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. Peter Pan’s Soliloquy In Never Land, each sunrise brings anew A day of play and laughter to pursue. I ...

. Public Benches Lusty men and randy wenches Making out on public benches Used to be a common sight In ...

. Let’s Laugh at Leftists with a nod to Joseph S. Salemi Step right up and see the freaks, Who ...

. Autumn Fades The orange leaves decay to crinkling gray, And sunsets sink and fade the clouds to black. “You’ll ...

. The Wise Farmer ---based on a Zen parable attributed to Alan Watts A farmer in China was left by ...

. Three Small Tabs Upon the men’s room wall at church, A flyer’s there for men who search For healing ...

. Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835) translated by Joshua C. Frank Colors, fragrant like the flowers, Fade to ash in ...

. Endless Dreaming a villanelle I lunge ahead in bed and start to scream. The nightmare’s end is far; I’m ...

. The Ghost Girl One sunny May, I ran to play, __When I was twelve years old, Upon the hill.  ...

. Under the Umbrella inspired by “Le Parapluie” (“The Umbrella”) by Georges Brassens (1921-1981) Rain fell in waves throughout the ...

. Chelsea a true story from I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris “Behold not everybody's beauty: and tarry not ...

. Truth Is Not Beauty “What is the worst mistake you ever made in bed?” Reply: “My son.”  (Actual dialogue ...

. The Qua-Train In four lines stood iambic feet To board the quatrain from the street. The poem made of ...

. The Whiskey Priest based on The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene I stand condemned because I am ...

. Story Time The father, he sits on the couch with a book, A child in each arm, and one ...

. Last Visit to the Beach a sestina The beach, untouched by Time throughout the years As millions of waves ...

. Crosses and Losses I tried to write a poem to acclaim The passion flashing like a lightning strike Between ...

. In a Home based on Michael Bunker’s grandmother (b. 1909) as described in his book Surviving Off Off-Grid . ...

. Fallen Hummingbird A formal-verse remake of a free-verse poem of the same name written by my mother on October ...

. Woke Christmas We dream of Christmas like we used to know, With Santa Claus and sleigh rides in the ...

. They Have Our Genes They have our genes; they’re human beings, Our fifteen frozen embryos. Regardless of your disagreeings, ...

. What’s Left to Say? a rhupunt  When women’s plans Are like a man’s, So they act trans, What’s left ...

. If You Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter If solidified oil with chemical clutter That helps it look yellow and ...

. The Navy by Paul Fort (1872-1960) translated by Joshua C. Frank We find them all again in brief In ...

. After Brain Death Based on the article “May We Donate Our Organs?” by Drs. Jay Boyd and Paul A. ...

. A Leftist Rebukes Hamas Hey, Hamas, you silly dolts, You need to mow down more adults. Keep fighting for ...

. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and ...

. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God ...

. Younger Selves I have you leaning up against my side, Our boys and girls around us on the couch. ...

. The Pietà or Mickey Mouse? A book I’ve read depicts a boy Who’s searching for creative joy. His mind ...

. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted ...

. Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From ...

. The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a ...

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

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

. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light ...

. The Ballad of the Heroic Mother a true story A toddler into water fell __And sank as quick as ...

. Encapsulations “It’s a shame that the tradition of producing small poetic encapsulations of classic texts seems to have died ...

. The Little Knight The kitchen door slams open wide; The boy flies through to play outside. His house becomes ...

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