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. Listen to "Arrow Song" by Gunny Markefka, with lyrics from Longfellow. "Arrow Song" is from his album Arrow Songs,...

. Edgar Allan Poe was known for strange and mysterious tales, in poetry and prose. Perhaps fittingly, the circumstances surrounding...

. In black and white terms, I would say, __You’re all more white than olive, Take Einstein, Rothschild, Proust, Bizet---...

. Grimm   The days of steering princesses from danger With sweet salvation’s life-sustaining kiss From shining-armored knight or regal stranger Are now considered horribly remiss. Young damsels in...

. Contemplating Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer He stands enwrapped in luminous shadowed light, A woven cord of gold...

. When the statues were felled the crass multitude cheered. Historians wept while the rioters yelled. Society crumbled. Debate disappeared....

. “Daddy! There’s the big yellow ‘M’!” “May I take your order ple---?” “One Big Mac, Coke and fries!” Dad ...

. Our Father loves us, one and all. He lifts us when our spirits fall. He knows the song of...

  Raison Du Jour Reason is like tea.It’s best at four o’clock,Which is an hour before cocktailsAnd two hours before...

  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, cameTo bless new student housing on The Mound.Despite his title and his royal name,Despite...

. No Letters "An odd thought strikes me: we shall receive no letters in the grave." ---Dr. Johnson, from Boswell’s...

. The CCP Position on the Origin of Covid Point to their part Of the globe, And you’re a racist...

. Francesco, is it you? Be confident. Sorgue vineyard pathways never were too dusty __For you—plump face and figure lusty....

. Logic Class As class convenes I quickly indicate in clear logician's diction of my eagerness to share my disposition...

. A Can of Worms I saw it in the writing on the wall. I couldn’t help but read between...

. False statements spurn. Let’s shut them out completely. Quash so–called free speech. Cancel all you can. Do people think deplorables...

. When soldiers die,They give two lives.The one they had, And one denied: The spouse not met,The child unknown,The life unsaved,The...

. The mystic steed gave chase to red-eyed day, His forelock flying in the morn’s raw gust. Providence, my constant...

. “I want answers. I want all the words the poem whispers to be made flesh, to sit opposite me,...

. Fostering Faith Will you slip through the system’s wide cracks Like a ball down a driveway’s storm drain? Will...

. Hardship and Destiny to the Class of 2021 The time is now at hand; the bow is bent To...

. Will this reclaim the long-lost Muse perched on the tree of I.O.U.’s? Can I now join Miss E. B....

. Signs of the Times “Post-modern” is the “ism” of the land; Reality is hanging by a thread. Objective truth?...

. Unintended Consequence The African-American High schooler had poor grades. Folks worried for his future, Seeing little effort made. Some...

. A Slice from a sonnet by Eleanor Alexander For me, my friends, no graveside vigil keep, With gnashing teeth...

Originally published in The Epoch Times by James Sale Very recently, I hosted a live online poetry event for New...

. During the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Tank Man (his name has been reported as Wang Weilin, a 19-year-old student) was...

. To the Residents Down Below I am a bookish kind of rat And like each rat before me, I’ve...

. Her birthday cake was verily a sight--- A work of art, a sugary-sweet confection, That much to all the...

. On the Greek isle of Tilos are the ruins of the sanctuary of Pythian Apollo. Over them has been...

American historian Victor Davis Hanson and Canadian professor Jordan Peterson recently commented on the decline of American universities. Though they...

. The enemy has canceled me And yet, as far as I can see, I still exist, I am still...

. Default, to a Fault There are as many deeds I ought to do As there are jobs in urgent...

. To my friends on the wall who fought valiantly,We thank all the dead for ensuring we’re free.Remembrance, though fleeting,...

. R e w i n d... If time could suck the bullet from torn flesh, And pry its steely...

. “We’re running things now; we are great, you are small.” “You will talk as we think, or you’ll not talk at all.”...

. Chaos Abounds What thoughts are left unthought? What is profound? Does any quest of value still remain? So much...

. Fallen Arches “Not one change of species into another is on record… we cannot prove that a single species...

. Moon Song Selene to Endymion Night, for ever, ever night. __Sleep as the Gods would sleep, __Beautiful boy; sleep;...

. Today I will be turning seventy, An age I’ll claim with some temerity. I’ll welcome it with both serenity...