10 Greatest Poems about Death: A Grim Reader
By Conrad Geller Poets demonstrably know nothing about death since it is, in Hamlet’s phrase, “the undiscovered country from whose ...
Month: September 2016
‘My Mirror Grinned’ (Rondeau) and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana
My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with ...
‘The Pleiades’ (Pantoum) by Carol Smallwood
There is a tale of seven sisters whose father help up the sky pursued by Orion, carried to the ...
‘Greening Fields’ by Carole Mertz
Today I may dream of stubbled fields shriveled foretelling of future prospects grim. If tomorrow’s dreams are green, is ...
‘Falun Dafa Hao’ by Courtney Dowe (with Audio)
"Falun Dafa Hao" is Chinese for "Falun Dafa is good." Falun Dafa, also known as a Falun Gong, is a ...
How to Write a Pantoum (With Example)
By Carol Smallwood The pantoum is a poetry form that originated in 15th century Malaysia and drifted West in the ...
‘Genesis’ by Liùsaidh
Gathering like large and lazy vultures they asked me, on my travels, where I’m from — my origins, religion ...
‘Unexpiring’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream
. Unexpiring Ekphrastic on the above photo Unexpiring constant Sun, Earth untired responding spun, Surging fire, maternal birth, Urgent sire ...
‘An Uplifting Book’ by Daniel Magdalen
The eyes emerge from slumber’s lake of lead, Awakened by the zephyr flying past, In wonderment to witness, overhead, ...
‘On the Shores of Lake Erie’ by G.M.H. Thompson
On the shores of Lake Erie, most weak & most weary, a soldier sat sunning, returned from the wars, And ...
‘We Shall Never Forget’ and Other Poetry by Alan Jankowski
We Shall Never Forget Let the world always remember, That fateful day in September, And the ones who answered duty's ...
‘Terrorism Can Be Defeated’ by Sandip Saha
Terror has infected the world today; And this disease is spreading day by day. Fanatics who lack spirituality And ...
‘The Joy of Silence’
By Anonymous Sometimes I sit alone for a while, Watching life go by, Sitting high on a mountain top, Wondering ...
‘Will Power’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges
Will Power When God asked Solomon one day What his heart did most desire, The man said if he had ...
‘Games of Gridlock’ (Rondeau) by E.V. Wyler
"Games of Gridlock," people proclaim, "court our congress in shifts of shame!" If pay-to-play campaigns unlash a people-to-the-poles backlash, it's ...
‘…That Cruelest Spring’ by Daniel P. Rattelle
And then we remembered that cruelest spring, when we awoke to find ourselves hollow. Where once we mocked, “O ...
2017 Poetry Competition
Submission Instructions Submit three to five poems, each of which does not exceed 50 lines. Email as a word file ...
Brian, you are absolutely correct -- this is a "Chamberlain-like" decision. Sheer cowardice, lack of historical understanding, diplomatic blundering, desperation…
Joe, this scathing poem is presented as satire though it is infused with sober judgment and a generous helping of…
Is that how you judge reality, Paul? By how many persons are trapped in the delusion that something unreal is…
I think you'll find it's 153 out of 197 countries that have recognised Palestine as a state.
Thanks Cheryl. I’m not familiar with that, but it sounds like a nice thing for that poem to be compared…
