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‘Mozart in Heaven’ by Conor Kelly

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January 12, 2020
Acrostic, Beauty, Culture, Poetry
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Who is that smiling cherub whose huge wings, Open, extended, like a swan in flight, Lifts him above the angels to a height From which he conducts, for the King of Kings, Great open-air orchestral...

‘Still Going’ and Other Acrostic Poems by Anna J. Arredondo

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November 14, 2019
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Still Going It may appear that I’ve run out of chances, No more to rise from absolute defeat, Victim of most hostile circumstances— I laugh, and drag myself back to my feet. Never assume you’ve...

On the Whistleblower: ‘What Is His Name?’

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November 6, 2019
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by Caud Sewer Bile Elitist, social climbing parvenu, reclusive expert in the CIA, in touch with DNC dirt-digging too, caught leaking from the White House in the day, came forth in utter anonymity in...

‘Adiutor Laborantium’ and ‘Noli Pater’ by Colum Cille, Translated by T.M. Moore

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July 3, 2019
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Translator's Note: "Adiutor Laborantium" is an Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille (521-597), founder of the monastic community on Iona. It is an ABC poem, with the exception of two C-beginning lines in the...

Seasonal Sonnets (Acrostic) by Mark A. Doherty

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March 20, 2018
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Winter’s Nocturn       When angles of the sun are shining low, Intuition tells us we must sleep. Nocturnal tracks appear now in the snow To mark the chilly vigil some must keep. Enlightened...

‘Autumn Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Brian Mc Cabe

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October 27, 2017
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Autumn Haiku The red squirrel flits From brown bark to golden leaf He is not gone yet   Winter Acrostic When cold winds blow and rain comes from the north In time, you see the days are growing...

‘New Year’s Hopes, 2017’ by Daniel Magdalen

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December 31, 2016
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  Color streams burst brightly in a flourish of elation, Each to soar and cover night's condoning, lofty, canvas – Livening this moment, man-made shooting stars' vibration Emanate our gladness to...




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