Month: February 2020

On a Bereavement I Mourning Sickness Can anybody say how long it lasts, This numbness that deceives while it relieves ...

  20 January 2020 My father died, just yesterday, and mom About a year ago; I’m filled with grief For ...

  From Some Nightmarish Vial a villanelle by Evan Mantyk Did it emerge from some nightmarish vial? Is it a ...

  On TV, I saw them kneeling __Before their golden cow; Mere worshippers of a flimsy feeling __Desecrating a vow. ...

  The days we choked on rage and fed on tears, that lit my guts with deep and purple flame— ...

  In a time long ago, where the high myrtles grow, Lived a tribe of the Bellenden Range. While below, ...

  Icy, biting breezes cut like knives; Sea-spray wave crests crash upon the shore; Silent, unseen clam and crab life ...

  Through barren fields, beside the ruins of man, The sunlight hardens stains of blood and gore; Macabre deeds that ...

  I have been bid into the House of Song To merry-make at Inspiration’s fest Alas! I fear my raiment ...

                                      Amy ...

translated by Leo Zoutewelle To you my word will be reproached as lie, Maliciously: “who left you so maligned, In ...

  The 50¢ Army by Lu "Reed ABCs" Wei The Chinese Communist regime, has recently dispatched some 1600 online trolls ...

Natural-Born Jeremiah 17.19 I am a liar, natural-born. I find it more convenient to equivocate or stretch the truth, than ...

  A Truly Perfect Love My fingertips caress your hair and I no longer have a care about what happens ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6QuvFS068    

Aranjuez (ar-ON-wess) has been one of the estates of the royal family of Spain. It is near Madrid and the ...

  Five Rivers to Cross I sat down by the river Styx to wait upon Phlegyas, ferryman of old, among ...

  By lamplight through the long night hours, he kept his vigil by her side, His love still fresh, though ...

  Poland Brave nation, strong and proud you stand, a Boulder in the stream One nation, people hand in hand, ...

translations by Alan Steinle Translator's Note: This poem (“Tres cosas”) was originally written in Spanish by Baltasar del Alcázar (1525-1606). ...

  To Whom It May Concern Who writes letters anymore, and in verse? I don't care whether you like it ...

O, Where Is Love? by James A. Tweedie O, where is love? You’ll find it in the pain _That binds ...

  I thought and thought of pride and pride began to grow and over-ride my common sense until I thought ...

by Michael Curtis | excerpted from Occasional Poetry Tradition grows from wisdom, from the accumulated experience of millennia; in poetic ...

  a rubaiyat Step gently O' my boy, this 's your first day... light-footed sweet and slow... on sinking clay. ...

  a villanelle The mortal eyes in time shall wilt away, as fast as breath retreats its kiss from glass, ...

. Uncle Joe's Last Stand “Lying, dog-faced pony soldier!” Blurts out Biden, as he scolds her. Eyes unfocused, can’t walk ...

  Bongo, bongo, bongo, I don’t wanna leave the Congo, Oh no, no, no, no, no! Bingle, bangle, bungle, I’m ...

  The Absolute and Relative Argue with repartee: Ultimate One or Ground or Truth, Or relativity? Through the Hubble’s stupendous ...

  The Park Northern pintails brushing blue, the crescendo of their wings, weaving windsong into words some say that, “Up ...

  Better Than Starbucks Sonnet Contest Accepting Submissions Beginning: October 1, 2020 Deadline: December 1, 2020 Top Prize: $100 Submission ...

  Ilaria Del Carretto was the second wife of Paolo Guinigi of Lucca. Her sepulchre lies in Lucca’s Duomo San ...

  The Problem with Socialism Upon Reading Charles Murray's Coming Apart Some sit on clouds and moonburn as they dream, ...

Li Wenliang (1985 - 2020) by Dr. Weslie Ubeca Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist, worked in Wuhan; and when he saw ...

  Part 1 I wished I’d had a shotgun as I looked out of me window To level at the ...

A Child’s Winter Inventory Winter ‘87-’88 Twittering birds; Chattering teeth; Snow coats the trees In an icy sheath. Glittering snow, ...

  While walking through the Grand Bazaar In Istanbul, I came upon A man whose name was Al-Jafar. His friendly ...

  Two Mistakes is a drama-length poem in metered verse for which I won second place in the Tom Howard ...

Bring On the Leeches A condition called aspergillosis, And a touch of marasmus as well, Was the surgeon’s succinct diagnosis. ...

The Best Poems of 2019: Winners of 8th Annual International SCP Poetry Competition Thank you to everyone who participated! It ...