May a Smile Be Your Umbrella May a smile be your umbrella And the wind blow you away. May...

  Flexibility This morning when I was pursuing Just one of my many routines, My son asked why I wasn’t...

  Sabin Howard ---who created A Soldier's Journey at the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. He steps...

  Ode to a Dragonfly High in the torrid, torpid dog-day air A shape, elusive, skeletal, darts by--- Yet elongated,...

  Hobby Horse Not like the winged stallion of Greek fame with Olympic wings aloft from sky to sky. Here,...

  Big Cat Dance In my home state of Michigan _They rip up all the roads To vex the heart...

  Freedom’s Wring _When God seems to fail _The world starts to wail, And saints go marching home Like Sprites...

  Island of Poets Settlers came from Thessaly, eastward sailing Far as Lesbos, loveliest isle regaling Grateful hearts with poetry...

  Military Quatrains, or the Modern Archilochus εἰμὶ δ’ἐγὼ θεράπων μὲν Ἐνυαλίοιο ἄνακτος, καὶ Μουσέων ἐρατὸν δῶρον ἐπιστάμενος. "I am...

  The Secret Rose Somewhere unknown there grows A multifoliate rose Whose petals are arranged In symmetries unchanged By vagaries...

  The Family Archive With moldy hand through tender shards I graze In boxes, old and dusty, some collapsed, And...

  Pedagogy Some claim the moon is made of cheese —No farting, please, it’s unrefined— Whose surface is a softened...

  Who are the Villains? I hate to be a Hollywood belittler, And yet, you ever notice how The stock...

  Isle of Romance O Isle of Romance, what a fanciful thought, _Most surely a sensual place--- Capri, Catalina, Tahiti...

  Professional Mourner Good morning, friend. I didn’t catch your name. Ah. Tod. So you’re the new kid on the...

  A Midsummer Night's Dream Whose dream are they, these four Athenian lovers whose mad misunderstandings mock each other? Moonstruck...

How the Mighty Fell! ---King David’s dirge for the previous King of Israel and his son: King Saul and Jonathan...

  The One Lone Juror ---for the very brave man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of the crime of...

  Soul of a Prophet: A Trialog “But the house of Israel will not listen to you…” ---Ezekiel 3.7. “Well,...

  Nelson and George ’Twas Providence granting old Nelson to George, Like how he survived at the Valley of Forge....

  When She Arrives A house is born of bricks and stone, Of measured walls and polished floor; It keeps...

  On to Better Days In this 250th year of the USA, this nation of 340 million goes its way....

  Serenade __Late summer’s twilight skies Hum with the song of a thousand faint voices--- _A choir of myriad sprites...

  Self-Exploration The furthest shores within my mind are lands whose sands I must explore— becoming a conquistador; to do...

  Victory With darkness cast on fertile lands, The men took muskets in their hands And wives took charge of...

  The Cristero Centennial In Mexico a hundred years ago, The government forced secularization. Its liberal politicos roared “No!” To...

  A Potpourri of Aphoristic Verses   Confronted with the truth, some will embrace it, While others, sadly, will refuse...

  The Estuary —at the “seaside” resort of Southport, England, where the sea is always miles away I must have...

  A World Without the Wednesday Child "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's...

First Prize: $2,000. Publication on the Society's website and Journal.   Submission Fee: $20 (The fee comes with a free...

. First Prize: $250. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $10...

  Realistic Reflections Mirror, mirror, tell me truly: Do I still have charm to tempt? Are these locks downright unruly,...

  China Made She sits before her grey machine, _knits, cottons, or brocade; with sweating she begins to sew _to...

  The Savage Moon The clouds... Tonight they hide her, but she’s there: A savage, ghostly horse without a rider....

  Reviewed Poetry Book: Love Found, Yearned For, and Lost by James A. Tweedie by Theresa Werba I have had...

  When Opportunity Knocks “Opportunities are like flies. We kill most of them.” ---Roy E. Peterson We all have heard...

  Legend of the Griffin Akin to giants of Greek fame _Who ruled the ancient world, He held the minds...

  Government Issue Found in a junkshop, nestled in between Dark bottles and some ill-assorted scraps: A battered thing, its...

  Chaucer Announces His Desire to Retire Whan that passing years and Father Time’s made difficulty in my finding sounds…...

  Advantages of Restaurants Food quality has dropped, Price rises have not stopped, Selections are decreased, Most portions aren’t a...