Month: November 2018

Politician or Poet When in one’s soul the politician calls forth – The poet’s voice withers and comes to naught. ...

The Hindu's Lament As I passed a lonely temple in the after-evening glow, On the banks of the Ganges where ...

To Chavistas You profit off the indignance of the poor just like the imperial loansharks you denounce, you’ve murdered trees ...

by James A. Tweedie My interest in Sapphic verse arose from a discussion thread on an SCP post some months ...

  When born, they said he came into the light! He realised soon it's another kind of gloom, where innocence ...

The Poet's Soul with Artful Pen Few will read with understanding What the poet is intending. Nouns and verbs are ...

Not how we're seen but what we do determines beauty's stride, for seeds of virtue catered to are planted deep ...

Cell Block Twenty-Nine I haven’t seen the sun for days, Nor felt Compassion’s gentle ways; My body’s weak, but courage ...

by Usa W. Celebride The pilgrims were a persecuted group—for their beliefs— so they were willing for a chance, a ...

Attentive to the dawning light, a poem has much in common with a plant: the crown delivers photosynthate through the ...

AQI: Hazardous Outside, the air is filled with smoke and ash So thick the nearby mountains can’t be seen; Bright ...

Much too small for a plow, __but I dig anyhow __till there’s sweat on my brow __from the weeds that ...

  The Hallowed Halls of Know-It-Alls are filled with varied creatures who learn the ropes from other dopes who pride ...

…a contemporary application of Pope’s wisdom I’ve sent illegal immigrants to splash around your pool, to raid your pantry, watch ...

Presented by Monty Phillips Given that the recent days have been rightfully occupied by the remembering of the humans who ...

The Garden of Life In wee, assuring spans of sunlit day, The sun awakened, rides his carriage fast To paint ...

  I am a university in the U.S. of A. Becoming more dependent on Red China every day. We seek ...

  On sunny days We’re filled with “me.” “I’m on my own And feeling free!” We have our job, And ...

inspired by the Book of Hebrews To carry close a fishing net of gold or sea-green thread, __a-woven by some ...

(A liberal-socialist primer for our youngest, most impressionable comrades) Note: 'take the other bus' is a slang term for homosexual ...

At Dusk At dusk, when high above the darkening trees, __The swallows in the deep blue dip and soar, As ...

Choose Wisely Calling for the next U.S. Poet Laureate to be a traditional rhyming poet A double refrained chant royal ...

(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) U.S. Midterm Election 2018 by Brice U. Lawseed There wasn't any blue wave, nor ...

  Behold the cloud-graced monoliths That stretch against the sky Into the boundless sanctity Where wind swift eagles fly. Primal ...

  "Write on!" the Masters from the shadows cried. "By your thin air we breathe, nor ever died; Your modest ...

When formal poets come to me for advice, I do my best to be helpful. I can comment on metrics ...

  The Age of Poetry They say that poetry’s a young man’s game, indulged while still limber, lithe, and healthy ...

by James Sale Carol Smallwood In the Measuring is a substantial new collection of 77 poems by Carol Smallwood. Carol ...

  In Officio Exsequarium Come, let us bid the last of our farewells To one who sleeps on the retiring ...

Autumn Wind by Yuan Xi, translated by Jennifer Zeng and Damian Robin From far off, Autumn wind runs at us ...