Terror has infected the world today; And this disease is spreading day by day. Fanatics who lack spirituality And...

By Anonymous Sometimes I sit alone for a while, Watching life go by, Sitting high on a mountain top, Wondering...

Will Power When God asked Solomon one day     What his heart did most desire, The man said if he had...

"Games of Gridlock," people proclaim, "court our congress in shifts of shame!" If pay-to-play campaigns unlash a people-to-the-poles backlash, it's...

  And then we remembered that cruelest spring, when we awoke to find ourselves hollow. Where once we mocked, “O...

Submission Instructions Submit three to five poems, each of which does not exceed 50 lines. Email as a word file...

  The Poet’s Purpose A poet praises all of nature’s treasures, He seeks to find the pathway to her core,...

Such Was My Prayer Such was my prayer. And she, so far away, Or so it seemed, looked down at...

  Phantom skaters in the park turn, and glide, and never fall, faces clouded, figures dark. They are phantoms, after...

  Ice I open my golden flowing fins,     I dance beneath the ice, I dip and twirl and pose and...

The Garden Guest Gaia has entered my garden today, She moves with a rustling of leaves. I can see her...

  Capturing all that isn’t blue, The sky, extending out of view, Pitches over the gathered green, Its grassy sheen...

Blaschka Glass By Beau Ecs Wilder So beautiful they are, the lovely Blaschka glass displays, exquisite floral blossoms and marine...

  A Hero These are the weathered shoes worn by the Jew, So cracked from all the miles walked since...

  If I were to have been conceived Beneath a greater star, My sorrows would have been reprieved By powers...

Inside the desire for revenge is a painful vulnerability, a reminder of damage that won’t leave, and you wish for...

To Beauty (Tribute to Sarah Lane, American Ballet Theater Ballerina) Who see you move across the stage Themselves are moved...

By James Sale This is a curious collection from Douglas Thornton: ambitious, epic in its style, containing many great lines...

“London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down my fair lady.” During segregation grocery...

  Against the Light Watermarks are visible when held against light whispering quality, distinction, louder than a shout— are also...

If You're a Beggar, Be a Chooser Too (Villanelle) If you're a beggar, be a chooser too, For less is...

Old age recycles the body An infant once pink turns blue Nature recalls with rapid speed To complete life’s circle...

  Technology I am sick of this world Technology has gone wild I miss the peace of mind I used...

Petals in the Winter Three petals on a lily like the snow were held aloft And though the wind through...

This eve set as elegant exhibit of skin deep beauty for old yearning stares, is time’s harsh labor’s brief retreat....

for Claudia Why didn’t Sisyphus simply walk away and climb, unencumbered, up the smooth cleft worn in the undulant hillside,...

Marv’lous Melody I read the words all leaping from the page And hear the joyful rhythm in my head But...

. . Javelin Ekphrastic Out of the air and shot from a thrust, Clout of the spear, forethought where it...

This dieting can be Hell With nary a late-night snack I wage a constant battle When the hunger pangs attack...

  In Defense of the Aesthetic Sense When lovely melodies arouse and wake My dormant bliss, or true words do...

Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have peacefully resisted persecution by the communist regime in China for 17 years, since...

Chapter II: Visions and Dreams (For Chapter I click here.) THE band and locals, totaling fourteen, Retired to rest before...

The waking’s spun with webs of urgent lure And sleep is shriveled dreaming marred by fear. The life allows the...

  C0d0s0 By Leweca Derusbi The Chinese hackers who are known as the Codoso group are infiltrating sites across the...

Lost The angel’s cry, the devil’s kiss: How did you let it come to this? You claimed the darkness too:...

  When the wind blows true through the land Rustled leaves hold trees that withstand Tempered gusts with vicious intent....

Jaded I Lay Jaded I lay prostrate in bands Constructed of my self-frustration: The morning waned; so too my elation,...

This rhyming adaption of the 14th century Arthurian poem is suitable for 4-6 students to perform and only takes about...

Anasazi Mesa castles in the sky Where paintbrush blooms and eagles fly. A people's passage marked in stone; Artifacts of...

Write a quatrain (four-line poem) on the topic of America. Post your submissions into the comments section below with your...