Two Poems from Mexico, by Brian Yapko
. Overheard in a Mexico City Cantina A downpour started. The cantina beckoned. I sat and heard two men debating...
Read moreDetails. Overheard in a Mexico City Cantina A downpour started. The cantina beckoned. I sat and heard two men debating...
Read moreDetails. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 1 of 3: Against the Critics of Conservative Poetry If...
Read moreDetails. . Poetics the Ginger Cat —Ποιητική: ‘poi-EIGH-tee-keigh’ By a caged fire I read. Around me walls of ancient lore,...
Read moreDetails. The Old Place Once there was a family here Where now is all plantation pines. There’s a cabin—I see...
Read moreDetails. . . . . Appreciating Shakespeare by Evan Mantyk Why do people think Shakespeare is so great? Why do...
Read moreDetails. At Thirteen At thirteen, I received a birthday card from Buffalo, my aunt sent my Dad’s poem he’d written...
Read moreDetails. Something Higher the brown scapular of Elijah Departures and arrivals. Passengers. The life of one old man describes an...
Read moreDetails. . Virgil Departs, Beatrice Arrives: Canto XXX of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . Now...
Read moreDetails. A Discussion on Long Poems by Julian Woodruff In her second comment to the thread trailing my recent poem...
Read moreDetails. I Have Loved You All Along for Linda I have loved you all along; No matter what was error,...
Read moreDetails. Scenes of passion in literature, on the stage, and on the silver screen, have captivated audiences for years. How...
Read moreDetails. Crossing the Swamp After about an hour hiking the swamp, I knew. A week’s rains flooded out the trail....
Read moreDetails. My Favourite Photo of Mum I’ve just found my favourite photo of Mum, standing in the snow of a...
Read moreDetails. Deep in the Heat of Texas a rhupunt One hundred one, a scorching sun that I should shun. I...
Read moreDetails. First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America Leave home behind, another lies ahead, Beyond these hills, these clover-covered...
Read moreDetails. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...
Read moreDetails. The Boy Who Cried Wolf Once there lived a shepherd boy who Despised his dull profession. His job was...
Read moreDetails. The Fall of the House of Yellow On July 28, 2023, after months of failed negotiations between Yellow Freight...
Read moreDetails. The Cultured Hedonist Art responds to our need of pursuing an activity without end, for the pleasure of the...
Read moreDetails. My Boy His mess of hair plays with the wind; Eyes beaming now, he shines alive, A thrill to...
Read moreDetails. Lahaina I’ve felt your restless tides and watched your palms Sway in the breeze that sweeps in from Lanai;...
Read moreDetails. Mighty Oak Spread thy boughs, oh mighty oak, __Let fall thy wine-red leaves, Which, when the rains around thee...
Read moreDetails. The Jet Not Owned When climate czar John Kerry was chastised, For flying in his carbon-spewing plane, He angrily...
Read moreDetails. Beach Fragments A million tiny fragments strewn across the sand Along the foaming margin of the boundless sea--- The...
Read moreDetails. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing...
Read moreDetails. Facing a Famine of Fatherhood in memory of Father Peter Carota They say a country road or city street,...
Read moreDetails. Pick-up Truck Dude This dude in his old pick-up truck Sped recklessly, riding his luck. __He swerved ‘round the...
Read moreDetails. Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of...
Read moreDetails. To a Sand Gazelle You must believe the light will carry you, Across the Rub al Khali of your...
Read moreDetails. Some Questions? “We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the U.S. public believes is false.” —William J. Casey,...
Read moreDetails. Two Kites Ascending a Spenserian sonnet Two kites ascending, carried on the wind, Each in its way, a most...
Read moreDetails. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted...
Read moreDetails. Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision Good morning, fellow members of the board. I’ve summoned you because your vote’s...
Read moreDetails. Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it...
Read moreDetails. Snowflakes on the Campus Snowflakes on the campus. Snowflakes in the hall. Snowflakes were insulted. Watch the snowflakes bawl!...
Read moreDetails. Paradise Lost Satan Found in the Modern by Michael Curtis The guardian prince Saint Michael, spiritual warrior, leader of...
Read moreDetails. Batten the Sovereign Soul I think we used to be stronger, home-made With simple stuff. We’d read a headline, see...
Read moreDetails. The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s always Them....
Read moreDetails. On Water & Evil “Evil, like water, seeks the lowest point.” ---Earnest McDaniel The thunder clapped again, applauding light...
Read moreDetails. Conversion The great advantage of the years I stacked up often carelessly And often as a mutineer Against all...
Read moreDetailsJoseph - 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…
Well, you know me, Kip -- I really don't give a damn about reader response. I just hammer away at…
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