Beauty

. World View Beyond the line where sea and sky collideLie distant lands beyond myopic sightWhere men and women live...

. . Reversing Babel . I. Babel “Now the whole earth had one language and one speech.” ---Genesis 11:1 ....

. “United” Nations? The U.N. won’t condemn Hamas’s slaughter,Supporting those who want Jews underwater.Iran’s a U.N. human rights group head,Though...

. Prayerwise for Gloria (1934-2013) Tough, keen, opinionated, shrewd:Collected junk, shared what she foundWith those who shared her roof and...

. Fungible Assets A pint’s a pound the world around. Now, lay your oars athwart the gunwales And let your...

. What Do You Do When You No Longer Drink What do you do when you no longer drink, no...

. Poetry A poem, subscribing to a plan, Flies higher than the highest planes, Seems safer than a rose-red tan,...

. It Seems Like Only Yesterday Votes and virtue did not yield Control of our own border, And context did...

. Sounds Like Paradise Kids are in the backyard playing; __The dog is playing too. I think that sounds like...

. Beware the Lion "Your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" ---1 Peter...

. Glow Brave little candle, shining bright! You send out rays of hope all night. Within your heart you hold...

. The Soldier He started as a little boy from any small hometown. He loved to throw and hit a...

. War Paths in honor of veterans I have known through the retelling of their stories. . “Any Man’s Death...

. Returning Soldiers With hedgerows, fields and trees the soldiers of a forward trench have rested with unease, reduced beyond...

. Carving Fingers "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." ---St. Paul Percy exhales with a scowl and...

. Until You Try "You’ll never know Until you try…" Make this mindset Your battle cry! Your first few steps,...

. Alfie’s Answer “What’s it all about, Alfie?” ---Hal David Not selfish pleasure, as I thought, but love For isolated...

. Ecstasy and Me I’ve not, I fear, the spiritual thrust To quite propel myself to mystic heights; To taste...

. The Miasma Enshrouding Disneyland I came here as a fairytale-struck child; The tickets cost less than a week of...

. Beyond the Shadows  The light from above may be blinding And cause us to shelter our eyes, But promises...

. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any...

. All Saints' Day by Gabrielle de Coignard (c.1550–1586), translated by Margaret Coats O Saints, you have your heritage in...

. Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the...

. Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), translated by Bruce Phenix The falling leaves seem fallen from afar, as though...

. The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump after Andrew Benson Brown’s Legends of Liberty  . I. 218 B.C. Above the...

. The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and...

. The Truth about Fall Colors  I am October’s most submissive bitch, And just when I believed I’d struck it...

. Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai (701-762), translated by Talbot Hook My bed looks over bright moonlight. I muse:...

. Unveiled, They Appear Reminiscence, and longings, and echoes unseal, from the depths in the ground which has covered, concealed,...

. My Brother in Galilee I had a fearsome dream---I saw my friend -- My teacher-brother---nailed onto a cross. I...

. Autumn Winds have Come Again Autumn winds have come again, Whistling wafts are dithering, Trees are shedding leaves like...

. Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion...

. Two Bugologues . Moth Onto a wall in chilly gloom I fold myself, all silk and dust, and then,...

. A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping...

. Sacandaga I go, I go to the lake so blue, Tree-lined shore in autumn hue. This place, my heart,...

. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and...

. For Israel Under Siege Imagine that you live in fear of violent Acts of terror daily---bombs may kill Your...

. Morning Witness To greet the dawn, I crossed a meadow green, still blanketed in jewels of morning dew. I...

. The Cabin _Atop the plateau’s rise, __I’m homeward bound, When sights familiar strike my eyes. Come with me---see the...

. The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sun which with...