. Treasure in Heaven "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where...

. Ecstasy and Me I’ve not, I fear, the spiritual thrust To quite propel myself to mystic heights; To taste...

. The Miasma Enshrouding Disneyland I came here as a fairytale-struck child; The tickets cost less than a week of...

. Ode to Old Tom Old Tom he stalks the English Dales, The Patron Saint of potent ales. He makes...

. . Traitors on Ice: Canto XXXII of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . If I...

. Beyond the Shadows  The light from above may be blinding And cause us to shelter our eyes, But promises...

. Paths —Inspired by “Is Mod Se Jaate Hain” (see below) by Gulzar from the film: Aandhi, 1975 Sheer multitudes...

. Two Ekphrastic Poems . The Light of the World, Holman Hunt As predawn darkness shrouds the land, With warm-lit...

. Icarus Sings I’ve tempted fate, And sought the sun, I’m Icarus, I’ve come undone. My wings have failed, For...

. Poet Paul A. Freeman challenges you to write a nursery rhyme in the style of the Mother Goose classic...

. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any...

. To Dance with Death I caught the fierce gaze of the trickster, Death. He charred bleak Aztec ruins with...

. All Saints' Day by Gabrielle de Coignard (c.1550–1586), translated by Margaret Coats O Saints, you have your heritage in...

. The Legend of Ole Stingy Jack Do you recall Ole Stingy Jack?Whose tricks cost him a great set back?They...

. Word Witch She’ll tease and tempt with mystic words, __This foxy sorceress. Her syntax soars like sun-bound birds--- __This wizard poetess Casts...

. The Great Sonnet I set myself to write a sonnet. I labored hard and long upon it. Sweet verse...

. Mrs. Cyclops Ain’t really gonna leave. I’ll just pretend, Brontesa. Cy and I are bound. I simply Can’t bear...

. The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween The Democratic Costume Party is held on Halloween With Hillary as Jezebel, the...

. . Plato’s Pumpkins  A patchwork quilt of pumpkins sown with gourds, odd fellows green and yellow ‘twixt-and-‘tween October’s orbs...

. Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the...

. Apocalypse Women The Christians gather at the baby’s grave. There are no tall stones in the children’s field. Red...

. Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), translated by Bruce Phenix The falling leaves seem fallen from afar, as though...

. Reviewed Book: Selected Verse of Émile Nelligan: Québec's Great Lyric Poet, translated with commentary by Ian Allaby, Petra Books,...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 2: C.B. Anderson, Poetical Gardener If you enjoy this video,...

. The Number 192: Inside the Floor in which we encounter a vision of Hell ’Twas on the 192 at...

. The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump after Andrew Benson Brown’s Legends of Liberty  . I. 218 B.C. Above the...

. After Brain Death Based on the article “May We Donate Our Organs?” by Drs. Jay Boyd and Paul A....

. Mike Burch Still Around? Good Lord, No… with apologies to J.C. Squire’s Ballade de l’Évolution Créatrice Strange beasts have...

. Excusing Evil A peaceful protest just took place, and some unlucky people died. Hamas just wanted more air space...

. The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 1: The Problem with Arts Grants If you enjoy this...

. The Life of the Party The commissar, in his most common clothes, Patrols the margins of their conversations, And...

. Cystolitholapaxy Cystolitholapaxy (si-stow-luh-THAA-luh-pak-see): a procedure to break up bladder stones into smaller pieces and remove them “It’s Cystolitholapaxy for...

. Be Careful What You Ask For “Genie, please make me a banana split.” Poof! “You are a banana split! Just...

. The Truth about Fall Colors  I am October’s most submissive bitch, And just when I believed I’d struck it...

. Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai (701-762), translated by Talbot Hook My bed looks over bright moonlight. I muse:...

. Unveiled, They Appear Reminiscence, and longings, and echoes unseal, from the depths in the ground which has covered, concealed,...

. Salome's Soliloquy John the Baptist rebuked Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for an incestuous and adulterous union with his...

. Avoidance I don’t sign up for group Zoom calls __With folks I know are boorish. I don’t go visit...

. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight...