. There Was a Time I Tried to Love the Sun There was a time I tried to love the...

. The poem "The Settlers" by Martin Rizley read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online...

. Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced...

. News of a Coup The news of a coup hits the headlines. No ears prick to listen or hear....

. To the Ancient Mariner “O Wedding-Guest! This soul hath beenAlone on a wide wide sea;So lonely ‘twas, that God...

. Pointless Poems Why do women shave their legs, It seems unnecessary. The question lingers, pleads and begs, What’s wrong...

. Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans...

. Advice to a Young Man in Love If her name is Sally, then _Tattoo it on your arm With...

. Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears...

. Modes of Divination The future’s course, in all of its essentials, Is augured from a steaming heap of entrails....

. Attention Deficit Disorder I once had a friend like Midas.All he touched would turn to gold;but after he would...

. Mnemonic Device for Military Pro-Signs A-Z Pro-signs are an alphabetical coding system used by the military for radio transmissions...

. Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a...

. Sidewalk Sincerity “Hi---how are you?” he said to me, A friendly thing to say, I answered just as cordially,...

. Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping...

. On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These...

. Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students...

. Autism Sonnet The lights are much too light and sounds too loud; And thoughts are only thought in black...

. Spotlights and Shadows . I. To a Limelight Leech O swankpot of the swish-and-swagger ilk Basking in your braggadocio...

. Mourning Doves Hear the soft coo—a coo that faithful love imparts; Mourning doves, they share as one, two beating...

. True Worth Her thoughts do not align with "bigger, better"; A humble mode of living suits her fine. The...

. Artificial “Intelligence” Versus Real Intelligence Chat GPT “confuses” metaphors and similes. It also “struggles” to correctly classify milled themes....

. A Horse’s Tale: King Arthur’s Great Steed The horse known for bearing the greatest of kings— Proud Thor was...

. Supreme Showdown “Justice Jackson skips over that part because analyzing the governing statute involves boring legalese.” —Associate Justice Amy...

. Readings of original poems by the poets from the Society of Classical Poets online Poetry Symposium on June 28,...

. Life on This Boat Here in this lifeboat we hopelessly wait, No one rows now, we are all but...

. Silent Movies As silent movies play inside your head, Their scattered shadows, faint and far away, You try to...

. Legion Hello there friend, our name is Legion We are those same 6000 demons Who long ago in Gerasenes...

. The Power I’ve noticed more and more of late My power to infuriate Is stronger than it’s ever been....

. Absalom, Absalom "Then David sent out one third of the people… And the king said to the people, 'I...

. Dear Blabby’s Advice for the Clueless _I want to write a column _Like Abigail Van Buren To give out...

. The Gaza War The Gaza war goes on and on With death and ruin in its wake. A war...

. The Bristlecone Pine For centuries, the stalwart pine has stood __in this unwonted spot. Its shallow roots and resinous...

. The Troubadour Remembers A troubadour wayfaring town to town, Hamlet to homestead, dale to grassy down, While he his...

. Conjugation: Tense with Mood ---a verbal disagreement between the indicative and the subjunctive If I were all that I...

. Beneath the Blooms I search the hills for blooms to smell. The dew drops kiss my naked feet to...

. Most Conversations Near every grocery-line or petrol-pump, at every social-gathering or game, outside of every church or at the...

. Autumn’s Fairy Tale ーan ode to Yugen The golden eve allures As autumn’s sun illumes, Gleaming in rose subdued....

. The Point The Point, defined by geometry, substantiates a theory: position without magnitude. Lest the point be misconstrued consider...

. The Dance When Arsis and Thesis met on the dance floor, one bowed to the other, the other implored:...