Month: November 2016

  Upon Seeing Shen Yun By Evan Mantyk How they fly now through the air With such poise and splendid ...

By Carol Smallwood The triolet is a medieval French poetry form that has eight lines and was introduced to the ...

  Pacific Trash Vortex I don’t care about chemical sludges, I don’t care about plastic debris, the Pacific trash vortex ...

  Christmastime Lush green tree, wet pine scent fills the air. Strings of tiny gems, that plump tree, strangle, Children’s ...

Who would true Valor see Let him come hither; One here will Constant be, Come Wind, come Weather. There's no ...

By Evan Mantyk I. I’m thinner than most cars you see, I do not guzzle as much gas, And if ...

Dogs are expected to sit Dogs are expected to stay They receive kicks If they make the boat sway Hong ...

Kindness and Stars The gentle touch and splendid gift Intended to restore and heal Is rich enough to move and ...

The Policeman By Brice U. Lawseed He dreamed there were ten thousand demonstrators on the streets, a nightmare of the ...

  Paris, 13 November 2015 The hiders: cheaters with suicide-belted access to ethereal hiding places — traceless but for grieving ...

  For Donald J. Trump, on the occasion of his victory   A Citizen arose, and men of blood, With ...

  Now does a mischief Winter grip our Isle with hands Which, Midas-like, turn all they touch to silvery ice. ...

A Quick Haiku Guide  A traditional haiku should... 1. Be three lines. The first line should have five syllables, the ...

By Ubs Reece Idwal "We reject the president-elect." —protesting chant In Portland, Oregon, four thousand demonstrators came, protesting the election, ...

  So Far, So Good One friend fears his father’s Alzheimer fate, another prepares herself for the end while her ...

  Hiding My Glee (Rondeau) Hiding my glee, lest my spouse see the merriment mulling in me. I’ll deftly deflect ...

. I think we need your help Lord God; Fairly sure we do, Sure as feet upon the sod, Sure ...

Can one’s eyes pierce the shroud of time to learn The message of Atlantis drowned in dust? Past Hercules’s Pillars ...

  Pygmalion at Twilight Like a fiery dawn came we forth unto Our place on pedestals above the dunes Of ...

By Nostradamus (1503-1566) | Translated by Evan Mantyk   X 76 The great Senate will award the pageant, To one ...

  Culloden Moor At last they met. No sound. Arrays deployed. It was the perfect day—no haze, no shine. Long ...

By Sathya Narayana The rubaiyat (pronounced “roo-bái-yát”) is a Persian form of several quatrains. Its name is derived from the ...