Lines Composed Before Finding the ‘Society of Classical Poets’ by Reid McGrath
Untitled Savants like to arrange their stars and push their poets into piles: marble-misers who assign the jars according to ...
Month: August 2014
‘A Lace Piece’ (A Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood
There’s a wonder about it, the fragile beauty of lace. Many kinds for centuries have been important to own; one ...
‘From Ego to Muse, from Banality to Beauty: Getting to Poetry’ by James Sale
There are a number of reasons for writing poetry, and alas they are not all good; for not all poetry ...
‘The Commissars Oppose Falun Gong’ and Other Poetry by James Sale
The Commissars Oppose Falun Gong They were old, had lost their youth, So, like the old, repressed the Truth. They ...
‘Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer’ by Cees Wilerd Bui
In Rembrandt's scene of 1653, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer, there is much that we can see amidst that ...
Children’s Poetry by Evan Mantyk
The Bored Knight A tired knight rode to his castle After a long day of hassle. He bowed to the ...
‘Scarlet Terms’ by Wilbur dee Case
The allegory of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne isn't flawless; yet it is, in places, good. The A itself ...
‘Spring Haiku’ and Other Poetry by Reid McGrath
Spring Haiku I’m optimistic; like a brand new tennis ball, everything’s chartreuse. The brook trout’s belly is like a ...
‘Helen Keller at Niagara Falls’ by Meryl Stratford
She could not see the avalanche cascade from foam-flecked marble rapids, being blind, but torrents of egrets and apple ...
Short Story: ‘The Tin Shant Social Collective’ by Alec Ream
I. The Tin Shant on the hill in Martinique is stoutly situated, unique in design, and built half a century ...
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…
