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Winners of Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Competition Announced

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May 13, 2023
Human Rights in China, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Contests, Villanelle
14 Comments
. FIRST PLACE . Tooth and Claw a pantoum by Susan Jarvis Bryant Observe the tooth and claw of savage deed. Beware the ferric breath of looming dread. Don’t let the taunt of terror sow its...
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A Poem for Earth Day: ‘Green… Greener… Greenest…’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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April 22, 2023
Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, The Environment
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. Green... Greener... Greenest...   a doomsday pantoum Zoom with raving saviors to Net Zero. Bewail our frail and ailing habitat. Become a carbon-taxing pseudo-hero. Trade...
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‘Signs of the Times’: Poetry by Joshua C. Frank

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March 30, 2023
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau
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. Signs of the Times . I. Hymn 6-6-6 a rondeau Hymn 6-6-6 on high display— The devil’s number where we pray Before the Lord—is that a thing? Is Jesus Christ no longer King? Must Satan now be met...

‘How to Write Contemporary Poetry’ and ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ by Brian Yapko

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March 21, 2023
Culture, Education, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Satire, Shakespeare
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. How to Write Contemporary Poetry a pantoum in free verse composition keep letters lower case. dump classical tradition then cite the marketplace. keep letters lower case make use of ampersands then cite the...
poem/frank/screens/phones

A Group of Poems on Screen Obsession, by Joshua C. Frank

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March 2, 2023
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet
32 Comments
. Screened. I. The Phony Mom a true story Her phone, in hand above the stroller, Blocked her baby from her view. She held it like a game controller, Adoring every pixel’s hue As mothers not so long...
poem/bryant/valentine

Two Valentine’s Day Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 13, 2023
Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry
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. Could it be Love? a pantoum My wits are kissed. Could it be love? My brain is drained of all but you. I’m cuckoo as a cooing dove. I have an over-rosy view. My brain is drained of all but you. A giggle...

‘The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity’ by Laurel Aronian

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January 11, 2023
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. The Fluctuations of Modernity and Antiquity a pantoum __Something is ahead, A solemn note on open sky, __It rises from the dead, A whizzing plane of time gone by. A solemn note on open sky, Reminds me of...
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‘In Plain Sight’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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September 4, 2022
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. In Plain Sight Our enemies aren’t rattling at the gate. Our foes aren’t firing shots from foreign ground. They toy with minds---pain brains, and obfuscate--- We bend and bow and break without a...

‘The Death of the Leviathan’ by Adam Sedia

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August 31, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. The Death of the Leviathan The monster finally meets its doom: Sound out the death-knell, light the pyre! The depths are ready for its tomb--- Now let the wretch at last expire! Sound out the death-knell,...

‘Seeing the Light’: Three Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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March 2, 2022
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Triolet
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. Seeing the Light by Susan Jarvis Bryant . I. Peace Be with You… a pantoum   “Peace is possible, truth at all costs.” ---Martin Luther  The churchyard cat is terrified The belfry bats are numb with...
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‘Aspects of Love’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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February 13, 2022
Culture, Love Poems, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé
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. Aspects of Love . I. Unrequited a rondeau redoublé Tonight, my eyes are open and aware. The kiss I trusted was a lustful lie. I’m letting go of love that isn’t there. My heart holds dreams no...

‘The Joys of Spring’ by Janice Canerdy

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January 23, 2022
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
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. The Joys of Spring a pantoum It’s here—sweet long-awaited spring. New blooms smell lovely; skies are blue. The trilling birds are on the wing. Earth has awakened; life is new. New blooms smell lovely;...

‘Poppy’ and Other Poetry by A.S. Chuba

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December 27, 2021
Beauty, Culture, High School Submissions, Pantoum, Poetry
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. Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair. A shadow running up the path she sees, Her son has come! Her end to miseries. Twelve years have past all white...

A Fake News Pantoum and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko

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December 9, 2021
Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau
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. What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be forgiven--- These are a tyrant’s acts! You falsify the facts Promoting news that’s fake. These are a tyrant’s...

‘Hypnosis’ by Judy Koren

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November 7, 2021
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. Hypnosis Come over here, then, and sit in this chair, Gaze at this candle-flame, empty your mind, No need to worry, no need to beware--- I am so patient, so caring and kind. Gaze at this candle-flame, empty...

Three Poems on Having COVID-19, by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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October 15, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Villanelle
48 Comments
. A Pox Upon My House a pantoum I heard the hiss of sickness as my mind cracked. I scoured and bleached and reached new hygiene heights. I locked down, muzzled up and shunned all contact--- Its moans and...

‘A Pantoum of Wager’ and Other Poetry by Leland James

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October 6, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
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. A Pantoum of Wager God said to Satan: Have you seen my servant Job, a man who fears God and shuns evil. Satan replied: You’ve bought him with blessings. Take them away and he’ll spit in your eye. God...

‘A Woke Recipe for Disaster’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant

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May 15, 2021
Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau, Villanelle
26 Comments
. A Woke Recipe for Disaster a villanelle Heap fresh and zesty chaos on despair. Rub salt in history’s wounds till hatred sticks, Then sugar discontent with bogus care. Pour rage and scorn on free-speech...

‘Bridge of Memories’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

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May 20, 2018
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
16 Comments
Bridge of Memories a symmetrelle in mixed syllabic meter A bridge built of memories spans the gap between future and past. Although life may speed by us too fast, from every experience, knowledge we...

‘Bemused’ and Other Poetry by N. Ram

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December 31, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry
5 Comments
  Bemused “Polyhymnia would not lift her veil, All my attempts at sacred poetry failed, Calliope did not lend me her tablet, Epic poetry left me desolate, Terpsichore was sure, I could never...

‘The Price’ and Other Poetry by Dusty Grein

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October 7, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry, Rondeau Redoublé, The Environment
1 Comment
  The Price (a pantoum in iambic pentameter) The sea and sky, once beautiful and clean, They’ve paid the price for man’s hubris and greed. The jungle canopies were brilliant green as nature...

‘The Pleiades’ (Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood

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September 25, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Pantoum, Poetry
6 Comments
  There is a tale of seven sisters whose father help up the sky pursued by Orion, carried to the heavens by Zeus. Farming season began when their star cluster appeared high— their position in the...

How to Write a Pantoum (With Example)

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September 19, 2016
Beauty, Education, Pantoum, Poetry, Poetry Forms
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By Carol Smallwood The pantoum is a poetry form that originated in 15th century Malaysia and drifted West in the 19th century with French writer Victor Hugo, among others. While it never quite took off like...

‘Winter Storm Watch’ and Other Poetry by Catherine Wald

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March 5, 2015
Beauty, Humor, Pantoum, Poetry
1 Comment
  Winter Storm Watch The sky is still; no flakes appear and yet we know that they will come. Held hostage by our doubts and fears we beat out warnings on our drums. We know, for sure, the flakes...

‘A Lace Piece’ (A Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood

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August 28, 2014
Beauty, Pantoum, Poetry
1 Comment
There’s a wonder about it, the fragile beauty of lace. Many kinds for centuries have been important to own; one can go to Ireland, Flanders, from place to place— they’re in catalogs: Irish, Mechlin,...




  1. Norma Pain on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Thank you Susan. :)

  2. Susan Jarvis Bryant on ‘The Great War’: A Poem by Mary GardnerMay 29, 2023

    Mary, you have captured in hard-hitting yet beautifully crafted couplets exactly what today is all about, and I applaud your…

  3. Joshua C. Frank on ‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. FrankMay 29, 2023

    Thank you, Brian. I’ve known since my teens that every great civilization had to fall eventually, just from reading history,…

  4. Susan Jarvis Bryant on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Oh Norma, I am so very sorry to hear of your horrible injury and hope and pray you mend quickly…

  5. Susan Jarvis Bryant on A Poem on Target’s Transgender Clothing for Youth, and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis BryantMay 29, 2023

    Brian, you always manage to sum up the messages I try to get across in my poetry with creativity and…

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