A World Without the Wednesday Child "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's...

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. First Prize: $250. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $10...

  Realistic Reflections Mirror, mirror, tell me truly: Do I still have charm to tempt? Are these locks downright unruly,...

  China Made She sits before her grey machine, _knits, cottons, or brocade; with sweating she begins to sew _to...

  The Savage Moon The clouds... Tonight they hide her, but she’s there: A savage, ghostly horse without a rider....

  Reviewed Poetry Book: Love Found, Yearned For, and Lost by James A. Tweedie by Theresa Werba I have had...

  When Opportunity Knocks “Opportunities are like flies. We kill most of them.” ---Roy E. Peterson We all have heard...

  Legend of the Griffin Akin to giants of Greek fame _Who ruled the ancient world, He held the minds...

  Government Issue Found in a junkshop, nestled in between Dark bottles and some ill-assorted scraps: A battered thing, its...

  Chaucer Announces His Desire to Retire Whan that passing years and Father Time’s made difficulty in my finding sounds…...

  Advantages of Restaurants Food quality has dropped, Price rises have not stopped, Selections are decreased, Most portions aren’t a...

  Bone China My dear ones soon to marry, if you’re able Do plan good dishes for your dining-table: Selecting...

  On the Death of One Too Young to Die It’s been some years now but the month is still...

  This Too Shall Pass "Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word...

  Humdrum and Harum-Scarum A Lecture on Free Verse by Robert Bridges,  November 1922 When I was invited last term...

  Unrest On the Floodplain The rain commenced in darkness, flung upon These acres as the heavens thumped and crashed....

  Latitude and Loss One spring morning they announced themselves at last: a faintly murmured intercourse emerging surely from the...

  Act III The signs suggested that my time was short, To which I gave a disbelieving snort. My future...

  God’s Funeral "When George Eliot complimented Spencer on the lack of wrinkles on his forehead, he replied that nothing...

  Star Festival The legend of the love of a heavenly weaver girl and an earthly cowherd was recorded in...

  Song of the Frog Princess —a fairytale love song Whisk me away to an old fashioned dance where old...

  The Odyssey: Nolan and Solot Compared by Michael Curtis Michael Solot’s Odyssey translation is true to Homer, and because...

  Solitude Bright Venus, crescent moon, faint pearl-gray sky obscurely light the scene. A giant dolmen prostrate, astride huge boulders:...

  The River Not Taken ---after Robert Frost The sloop’s main sail was hoisted tight But in the fog I...

  Totentanz ---verse inspired by the 17th century death-cycle paintings preserved on the Spreuerbrüch Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland. Death falls...

  "In God Is Our Trust" ---The Star-Spangled Banner Where were those words, those hallowed words, “In God We Trust”...

  Confession It’s not so much the telling of my sins (The inner battle stations I’ve assigned To flesh and...

  Religious Poetry, and Religionist Poetry by Joseph S. Salemi When a literary critic touches on matters of religion or...

  The Zingers of Adam Sedia A Review Sedia's New Work The Opening of the Mouth and Other Books by...

  A Paradox They're all too sharp and bright. Sedulous kids. Rich parents raised them. Teachers, old and wise, preserve...

  A Prayer of Aristotle "Anyone who wonders whether we ought to honour the gods needs a whipping." ―Aristotle Our...

  The Sparrow It started in the dark and early hours. Kyiv—asleep, enjoying blissful dreams. Then missiles streaked. Explosions. Debris...

  Chemo Refusal Doctor’s gown off. He looks again. Goes tough, speaks plain: "It’s back. Aggressive. Don’t deny. Without the...

  Deliverance Upon the bank, this waters wave, _And beckon you, "Come wade." You step into the chilly stream _And...

  Rain I felt like walking in the rain, _Can’t say exactly why. I make great efforts in the main...

  The Story of a Plague I sorrow at the darkness of the news Of mortal pestilence and storms of...

  Javert Derailed —In Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, the police inspector Javert faces a moral crisis when the fugitive he...

  People Forget "Being unable to cure death, misery and ignorance, men have decided, in order to be happy, not...

  Good and Evil The professor was so proud Of his knowledge and his theories. He loved to prod his...