‘Give And Take’ by Damian Robin
Our ends and deaths sit with us all the time defining executioners and crime; and though we try to ...
Month: May 2014
‘Coastal Shingle’ and Other Poetry by Len Krisak
Coastal Shingle There, totem-stacked in paratactic charm, The words cascade: Hay.Shavings.Piglets.Straw. I had not sought a sign from Salt Marsh ...
‘Zhen-Shan-Ren’ by Evan Mantyk
Zhen-Shan-Ren: “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,” the three main principles of Falun Dafa Zhen-Shan-Ren, Zhen-Shan-Ren… Hear the Truth that sounds like “Zhen,” Rhythm that ...
‘Ashamed I Will No Longer Be’ and Other Poetry by Firestone Feinberg
Ashamed I will no longer be... Ashamed I will no longer be To write an older poetry -- I have ...
A Health Insurance Limerick by Troy Camplin
The cost of insurance was such Its price I could sadly not touch -- So I gave all of that ...
‘Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling’ by Li Bai, ‘Yellow Crane Tower’ by Cui Hao
Updated January 10, 2020 Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling by Li Bai (701-762) Here phoenix roamed four hundred years ...
‘The Battleground’ and Other Poetry by Ken Kenigsberg
The Battleground The slashing blades strike fierce and deep The newly stricken fall down in heaps. In vain: the foe ...
‘Cynthia Moon’ and Other Poetry by Clinton Van Inman
Cynthia Moon Go drag your white skull before blind seas That tumble dazed to your mono-eyed magic Go string ...
‘Waiting, Sadly’ and Other Poetry by James Sale
Waiting, Sadly For Keats I'm waiting, sadly, for a guest to come: What hour defeats me and how I don't ...
‘Two Strangers Passing on the Street’ by Richard Lackman
The two were different as could be as anyone could surely see One was tall and thick and white, the ...
‘The Fallen Vestige’ and Other Poetry by Theresa Rodriguez
The Fallen Vestige The fallen vestige of her foliate time: Browned leaves beneath; coarse needles of old pine Once green ...
A tremendously transcendent meditative piece, with scenic motion skillfully presented by the poet as though he were conducting an orchestra.…
Couldn’t help smiling—with glee, now that those innocent juveniles stand to be tried as terrorists.
This follow-up is meant to release the fuller version that vanished when posted.
Finely structured, Martin. Your works, whether they feature description or narration, usually have a coda with recognition of the divine…
A terrific satire, a heart-warming gift on Rosh HaShana! Macron, today’s Petain, and the rest of the sorry gang of…
