Month: March 2024

. The Alleged Bulldozer My wife told me, shortly after we got married, that I “bulldozed” her into the marriage. ...

. DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet ...

. Monica's Consolation for Margaret Coats, who introduced me to St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and his mother, St. Monica ...

. For Paavo Nurmi who trained against his stop-watch and in medias rez we begin as the runners approach the ...

. Good Intentions “One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and ...

. Bowing to Power Although they might Not do what’s right, The very strong Are never wrong. If you complain, ...

. Samson, Tribe of Dan "Dan is a serpent in the path. He bites the horse's heel and causes the ...

. The Stoat and the Old Goat This tale concerns a little stoat, With eyes of black and velvet coat, ...

. Stop All The Clocks after W.H. Auden Stop all the clocks, stop all humdrum, Silence the warblers, their constant ...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGLFPOccCAI https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7NwnsyJD044?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends ...

. Story Time The father, he sits on the couch with a book, A child in each arm, and one ...

. Hatching A gelid mass of wings that seethed and surged— A squeamish sight that caught me by surprise— A ...

. Sunday Morning Flock of Starlings He saw, while driving down the roadway, off 288, a flock of starlings at ...

. Philanthropaths & Puppets Philanthropath: a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. ---the Urban Dictionary . I. So Rose the Puppeteer ...

. Original Smile Fossil remains show nothing of the first Facial flourish dimpling a human cheek. Was it some reflex ...

. Fed Suffering The True Story of Dai Mingrong . Not merely stale today, her bowl of rice Now tastes ...

. To Catch The Wind after Tennessee Williams "We Have Not Long To Love" I want to catch the wind ...

. Do Your Jobs Live up to the Constitution That contains a plain solution. Guard us from invading mobs. Come ...

. Insomnia, My Sometime Muse She comes to me while I’m asleep,Not with strange imaginings of dreamsBut with fragmented thoughts. ...

. I Am with You You are with me, this day, and I’m with you; in spirit and in memory ...

. Jane Doe These trembling hands are not the first to jostle away unholy grabs from praying hands; you crossed ...

. The Crimson Creed We know the primal aggregate, Self-molded at the start of time, Before the Big Bang uppercut ...

. The Nymph by Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627) translated by Alan Steinle As morning sunlight first began to ...

. Fani Fever Wide eyes are mesmerized by Fani Willis In pink as vivid as an amaryllis. The guy she ...

. Credit Does it make any sense, For me to have pride, When I just dispense, What God put inside? ...

. A Walk At Night She's clothed in light when she appears; Freckles speck her argent skin. Her dazzling smile ...