Poetry

. Slivered Moon Slivered moon on slippers slides Across the skies on silver tides, Draping cobwebs over trees And coaxing...

. Love’s Seasons In the heat of the night, when conditions are right, __Gentle lovers will cuddle and spoon. It’s...

. Birdbrains a villanelle   “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry  about his actions.” ---Carter...

. (See an explanation on what Sibyls are here.) . The Tyburtine Sibyl The Tyburtine sibyl has the iconographic attribute...

. Uncle Sam's Tomb after Samuel Coleridge's "The Knight's Tomb" (see below) Where will the grave of that great figurehead...

. Woman For years I’ve known exactly what it means To own the weight and wonder of my sex--- The...

. The Short-Lived Triumph of the Junior School's Health & Safety Officer The children wait in line to sanitize Their...

. He Catches When We Fall! Of all life’s mysteries, The deepest of them all--- Not how high we've risen...

. Sleep Now the hour has come to lay me down Upon the waters of the river Lethe, To float...

. Share your poetry on currently unfolding Russo-Ukrainian war in the comments section below.  We received a large response on...

. The Simplest Way to Save the Earth The simplest way for us to save the earth Would be for...

. The Hypodermic For a poet, the pen is merely part Of the apparatus of addiction. He emulates the frozen...

. Quarantined Against the wind, our candles out, The smoke will rise, we have no doubt, Yet in the dark...

. Where Wonders Remain Snow crowns violet mountains that reign over trees, __Whose forests stand verdant and old; It ends...

. https://rumble.com/embed/vvm2wt/?pub=4 . Identity Crisis I used to think my body was all woman, My fruitful womb refused to be...

. From The Burkean: Icarus magazine currently holds the reputation of being Trinity College’s — if not Ireland’s — premier...

. Sold I. Summer Honey Crush  Soft, silken lips shone from her screen last night. She saw them, plump and...

. https://youtu.be/LRxFaGgdazE Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel by Susan Jarvis Bryant Our worthy sons should never be ashamedOf who...

. Ode to Salmon, the Episcopal Fish a poem in honor of Bishop Athanasius Schneider No birdsong greets the chilly...

. Your poem can be serious, silly, or something in-between. List the “random words” you chose as your poem’s title...

. Dispiration I have nothing to say, Not a thought in my head. If I needed to pray There would...

. Not What He Thinks All my success An old friend said Has clearly gone Straight to the head. I’ll...

. The Street Cop's Choice Thanks for coming home to help me choose. I know my kids will always have...

. Tribute to a Poet for Leonard Dabydeen, an SCP poet who passed away on March 16, 2022. Read Leonard...

. Love Letter to a Spoon How fine thou art my silver spoon. Your neck as graceful as a swan....

. Dueling Violins Yanni, Karen Briggs and Shardad Rohani live at the Acropolis in 1993 Anticipating each half-note he brings to...

. Slàinte! Today we’ll lift the Lenten limitations And don our Gaelic garb of kelly green. Bonhomie and glee and lush libations...

. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Share your St. Patrick's Day Poetry in the comments section below. While writing and posting,...

. Heights of Passion Passion flowers white and purple Bloom where tendrils curl and cling To the overhanging myrtle Sheltering...

. Berenice for my mother, Berenice Stone Cook Indebted to a simple spark of life, You missed your chance at...

. On Sighting a Marsupial "Serve with: Turnip greens" —Joy of Cooking Opossums are so ugly that it isn’t clear...

. Two Poems for White Day On White Day, March 14, men in Japan present white gifts to women, in...

. Time Is of the Essence The powers that be in their ivory tower, Make important decisions for sure, While...

. A White Knight a triolet With fires of hope and spirit bright, who will stand up for what is...

. A North Indian Summer They ask of me to write a sonnet fine In praise of Summer and her...

. The Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus was constructed in 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian to commemorate...

. "I Heard Chapman Speak Out Loud and Bold" by Margaret Coats My title quotes “On First Looking into Chapman’s...

. Captured As Herbert writes in Love-joy there’s a view of grapes upon a vine.  But mine is this- the...

. Hermes, The Artisan Hermes, son and messenger of Jove, Surveyed the coast, where often he would rove, And found...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAv09XqwAY . Young Strongbow anonymous American ballad (Words in parentheses are alternate lyrics suggested by other extant versions of...