Irrelevant If the room is the tomb then the elephant is irrelevant.   Haiku From my heart was shown how very much I loved...

Haiku and Limericks by Joe Tessitore

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August 22, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
4 Comments
Haiku   When a newborn cries, locked in a room by itself, does it make a sound?   Fog enshrouds the night. Woven in the heavy...

‘A Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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July 29, 2019
Culture, Haiku and Senryu, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
A Haiku My mirror shatters and what most clearly matters remains to be seen.   You and Me Some sins do not offend Our Lord - in fact...

‘Dead Poet’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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June 29, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
5 Comments
Dead Poet Of what I was, not much remains, but that which does, indeed still strains to craft and pen a poem sweet, as I did when my heart did...

‘A Poet’s Lament’ and Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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May 17, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Essays, Poetry
19 Comments
A Poet’s Lament - for Charles Southerland, whose brilliant prose style I so painfully tried to imitate and incorporate Nobody cried when poetry...

A ‘Birthday Apology’ to Shakespeare on his 455th, and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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April 26, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Humor, News of Note, Poetry
8 Comments
  Birthday Apology William Shakespeare was born April 26, 1564 If all the world’s a stage, and all the men are women, myne eye be true, I...

A Pro-life Poem: ‘In the Garden’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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April 1, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
10 Comments
In the Garden In Paradise there is a place where ruby-colored roses grace the trellises of precious pearl - so splendidly their buds...

‘A Poet’s Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
January 13, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
15 Comments
A Poet's Prayer My words are lying, cold and still; reproaching me, their silence shrill. With emptiness, my heart they fill. Inspire me, Lord,...

‘Happy Holidaze’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 24, 2018
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
Happy Holidaze Our holidays we sanitize. They don’t offend or stigmatize. In fact we made them squeaky clean, but what, by jingle, do they...

‘Ms. Hayden, On Your Selection of Our Next Poet Laureate’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

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December 1, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
16 Comments
Ms. Hayden, On Your Selection of Our Next Poet Laureate: For poetry to rise again Seek one who has applied the pen To that which all can...

‘The Ballerina’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 28, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Poetry
33 Comments
The Ballerina Just before the break of day she woke from dreams of grand jeté and knelt beside her bed to pray. Like a feather, then she...

‘On the Kavanaugh Hearings’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
October 2, 2018
Culture, News of Note, Poetry
17 Comments
I . The Accused: “Your Honor… And if I were a troubled lad and if indeed I did go bad, it matters not what I've done since? No point in...

‘Left to Write’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
September 13, 2018
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
24 Comments
Left to Write It isn't difficult to find __the works the masters left behind, and others too have written verse, __some for the better, some for...

‘Nova Scotia and the Clouds of Summer’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
July 11, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
27 Comments
Nova Scotia and the Clouds of Summer So silently they march along, the clouds of summer, proud and strong; their grand approach from yonder...

‘Curtain Up!’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
June 11, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
18 Comments
Curtain Up! Sunset and the robins sing, nightingales reply song that summer evenings bring, weeping willows sigh from lawns and from thickets a...

‘Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on Their 20th Wedding Anniversary’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 19, 2018
Culture, News of Note, Poetry
8 Comments
I remember our marriage the horses, the carriage the millions we spent on your gown we threw out the book the foundations we shook as...

A Poem for Mother’s Day ‘Lullaby’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
May 13, 2018
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
29 Comments
Lullaby When you sang to your baby boy did other hearts not fill with joy those few who just happened to hear? for even on their darkest...

‘See the Music’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
March 28, 2018
Beauty, Poetry
25 Comments
See the Music Mysterious the inner eye that hears the dancers flying by across the stage in grand jete' as woodwind, horn and cello play And...

‘SOS’ by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 23, 2018
Deconstructing Communism, News of Note, Poetry
5 Comments
gone the time for finding fault for finger-pointing and assault frantic now the SOS our ship of state is in distress taking water, sinking...

‘Insomnia’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
February 17, 2018
Beauty, Humor, Poetry
23 Comments
Insomnia Many's the night I lie in bed with words to write that fill my head. They twist and turn and jump and shout. Oh how I yearn to get them...

‘A Great Divide’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
January 11, 2018
Beauty, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
  A Great Divide "...to form a more perfect union" I walk to the edge of a great divide and I try to talk with the other side but they do...

‘A Christmas Card’ and Other Poetry by Joe Tessitore

The Society
December 25, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Holidays, Poetry
7 Comments
  A Christmas Card A distant clang; here comes the heat To chase the chill from hands and feet! A steady hiss and many pings; The song our...
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