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  O Come, Holy Ghost "The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom..." ---Proverbs 9:10 O Come, Holy...

  November Nights are cold, days crisp and bold. On the ground and in the trees, Vast array of red...

. On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir (June, 2024) W e all should thank our...

. The Devil’s Trill I.     A heavy meal and three glasses of port Weighed down Tartini when at length...

. A Picture of Repose A young boy’s seated on a wall that overlooks Capri, an oil painting by Dane...

. Aftertaste Love at first sip was so cloyingly sweet, When I’d have gladly laid all at his feet, Sworn...

Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...

. Disambiguation As in the dawn the nature of the beams Of light invading chambers---how they glint, Conceal with shade,...

. Sibylline Sonnets for Advent The sibyls were ecstatic prophetesses active from about 600 B.C. in the Greek coastlands of...

. Ballade of Prayer to Our Lady (in the voice of the poet’s mother) by François Villon (1431-1463), from French...

Who is that smiling cherub whose huge wings, Open, extended, like a swan in flight, Lifts him above the angels...

Still Going It may appear that I’ve run out of chances, No more to rise from absolute defeat, Victim of...

by Caud Sewer Bile Elitist, social climbing parvenu, reclusive expert in the CIA, in touch with DNC dirt-digging too, caught...

Translator's Note: "Adiutor Laborantium" is an Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille (521-597), founder of the monastic community on Iona....

Winter’s Nocturn       When angles of the sun are shining low, Intuition tells us we must sleep. Nocturnal...

Autumn Haiku The red squirrel flits From brown bark to golden leaf He is not gone yet   Winter Acrostic...

  Color streams burst brightly in a flourish of elation, Each to soar and cover night's condoning, lofty, canvas –...