Month: November 2023

. The Soldier He started as a little boy from any small hometown. He loved to throw and hit a ...

. War Paths in honor of veterans I have known through the retelling of their stories. . “Any Man’s Death ...

. Returning Soldiers With hedgerows, fields and trees the soldiers of a forward trench have rested with unease, reduced beyond ...

. Carving Fingers "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling." ---St. Paul Percy exhales with a scowl and ...

. Until You Try "You’ll never know Until you try…" Make this mindset Your battle cry! Your first few steps, ...

. Free Press Our founding fathers fought the fight __to conquer tyranny. Once won, the Congress met to write __new ...

. Israel: A Leftist's Guide Hamas atrocities? Don't say a word,To point them out would be an act of treason.A ...

. . “The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow skull.” ---Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray ...

. Alfie’s Answer “What’s it all about, Alfie?” ---Hal David Not selfish pleasure, as I thought, but love For isolated ...

. The Stream of Love Like swollen streams in Spring, young love will roarThrough every obstacle that checks its flow,Though ...

. Treasure in Heaven "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where ...

. Ecstasy and Me I’ve not, I fear, the spiritual thrust To quite propel myself to mystic heights; To taste ...

. The Miasma Enshrouding Disneyland I came here as a fairytale-struck child; The tickets cost less than a week of ...

. Ode to Old Tom Old Tom he stalks the English Dales, The Patron Saint of potent ales. He makes ...

. . Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . If I ...

. Beyond the Shadows  The light from above may be blinding And cause us to shelter our eyes, But promises ...

. Paths —Inspired by “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” (see below) by Gulzar from the film: Aandhi, 1975 Sheer multitudes ...

. Two Ekphrastic Poems . The Light of the World, Holman Hunt As predawn darkness shrouds the land, With warm-lit ...

. Icarus Sings I’ve tempted fate, And sought the sun, I’m Icarus, I’ve come undone. My wings have failed, For ...

. Poet Paul A. Freeman challenges you to write a nursery rhyme in the style of the Mother Goose classic ...

. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any ...

. To Dance with Death I caught the fierce gaze of the trickster, Death. He charred bleak Aztec ruins with ...

. All Saints' Day by Gabrielle de Coignard (c.1550–1586), translated by Margaret Coats O Saints, you have your heritage in ...