Month: November 2024

. When Fervid Female Stoops to Folly after Goldsmith’s “When lovely woman stoops to folly” When fervid female stoops to ...

. Speak Loud God's Praise ---to the tune of Ellacombe ("I Sing the Mighty Power of God") Speak loud the ...

. Lamb and Lion God spoke and caused a great commotion, putting time and space in motion. Nothing is now, ...

. Black Friday Before Christmas Many of the stories are real ones from the Internet. ‘Twas the month before Christmas ...

. Fair Game on Thanksgiving Day Please tell me if you think I’ve crossed a line by unremittingly abusing you ...

. The Greatest Gift of All To wake and find I still can see and feel And know deep down ...

. Celestial Potatoes Thanksgiving morning, poised I stand: near cutting board, honed knife in hand. My self-taught method must suffice: ...

. Book Reviewed: Uttering the Unutterable: Aristotle, Religion, and Literature by Louis Groarke, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023 by Margaret Coats ...

. https://youtu.be/ayfBdVJxeKk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He ...

. Election Correction Newsome, Whitmer, Pritzker, Hockel, Murphy Have a strange idea of how things should be. Then, of course, ...

. Ode to the Dogs Puppy to playmate they bring us much joy whether sleeping or hunting for favorite toys. ...

. Samhain Behind the turning leaves a red-breast peeks,In light dim-lit by mists on Samhain dawn;The earth is churned by ...

. The Ballad of Mark and P’Nut The lamp is lit, computer’s on, __My coffee has been brewed. I scroll ...

. Madrigal à la Tasso The surface of the lake reflects the flight _Of one and then another swan; _How ...

. The Lop-Sided House A lop-sided house on the edge of a cliff; A family trying so hard to be ...

. Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, Loved by the Viewer and the Baronet The lady wanted prettiness and style. (The artist ...

. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight, ...

. Montana High School Reunion The big fella who grew up in Butte, Claimed his high school sweetheart was so ...

. Contemplative Days A sky of dim and pale display __Brings forth late autumn calm. "A restful peace," it seems ...

. Smile “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” ---Connie Stevens I didn’t weigh your sway and worth__Until you ...

. The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker by Joseph S. Salemi A few poets become famous, while most go down ...

. Talk Around the Urn In our Sunday best, on folding chairs, We solemnly talk around the urn; A tear, ...

. A Colossal Event of Avoidance “This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida, ...

. Melancholy Hues (of Autumn) ---an ode The third of four trimesters of the yearsees summer flag. The mercury recedesand ...

. A Vacillating Villanelle On Perception  "Understanding the world for a man is reducing it to the human, stamping it ...

. Truth Streaked Across the Sky Truth streaked across the skyAlighting on a foreign strand,Where politicians buried itBeneath the lying ...

. Saint Andrew My Uncle Andrew lived his lifeInflicting others pain and strife.‘Twas always said by mother dear“No good shall ...

. Just Doin' Our Job As if they didn’t have enough to do already---harvesting the light to make food for ...

. Sailing to Illusium Unheralded, the ancient oracle Appears and disappears, pronounce announcing Creaturely mortality while singing Dirges under breath; ...

. Diners For single men alone, what impulse spurs us To find them everywhere? –the burned-out lights, the squat brick ...

. Great Expectation Classical Poets Student Edition The summary and introduction below is from a newly adapted (UK spellings Americanized ...

. Raking Leaves The blaze of autumn's orange-gold is gone, And now it's time to rake the fallen leaves, __To ...

. Solid Rock With open heart, but eyes shut tight, led by our feelings, not by sight, they are the ...

. First Pick Flamingo They used to call this player the flamingo; They chaffed and mocked; they were full of ...

. A Brief Respite From murky depths, I rise, by duty fetched,And breaking surface in the waking world,I find my ...

. Jehu Destroys the Temple and Statue of Baäl "—What did that madman want?" ---2 Kings 9:11 He saw Jehu ...

. Beryl Spring ---Yellowstone National Park Towering torrents of steam and mist Rise next to the side of the road, ...

. The Garden Dense boughs and variegated blooms __That once festooned a garden Are dying as November births __Pellucid forms ...

. https://youtu.be/B9aMXFVpFEk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He ...

. A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t Your World War One recruitment agent prays he finds you well. Your ...