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. A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping...

. Sacandaga I go, I go to the lake so blue, Tree-lined shore in autumn hue. This place, my heart,...

. One of England’s best-known poems, “Kubla Khan,” was written by Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Waking from an...

. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and...

. For Israel Under Siege Imagine that you live in fear of violent Acts of terror daily---bombs may kill Your...

. The Man in 2C I’m trying not to make too much of this, But someone in 2C (the floor...

. Morning Witness To greet the dawn, I crossed a meadow green, still blanketed in jewels of morning dew. I...

. Not Alexa's President a pantoum on the news story here “The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence.” ...

. It’s All for Show The Big Guy’s going to build a wall. He’s going to build it strong and...

. The Cabin _Atop the plateau’s rise, __I’m homeward bound, When sights familiar strike my eyes. Come with me---see the...

. Blocked Though honeyed breezes warm the marble halls on Mount Parnassus, vainly do I search for writing on my...

. The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sun which with...

. Winter Storm in May A High Sierra snowstorm passes through, Injecting winter into springtime May; As frozen fluffs of...

. Village Home after George Enescu's Orchestral Suite no. 3, “Villageoise” Along the tree-lined lane he walks at dusk; What...

. Hybrid and Wild All of her life had a meaning, Each section in its compartment. Tenants went through a...

. Introduction This long lyric of short lines has pairs of stanzas linked in rhyme. It is a sequence honoring...

. Late Changes Though older people may proclaim __That they intend to change, One should by no means find it...

. The Song of the Woman Who Bled Mark 5:25-34 When you have no more money you can spend, Then...

. Season of Gall and Sticky Listlessness Autumn is upon us here in Texas. Her shy arrival’s destined to perplex us. Just like...

. . Massacre of the Innocents Matt. 2:18, 10:28, 18:10; Psalm 116:15; 2 Mac. 7:29 Why are the fish and...

. The Fairy Godmother for Susan Jarvis Bryant The fairy sings so far away and lifts My spirit, day by...

. The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue a rondeau redoublé To heal the world he treasured this ideal: Unite the...

. Writers of the Purple Sage What happened to the music? The writers of the West? The legends of the...

. Autumn Summons The wind carries the leaves, And leaves the colors bear; The field prepares the sheaves That hold...

. Victimhood & Narcissism . I. The Joy of Grief “To have a grievance is   to have a purpose in...

. Wood a pantoum It’s only furniture. But that’s both truth and lie. To find Mom’s treasured things a loving...

. Ode to the Strings of My Guitar I How still you sleep, oh strings of my guitar, As if...

. The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged...

. Two Dragon Statues Tây Hồ, Hà Nội, Việt Nam, Constructed 2012 They stand on waves just off West Lake’s...

. Sea Breeze Negative ions aloft, Wafting aloft in the breeze. That mystical, maritime breeze Bestowing a comfort and ease....

. Labyrinthine Bag My wife, bless her heart, went and bought me a bag with tons of compartments, and pouches,...

. Abortion Notes Please bury babies ripped to parts, Especially their tiny hearts. They’re slain in hiding from our sight....

. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God...

. Ponderings on the Porch The chutes of light this autumn day __Beam down between the leaves. Sun’s equinox has...

. In the Park ___It showed up in the green ___Today: that velveteen _Exhaustion that betokens summer’s end, ___Its richness...

. Rhyme Subprime I tend to rant against slant;maybe it’s something I can’t__embrace with affection__or write to perfection but I...

. Poets create marvels of linguistic delights about anything and everything… but what about nothing?  Can your Muse capture the...

. Out of Purgatory There I went blind. I could no longer speak, but as I died, I murmured Mary’s...

. Regional Biases We’ve all eaten dinners on china, But China’s now eating our lunch. A supper in South Carolina...