Wedding Vow in Poetry: ‘Walk With Me’ by Amy Foreman
Walk with me, though both of us May wonder where we go. Talk with me, explore, discuss The things we...
Read moreDetailsWalk with me, though both of us May wonder where we go. Talk with me, explore, discuss The things we...
Read moreDetailsBeneath Brambles A villanelle Beneath the tangled brambles, look around. Vines creeping, smothering, create the dark. A trillium insists her...
Read moreDetailsRequiem for September (or/ November Is Upon Us) Withering leaves Dying grasses Autumn is here Time Passes Gray skies Chilly...
Read moreDetailsBy Joseph Charles MacKenzie, for the Society of Classical Poets Born in 1939 Samuel Gilliland attended the ancient Dreghorn School...
Read moreDetailsCagney's Last Curtain Call Words shape my lips, words that I shall borrow, Pre-dawn, the sun, yet to fully...
Read moreDetailsTranslation (1) By a hedge, the day before, I met a half-breed shepherdess Full of cheer and sense no less—...
Read moreDetailsOne afternoon, ‘neath forest tall, where Sunlight dons disguise, I saw a sight few people see (unless they’re telling...
Read moreDetailsYouths for Prophets, Without Sin As youths for prophets steer a course, Towards our futures of remorse, We forge a...
Read moreDetailsAMERICAN INCIPITS Ishmael “You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction. He shall be...
Read moreDetails'Twas so much more on that morn before fall that we all came to mourn as it fell As...
Read moreDetailsCloaked in rumors of religion, looming bloodthirst Brings upon world’s drowning morals bouts of horror, As the force of chaos...
Read moreDetailsWe folks in Florida are quick to extol her amenity: The beach, the surf, the lifestyle announce unique identity....
Read moreDetailsThe New Explorers See this figure? That’s the Spirit Sent up way back when to scout. She rolls around And...
Read moreDetailsThe best way to understand America is through the lens of football esoterica. If you have no clue where you...
Read moreDetailsHero for Hire About myself I feel so good I grabbed my club, I donned my hood I found a...
Read moreDetailsUrban Butterfly What business have you here, In acrid air, to strain Through jagged glass and steel On a cracked...
Read moreDetailsThe Sea My sleeping spirit wakes As the town’s vespers Climb the stairless sky And the sea whispers. The rushing...
Read moreDetailsCicada and Mantis You are known to us by your choral song, The clicks and buzzes of an insect throng....
Read moreDetailsBy James Sale Donald Mace Williams Wolfe and Other Poems is an extraordinarily good collection of poems, clearly written by a...
Read moreDetailsSubmit three to five poems, each of which does not exceed 50 lines. Email as a word file or in...
Read moreDetailsThe bark came off the trunks before the leaves had dropped— the freeze sped up, the shade enlarged, the...
Read moreDetailsby E. Ducabe Wisler "Pray for Texas." —Ubs Reece Idwal The tropical cyclone named Harvey plastered Houston's plat, ten trillion...
Read moreDetailsAs times turned hard and harder yet, The Queen grew apprehensive— Relentless tides of change had made One luxury expensive....
Read moreDetailsPoet's Note: "Back when I was eighteen years old, things were sort of grim with the Vietnam War and...
Read moreDetailsI may as well be hired as his maid, the way I’m made to clean his toilet seat. Still worse,...
Read moreDetailsPoetry before Writing “Greece down through the fifth century has aptly been described as a ‘song culture’.” ~ Michael Schmidt...
Read moreDetailsLet us raise statues to the Prince of Peace: __Cain’s monuments are powerless to bind __Our hearts in summer’s...
Read moreDetailsPoetry, as we have discussed in earlier parts of this article series, depends upon the Muses and accessing the deeper...
Read moreDetailsProem In rhyming, timing is everything. Rhymes in wrong places make awkward spaces. A rhyme in rhyming knows more than...
Read moreDetailsA Villanelle “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” —George...
Read moreDetailsby Cause Bewilder for Joshua Philipp Grave statue after statue falls with strict impunity. Memorials and monuments yield to community....
Read moreDetailsHigher Purpose Is there any higher purpose As they walk with faces down? Are they sure of destination As they...
Read moreDetailsPassing of the Seasons When snow has melted, chill has gone, and winter turns to spring, The tender buds grow...
Read moreDetailsNesting Season Little sleep. The night heat did not relent. You startle me up as day breaks over the tent...
Read moreDetails. He viewed the world with perfect form But upside down, not as the norm He lifted those who’d been...
Read moreDetailsI used to find it hard to lose at chess. I'd watch in disbelief the check and mate, think...
Read moreDetailsGeorge and the Dragon In the Yorkshire dialect “Nah, sithee,” said Granny, “Just set thee dahn ‘ere, An’ I’ll tell...
Read moreDetailsThe Journal It sat upon his bedside table, closed, And waiting to keep record of each day: The silent pages...
Read moreDetailsMeadows of Corn It seems but bland to every passing eye, These regal meadows dressed in ripened corn; They dance...
Read moreDetailsArgument The following poem is a dramatic monologue in four sections, based on a brief passage in a barbarian legal...
Read moreDetailsThank you, Paul, for this exceptionally fun way to start the day! Dr. Seuss is on my (very long) list…
Joseph - I especially liked "Advice...", it brought back memories of illicit smokes! But didn't all the good makers flee…
Thank you, Joseph. That last line was the most difficult to translate, as it speaks literally of where the poet…
Thank you for your comments, Margaret. There still is a market for cigars, but it is now very upscale and…
Your period piece on cigars, Joe, brings to mind the era just previous, when I entered first grade in a…
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