Beauty

. Questions of Legacy First the things we remember—Grandma’s laugh shaking a tablecloth, fixing blue eyes __on children next to...

. A Heroic Crown of Sonnets in Honor of the Ever Virgin . ---1st Mystery: The Prophecy of Isaiah ....

. Festal Flourish ---on a country festival, by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats All here may...

. Men Sail Out The waves they come--- A timeless thing, The earth their home--- Adventures bring. Men sail out...

. Summertime The summer solstice, when it finally comes, Begins the ebbing of the sunlit hours, Which daily add up...

. It’s All Her Fault ---with a nod to Eleanor Brown's "Bitcherel" Why write in meter when penning a poem,...

. July The sounds of Nature presage__And brilliantly exudeAn all-compelling message__Of carefree attitude. The raven in the garden__That's cawing aw-aw-awAnd throaty-chirping...

. Endurance Endurance! A three-masted barquentine has lain a century beneath the ice. In frigid-climed Antarctica she’s been athwart the ocean...

. The Northern Classical Garden ---on the transformation of a vacant lot by students and faculty at Northern Academy of...

. The Vision of George Washington based on the story by Wesley Bradshaw, published in 1880 . I. Message Disclosed...

. . An Epistle of Sullivan Dear Gilbert---your libretto is delightful! A charming English-Japanese confection. I now concede my words...

. Cyprus  July 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the invasion of part of Cyprus by Turkey Land of my...

. Candlelight Vigil the persecution of the peaceful meditation practice Falun Gong by the CCP began on July 20, 1999...

. My Vacation Trip in Verse by James A. Tweedie One of the comments in response to the recent “On...

. Desire "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." ---Langston Hughes,...

. Second Chances Just know that you’ve been staked a second chance At any time the future’s looking muddy. Put...

. Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835) translated by Joshua C. Frank Colors, fragrant like the flowers, Fade to ash in...

. The Small Commission When school yearbooks are thrust forth to be signed, We give out life advice. We speak...

. Brainwashed and Hopeless My old friend is a doctor---very bright, But he just said to me the GOP, Opposed...

. Fire Lurks I recognize, while watching ghastly nightEncircle statesmanship revoltingly,Bright bursts of a spangled pyrotechnic star.America! No star, a...

. A Town The difficulty of describing how This town was then, may only be because So little happened there,...

. My Patchwork Quilt Somewhere within my closet a patchwork quilt rests there; The patches cut by hands and with...

. Becalmed When life is smooth—a gentle breeze On a porch swing—the garden lush. Retirement! Do as I please. Watch...

. Street 3/4 On both sides of this street, there are small stores Of groceries, canned food, medicine, and toys....

. The Lord of His Castle Setting: King Stephen’s siege of Newbury Castle, England during the English civil war known...

. A Console Table after a Google entry A console table in the entryway __Provides a focus for a guest...

. Dandelion Dreams ---to Melody, on the occasion of her fifth birthday I see her, through the window, picking flowers....

. The Convert “Uh, Professor, I don’t get it, Why do people choose to read that? Does it just not...

. It Goes Without Saying "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they...

. . Battle Hymn of the Republic The Lord doth come; the grapes of wrath are crushed! Behold His fiery...

. Miss Jewell’s Suicide ---from a story by George Gissing The chipped and mismatched crockery,Two boiled eggs and tepid tea,A...

. . Militant Books Marshaled ranks of silent books Formed on shelves as in brigade, Fill the wooden dusty nooks...

. Three Views of Venus "When you’ve got a goddess, make good use of her. —local guide, Green Velvet Bedchamber...

.  Soulmate Your spouse ideally is your best friend,Providing love and laughter end to end,Supporting and enhancing all day through,But...

. To the Full Moon Heavenly voyager, you course Across the skies’ infinity--- The calm, serene celestial sea, Which yields...

. The Pink of Gentle Hermione and White of John Paul II The lodger pauses, as he leaves, to gaze...

. Savannah Blossoms Blossoms dress the trees __On Southern parkways Where petals glow like silk __If skies are fair, And...

. The Lazarus Effect Until you’re raised, you’ve no idea how dead You were, how long you’d been beyond the...

. Spanish Moss A thicket hides the remnants of a grange, An antebellum place of ghosts and rue--- A gothic...

. Memento Belli _My father had mementoes of the war; _he kept them in a box above his clothes, _where...