. Balderdash? What are these hidden, unseen things? Do angels, demons, float on wings? Such ghostly shapes the full moon...

. A Birthday Prayer Dear God, a new year has begun, My thirty-fourth of blessèd life. You’ve given children, lovely...

. Me and My Pronouns Pronouns—I’ve gotten rather tired of them. Not quite so tired, though, as of being queried...

. Panchavati, An Introduction by Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) translated by Paddy Raghunathan The full moon’s mesmerizing rays Appear to...

. The White House Coke Though Hunter left his laptop at the shop, The Woke deny he lost his White...

. Stand There comes a time to stand for what you know To be the right, whatever be the cost....

. Suiseki Rainfall has stopped; it’s the best time for hunting a stone. Drizzle still dampens debris; Trees put forth...

. Insomnia Kyrielle The stars above have gone to bed, their quilt of clouds a calming sweep as moonlight strokes...

. The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her...

. Heavy Excess a plea from the human realm I must flee this land where feelings choke, Unrope attachments that...

. SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson of Michigan has won the 2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition.  Her sonnet, "Fire and...

. Better with Love I thought I was a pleasant sort __When we first met. Not perfect but near sweet...

. Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet...

. The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a...

. Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas...

. The Misologist “There is no greater evil one can suffer  than to hate reasonable discourse.” ---Socrates He reads the...

. A Poet's Plight I’ll think of a theme for my next little verse, intriguing and witty, though still must...

. My Resignation Be still, my Heart, be stiller than the grave. When consciousness dissolves into the sea, This desperate...

. Forever Nine My bare feet merge with weathered, knotty pineAs dripping swimsuit water cools the pier.The day belongs to...

. The Great Legitimizer by Euphrates Moss Up from the barbaric yawp of Beowulf and routing through Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375),...

. Putin That’s, I’m sure, a vampire: Gnaws on bones, bloody-lipped. —A. S. Pushkin. “Vurdalak,” Songs of Western Slavs (Это, верно, кости гложет Красногубый...

. Graves “Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and have you rise...

. Snowfall: Via Negativa “Less is more.” ---Literary Dictum Out on the highway, snow settles in place Covering the tracks...

. Independence Day? a rondeau Some dared. Some died. With pluck and pride And guts and grit the brave defied...

. To All Great Eagles Up on High To all great eagles up on high I hope you hear my...

. Fourth of July Limerick Top left, there’s an oblong that’s blue; add in fifty stars, white in hue. To...

. America Is Not the Same America is not the same. __I do not recognize it. We all know who...

. Evra Our grandma Evra was a trifle difficult. If ever sound advice was needed she’d be there, But quiet,...

. Adams Mountain I gather in from this high place, my shadow sprawled on shivered stone: Dusk drifts down: autumnal...

. First Steps in a New World for Toribio Moras, age 14, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1908 The young Castilian boy...

. . This Silence. Foremost among my woes: _This silence as it grows, __My mind fatigued from listening for your...

. Virgil Recalls Meeting Beatrice: Canto II of Inferno by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns . The light...

. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 5 Parts I & II: Why Amanda Gorman Is Not a Poet...

. La Campana Ring, grandfather! And ring for liberty. The bell spoke once and, speaking, croaked and cracked. Our gazes...

. Miracle of the Book Distance was short, but porters would be needed, And sacks were packed with small necessities....

. Incensed For days, drawn draperies of fire, pinned close by dry pines, needled us with smells of smoke so...

. The Number 44: The Cookery Class Now, this is a tale of a cookery class; It happened in Battersea...

. Le Bal Des Ardents for Joe Salemi On 28th January 1393 in Paris, Queen Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of...

. Psalm 23: King David’s Version When I was just a hungry sheep __and I was lonely, lost and scared,...

. Pillar of Salt “By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the Lord...