. Overheard in a Mexico City Cantina A downpour started. The cantina beckoned. I sat and heard two men debating...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 6 Part 1 of 3: Against the Critics of Conservative Poetry If...

. . Poetics the Ginger Cat —Ποιητική: ‘poi-EIGH-tee-keigh’ By a caged fire I read. Around me walls of ancient lore,...

. The Old Place Once there was a family here Where now is all plantation pines. There’s a cabin—I see...

. . . . . Appreciating Shakespeare by Evan Mantyk Why do people think Shakespeare is so great? Why do...

. At Thirteen At thirteen, I received a birthday card from Buffalo, my aunt sent my Dad’s poem he’d written...

. Something Higher the brown scapular of Elijah Departures and arrivals. Passengers. The life of one old man describes an...

. . Virgil Departs, Beatrice Arrives: Canto XXX of Purgatory by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . Now...

. A Discussion on Long Poems by Julian Woodruff  In her second comment to the thread trailing my recent poem...

. I Have Loved You All Along for Linda I have loved you all along; No matter what was error,...

. Scenes of passion in literature, on the stage, and on the silver screen, have captivated audiences for years. How...

. Crossing the Swamp After about an hour hiking the swamp, I knew. A week’s rains flooded out the trail....

. My Favourite Photo of Mum I’ve just found my favourite photo of Mum, standing in the snow of a...

. Deep in the Heat of Texas a rhupunt One hundred one, a scorching sun that I should shun. I...

. First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America Leave home behind, another lies ahead, Beyond these hills, these clover-covered...

. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...

. The Boy Who Cried Wolf Once there lived a shepherd boy who Despised his dull profession. His job was...

. The Fall of the House of Yellow On July 28, 2023, after months of failed negotiations between Yellow Freight...

. The Cultured Hedonist Art responds to our need of pursuing an activity without end, for the pleasure of the...

. My Boy His mess of hair plays with the wind; Eyes beaming now, he shines alive, A thrill to...

. Lahaina I’ve felt your restless tides and watched your palms Sway in the breeze that sweeps in from Lanai;...

. Mighty Oak Spread thy boughs, oh mighty oak, __Let fall thy wine-red leaves, Which, when the rains around thee...

. The Jet Not Owned When climate czar John Kerry was chastised, For flying in his carbon-spewing plane, He angrily...

. Beach Fragments A million tiny fragments strewn across the sand Along the foaming margin of the boundless sea--- The...

. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing...

. Facing a Famine of Fatherhood in memory of Father Peter Carota They say a country road or city street,...

. Pick-up Truck Dude This dude in his old pick-up truck Sped recklessly, riding his luck. __He swerved ‘round the...

. Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of...

. To a Sand Gazelle You must believe the light will carry you, Across the Rub al Khali of your...

. Some Questions? “We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the U.S. public believes is false.” —William J. Casey,...

. Two Kites Ascending a Spenserian sonnet Two kites ascending, carried on the wind, Each in its way, a most...

. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted...

. Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision Good morning, fellow members of the board. I’ve summoned you because your vote’s...

. Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it...

. Snowflakes on the Campus Snowflakes on the campus. Snowflakes in the hall. Snowflakes were insulted. Watch the snowflakes bawl!...

. Paradise Lost Satan Found in the Modern by Michael Curtis The guardian prince Saint Michael, spiritual warrior, leader of...

. Batten the Sovereign Soul I think we used to be stronger, home-made With simple stuff.  We’d read a headline, see...

. 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....

. On Water & Evil “Evil, like water, seeks the lowest point.” ---Earnest McDaniel The thunder clapped again, applauding light...

. Conversion The great advantage of the years I stacked up often carelessly And often as a mutineer Against all...