. Once Once he was finally dead; once just a piece Of meat nailed to the planks of scabrous wood;...

. Stations of the Cross . I. Pilate Why, Pentheus, Cambyses, why, Why, Antony, in days gone by, Did you...

. The Lilacs on Good Friday Tumult of noontide long ago dismissed— The rent veil unremembered, and the sun Relit,...

. The Lamb “And suddenly there was with the angel a heavenly host saying, Glory to God in the highest,...

. The Book on Lefty McBane McBane could do no wrong—from his debut, late in his rookie season, right on...

. Distress Signals an extended villanelle Distressing times are coming round again, And all the talking heads now flap their...

. Reading of Mark F. Stone's poem "The Wisdom of Ric Edelman" by Ric Edelman on his show available here:...

. Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus I think this velvet dinosaur is fine. Please wrap it up. Does this store still take...

. Imagine Mountains For the Sesquicentennial of Robert Frost's birth (March 26, 1874 – March 26, 2024) "Let chaos storm!...

. The Line For Ashes Line is long and moving slowly: Step by step, the high and lowly, Halt and...

. You Do You God’s willing to let you do you despite the fact it pains Him to since you’ll go where...

. Deep State Anonymity Ah, the devil. His motive? To deceive __And for us to deny, To dismiss him as...

. Shades of Vesuvius Seldom does one see horror in a tranche De vie like that in Herculaneum And Pompeii, when a...

. Limerick Perhaps it’s a marketing trick, or else Iceland’s taking the mick; __for what kind of fun __is an Easter Day...

. The Whiskey Priest based on The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene I stand condemned because I am...

. We Are Wrong You shall remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you went out of...

. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kc7zqehKrdk?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q0bm2-oUmgg?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8I4DU3RTtpM?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jkhvcmfkEsg?feature=share https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dx4xu3zzFQA?feature=share . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals....

. Queen Esther's Lot for the Jewish holiday of Purim (“Lots”) Oh, to be taken from home’s holy ways, Delivered...

. Victim Shaming Nancy Mace, a U.S. Congresswoman for South Carolina, was interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, former Communications Director for...

. Change Scrub the rock with glacial ice until the granite’s smooth and bare. Let the river cut through earth...

. March 21st, Saints Cranmer and Bach Archbishop Thomas Cranmer,  burned at the stake March 21, 1556 . Johann Sebastian...

. St. Perpetua Eyewitnesses of the atrocity Report that on that Carthage afternoon, Already scourged and gored repeatedly By savage...

. Words Matter . I. Out of Context Cheats cherry-pick the words that suit their ploy To shame the names...

. Sanderling What saffron stylus could but trace the rusty scallop of the dancing wing, what sculptor’s chisel sharpened to...

. To the Passenger Pigeon As once, upon the Great Plains, thundering herds of buffalo, innumerable, held sway, a genocide...

. St. Patrick's Day 2024  for an Ireland suffering terribly under the weight of forced migration Where is the one...

. Coffee Limericks . I love to have coffee each morning, Including the act of the pouring: __I smell the...

. Watching It hardly matters what I’d read (Another plangent exposé Of something solid in the world That bit by...

. Musician and SCP poet Jeff Eardley performs the traditional Irish tunes "The Tenpenny Bit" and "Kesh Jig" in honor...

. Infernos on the Pages of Literary Journals That one barbaric yawp might just have been All right, but then...

. Choices Some lovers only give the rose, __Some only choose to take, Although the florist keeps a bunch __For...

. Serenade Down dash the splashlets of rain to the ground; Streams from the eaves full and fluent resound. Guests...

. Native Americans Were Swindled Out of Manhattan in 1634 Knowing Eyes—an aging elder, born in Black Bear County Famed...

. For Dorothy I have at times sat silent in this chair And furtively cast looks about the room Admiring,...

. His Stories Were His Legacy Ivan, The Barber, 1882-1963 . Covered in a heavy blanket, __he sat and watched...

. . Homophonophobic (This poem is so vain and humorous you’ll burst a vein or break your humerus) My editor...

. The Alleged Bulldozer My wife told me, shortly after we got married, that I “bulldozed” her into the marriage....

. DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet...

. Monica's Consolation for Margaret Coats, who introduced me to St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and his mother, St. Monica...

. For Paavo Nurmi who trained against his stop-watch and in medias rez we begin as the runners approach the...