‘And These Two Despots Smile’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise
And These Two Despots Smile “where organs switch one human to another, where one stays live, and one’s a...
Read moreDetailsAnd These Two Despots Smile “where organs switch one human to another, where one stays live, and one’s a...
Read moreDetails. A Sonnet upon a Most Ungrateful Gnat Upon my back a spiteful gnat did sting, I cried aloud, and...
Read moreDetailsSt. Philip Neri “Go take a hike out passed the Catacombs of St. Callistus. Celia once was there. Cornelius...
Read moreDetails. The poem "Wisdom and Sway" by Mark F. Stone read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical...
Read moreDetails. The Limits of Hospitality _While I was working in my garden _A traveler said, “I beg your pardon, But...
Read moreDetails. Bleed, Saxon Blood "Þær wæs sang || and sweg samod ætgædere, fore Healfdenes || hildewisan; gomenwudu || græted,...
Read moreDetails. Modern Blessing May you have five bars upon your phone _And a WiFi signal strong. May your identity stay...
Read moreDetails. Old School ---for an elite British boarding school The rooves are dark and lichen-strewn and damp,the window panes are...
Read moreDetails. Joyful Warrior ---for Charlie Beloved Charlie will lie in state At rest, beyond the reckless hate That roils the...
Read moreDetails. Macron, Carney, and Starmer: The Three Stooges Recognize a Palestinian “State” Diplomats and ministers are not known for their...
Read moreDetails. Impermanence There’s uproar in the poplars overhead— A dry wind surging from the sun-struck west, Already hot with power...
Read moreDetails. We Love You Charlie Charlie, Charlie, Charlie We’re so sad to see you die. Sorry, Sorry, Sorry Couldn’t even...
Read moreDetails. Utilization Another person’s misdeeds or their flaws,Are rarely pleasant sights when they are shown,But I try making such ordeals...
Read moreDetails. Nearly Home The storm now past, the dark clouds drift away, Unveiling tranquil skies at end of day, Whose...
Read moreDetails. A Century's Divinity Another time, another place, A waft of smoke, a peaceful space, Atop the club---a Deke at...
Read moreDetails. Come Away with Me ___I ___Come away with me, ___Birds will never sing ___In the place where we ___View...
Read moreDetails. Necrosol “The Stutthof concentration camp was located on the periphery of the Vistula Spit in northern Poland, and was...
Read moreDetails. Monsoon in the Jornada _Months of unwavering stillness, _Parched powder seared by the sun, Pitiless taunts from New Mexico...
Read moreDetails. The poem "The Gentler Art" by Maureen Browne read by the poet herself at the Society of Classical Poets...
Read moreDetails. The Pentagon Panama Plan A place in turmoil—Panama_In nineteen eighty-eight—Was where the strongman Noriega_Was busy tempting fate. The Pentagon...
Read moreDetails. Ode to Antifa Kids who get infuriated, and whose anger’s unabated have one place to find relief, a self-help...
Read moreDetails. Free Won’t ---Hypothesis in a 2007 study in the Journal of Neuroscience Perhaps it’s false, about “free” will—_A myth...
Read moreDetails. About-Face This prairie's lore: hoar bonhomie of dinosaur and bygone sea. Our founders’ stance: mint goodly wealth through broad...
Read moreDetails. Esperanza Enticing in her yellow-bell couture, __She shimmers like the sun. With flirty puffs of pollen-pomp allure, __Her blossoms...
Read moreDetails. A Poet First: The Poetry of Thomas Hardy by Adam Sedia Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is known today primarily as...
Read moreDetails. Michael Michael, heaven’s handsomest, most decorated strategist and highest-ranking officer, having vanquished Lucifer was faced with long-term unemployment. Seeking...
Read moreDetails. In the Name of Whose God “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people...
Read moreDetails. La Vie en Rose I came across that daft old ditty “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”And wondered why its lyrics...
Read moreDetails. The Vile Monkey and the Patient Buffalo ---adapted from a Jataka tale of India A powerful old buffalo Once...
Read moreDetails. Predawn High Sierra Hike The new-moon, star-lit darkness does not hide The beauty that surrounds me on the trail,...
Read moreDetails. A Ballad of Fortune "Be brave now, my darlin', We're migrating West! Let's pack up our wagon And then...
Read moreDetails. An American Explains (to a Curious Brit) On politics here---well, it twists and it bends, Confusing beginnings with stranger...
Read moreDetails. To Truth ---in memory of Charlie Kirk (1993 – 2025) You fly above the flap and fray,Beyond the stir...
Read moreDetails. Blood, Sea ---after Italo Calvino Beyond the blight of urban sprawl, About six hundred yards from shore, A pod...
Read moreDetails. The poem "The Loons of Colby Lake" by Michael Pietrack read by the poet himself at the Society of...
Read moreDetails. On Charlie Kirk and His Assassins Make people think. Engage them in debate. Allow them to articulate with reason...
Read moreDetails. Four Slogans of Qi Hong In Chongqing, China, August 29th, on high-rise walls, a bold display of anticommunist ideas...
Read moreDetails. A Victorian Dad Advises on Parenthood When children eat their daily gruel, _They must not be heard. Seen, they...
Read moreDetails. Pamela’s Garden You’ll find her in the garden every day,Her comfort and her confidence so bright.Among the dahlias purple...
Read moreDetails. Another North The Megalopolis just north of here Rumbles and heaves and slumbers not at all, Though I at...
Read moreDetailsThis is so very insightful and beautifully composed! "Be it ensconced in silicone or meat"; "A beast that bleeds not…
Many thanks, Bruce. I treasure your good opinion.
This is such a concise, well-worded admission of a very common aspect of the human condition; sometimes, we don't even…
Thanks for your comment, Adam. You discovered, I'm sure, that Newman's poems present a theology of angels in verse. He's…
Yes, by all means, Rebekah.
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