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. If You Ever Break Down If you ever break down somewhere far from your friends _And you stick out...

. FIRST PLACE . Captured Souls by Twila Brase Seized by force, a mighty throng The captured souls of the...

. Pressed for Time Though life is good, it doesn’t last that long, And so we’re always left desiring more....

. Ogre Food My parents, dear, although you love me so; and in your love, wish only for my best....

. May 12 is National Limerick Day in the United States, corresponding to Limerick-writer Edward Lear's birthday. Poet James A....

. Written in a Cubicle What spurs me, in this breathing grave of coffee mouths and cheeks unshaved, to stand...

. Back in the U.S.S.R. ---St. Petersburg, Russia. The present. Your borscht, Dmitri. Come and eat, smart boy. You asked...

. Genevieve Perhaps those languid eyes are looking up At angels hymning in the dove-grey sky, So soft and saccharine...

. Supernova With no notice, the rockets destroyed festive peace,And a volley of bullets brought death and dismay.Ben ran straight...

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. An Unfortunate Encounter ---27 March 2025 A ragamuffin mob surrounded mewhilst on an errand, walking in the street.They pressed...

. The Sky _I'm watching the storm_From the sea coming in,Windy and rowdy and gray._The raindrops begin_And the gale makes...

. On Epic Madness Sing, goddess, of the hate, and killings, on the Earth unleashed, destructive wrath which brings such...

. A Faithful Friend's Advice The girl you have is just the one for you— my head could not conceive...

. Riverside Breeze ___How beautiful you look __Browsing the flowers one by one _While lying down along the babbling brook;...

. This survey is open to Society Member and non-Members alike. Designed by Roy E. Peterson and Evan Mantyk of...

. Big Pharma Ads Are Everywhere Big Pharma ads are everywhere __Suffusing my TV. They fail to give me confidence...

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. Territorializing Slithering slowly, so very precise, A methodic invader (and catcher of mice), She stealthily slips toward the enemy...

. Bear Spray My little brother took a dare To pepper spray a mama bear. It seems the spray was...

. The New Headmasters As I sat, that afternoon, upon his kneeWhile he read a “witty” book and I faux-laughedI’m...

. Pollinator When swift spring breezes suddenly excitethe conifers out back, they really comealive in dips and bows and surges...

. The Ego Lingers Longer Than The Mind The ego lingers longer than the mind, It dares to whisper yearnings...

. Headspace It’s easy to detect folks’ disrespect, And hope your feats will make them feel quite small. But better...

. Back to the Greenwood The spring has come to England once again But I am far away and cannot...

. The Society of Classical Poets Journal XIII has been published! It features poetry, translations, and essays selected from those...

. There’s Nothing to Regain ---on the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam town, in Kashmir, India Their hapless screams...

. Premonition The sun shines down in undimmed majestyAcross the heavens’ undiminished breadthOn life unsapped, unweighted levityOf loves and laughs...

. Zips and Zooms The hummingbird both zips and zooms To search for nectar in the blooms Of flowers that...

. How I Spent My Spring Vacation: Poetry and Photography by James A. Tweedie . It Begins 45 Days Surrounded...

. Heritage I’ve never asked for anything The living soil does not provide. I don’t want cash; I don’t want...

. An Ode to Silay Cathedral bells now toll, And horses march the streets, The crowd has filled the hall,...

. Medusa's Sisters Medusa lost her head and found renown instead. Her living sisters roared, “And why are we ignored...

. High Society The Cornelius mansion on Park Avenue, New York City, Sunday, August 22, 1886 A derby hat; a...

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. Healing by Heart Dear André, let me see your face And cry out with you to lament The rot...

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. Anachronistic Chaucer When April showers, forecast on TV,delayed our pilgrimage to Canterbury,an eating house, clept Hooters, we espiedbeside a...