The Chinese Bill of Rights In China, laws regarding human rights May keep a simple man awake at nights,...

(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Ancient Melodies by Ercules Edibwa No longer are they heard, the ancient melodies of...

  As I grow old and frail, you will support me still. If I should shout or rail, calmly, you...

  A Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the...

  Of Roland and of Kings I sing of Arthur and Excalibur, The Table Round and fealty professed By knights...

  Oh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at? Methinks thou seem a bit too flat... On Superman, and blokes...

  —from A Gallery of Ethopaths Schools are diploma mills that provide Credentials for people who have to hide In...

  A poem's truth, when presently revealed Inside its lines where they had first congealed Will fill you with a...

  If poets are supposed to write of death then let me O! poetically regret the beating heart abruptly stopped,...

  As autumn breezes blow away The warmth of summer’s sun, Then shortened is the light of day When we...

  A wondrous thing that happens as your exit becomes near, is that “long-term” consequences need not cause you fear! Bottom...

after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" __Once upon an evening dreary, I searched for news, at least in theory, Over many...

Pinhead While sitting on a pinhead __Stuck in an angel's wing Holding still a piece of thread __I tap my...

a villanelle Be still now and let them go. Their trials and losses fade away. Briefly, they were yours to...

  Here Comes the Hybrid Bus Here comes that brand new hybrid bus Round the street so pretty; It's length...

on the state of poetry today I see the threads have all aligned __In a patchwork tapestry That seemed at...

Traditional Sacred Polyphonist of England Wilton! Could music make the dead to rise, Spare life its toil, move wills from...

Ms. Hayden, On Your Selection of Our Next Poet Laureate: For poetry to rise again Seek one who has applied...

Politician or Poet When in one’s soul the politician calls forth – The poet’s voice withers and comes to naught....

The Hindu's Lament As I passed a lonely temple in the after-evening glow, On the banks of the Ganges where...

To Chavistas You profit off the indignance of the poor just like the imperial loansharks you denounce, you’ve murdered trees...

by James A. Tweedie My interest in Sapphic verse arose from a discussion thread on an SCP post some months...

  When born, they said he came into the light! He realised soon it's another kind of gloom, where innocence...

The Poet's Soul with Artful Pen Few will read with understanding What the poet is intending. Nouns and verbs are...

Not how we're seen but what we do determines beauty's stride, for seeds of virtue catered to are planted deep...

Cell Block Twenty-Nine I haven’t seen the sun for days, Nor felt Compassion’s gentle ways; My body’s weak, but courage...

by Usa W. Celebride The pilgrims were a persecuted group—for their beliefs— so they were willing for a chance, a...

Attentive to the dawning light, a poem has much in common with a plant: the crown delivers photosynthate through the...

AQI: Hazardous Outside, the air is filled with smoke and ash So thick the nearby mountains can’t be seen; Bright...

Much too small for a plow, __but I dig anyhow __till there’s sweat on my brow __from the weeds that...

  The Hallowed Halls of Know-It-Alls are filled with varied creatures who learn the ropes from other dopes who pride...

…a contemporary application of Pope’s wisdom I’ve sent illegal immigrants to splash around your pool, to raid your pantry, watch...

Presented by Monty Phillips Given that the recent days have been rightfully occupied by the remembering of the humans who...

The Garden of Life In wee, assuring spans of sunlit day, The sun awakened, rides his carriage fast To paint...

  I am a university in the U.S. of A. Becoming more dependent on Red China every day. We seek...

  On sunny days We’re filled with “me.” “I’m on my own And feeling free!” We have our job, And...

inspired by the Book of Hebrews To carry close a fishing net of gold or sea-green thread, __a-woven by some...

(A liberal-socialist primer for our youngest, most impressionable comrades) Note: 'take the other bus' is a slang term for homosexual...

At Dusk At dusk, when high above the darkening trees, __The swallows in the deep blue dip and soar, As...

Choose Wisely Calling for the next U.S. Poet Laureate to be a traditional rhyming poet A double refrained chant royal...