‘The Babylonian Exile’ and Other Poetry by Jeffrey Essmann
. The Babylonian Exile At first it cut much quicker to the bone: The loss of all, our world brought...
Read moreDetails. The Babylonian Exile At first it cut much quicker to the bone: The loss of all, our world brought...
Read moreDetails. Unholy Orders for defrocked priest Frank Pavone I heard disturbing news: Pope Francis fired a priest For preaching pro-life...
Read moreDetails. The Sky with Birds Just Lately Born Sometimes there’s a sadness in my heart. A stone, a thought, a...
Read moreDetails. Shams Shams-i Tabrizi was Rumi’s intimate friend and spiritual mentor. I stayed awake those short midsummer nights When naked...
Read moreDetails. . A Broadside Drawn up before us, proud and sure, Costumed in their haute couture, And sporting all the...
Read moreDetails. A Holy Picnic A small child had a vision in the light Of day, while sitting square upon the...
Read moreDetails. The Winter Cold I so despise the winter cold; I admit it makes me utter all kinds of truly...
Read moreDetails. Dark Sky Back home, the dark is overborne By a billion busy diodes Emitting artificial light, Thence seeping out...
Read moreDetails. Calendar Poems by Margaret Coats January loves what goblets hold, And February complains of cold. March plows the fields...
Read moreDetails. New Year’s Resolution a villanelle by David Whippman And what have you resolved for the new year? I guarantee...
Read moreDetails. Same Old New Year I bid adieu. You shuffle out. A new you shimmies in--- A you without the...
Read moreDetails. Her Silent Prayer for Isabel Vaughan-Spruce Beneath the whisper of suburban trees One sombre, sunless, British afternoon, A hushed and humble lady stood at ease In thoughts that rose above the earth...
Read moreDetails. Two Empty Chairs “We did the NFP bit for awhile ... and have felt revulsion over it ever since....
Read moreDetails. “Where Ever-present Joy Knows Naught of Time” ---Dante, Paradiso, Canto X, D.L. Sayers translation a rondeau redouble Where ever-present...
Read moreDetails. Crimes Against My Sanity At any-given-time o’clock While tidying my house, I find--- Oh look---is that another sock? It...
Read moreDetails. Addiction A ripple imperceptible, like hints of amber in the tiring balsams, swells to waves of apprehension, then imprints...
Read moreDetails. Villanelle for Timothy When chains of cold resentment in the end Entangle souls and circle ‘round to bind, There’s...
Read moreDetails. On Attending a Holiday Ensemble with My Wife We’re gathered in a colleague’s home, Invited to this performance; Watching...
Read moreDetails. The Fall of Babylon Come hear the footsteps march at warlike pace, Come see the merchants weep and craftsmen...
Read moreDetails. Wisdom When young I dreamed of someday being wise, And pictured brilliant input holding sway. But via jolts of...
Read moreDetails. How Troubling to Know Mrs. Pain How troubling to know Mrs. Pain. She has written some ludicrous stuff. Some...
Read moreDetails. St. Joseph's Hymn of Praise Matthew 2: 10-15: “And when the Magi were departed, behold, the angel of the...
Read moreDetails. . An Iffy Christmas with a nod and a wink to Rudyard Kipling If you can’t rise above the...
Read moreDetails. Christmas Rules and Promises My first rule for this Christmas is__No carrot sticks for me.They might have been...
Read moreDetails. Glory in the Night It was a night like any night, when in the evening chill Cold shepherds sat...
Read moreDetails. The Animals on Christmas Eve Some boarded dogs stayed for a while Until their owners took them home; I...
Read moreDetails. Nativity Scene The hour draws near to midnight, and a priest Completes his preparations for the feast, Assisting at...
Read moreDetails. A Christmas medley by poet Jeff Eardley: . . Jeff Eardley lives in the heart of England near to...
Read moreDetails. The Present---Tense The partial thaw of yesterday now slips Beneath a crust of light that is white snow. This...
Read moreDetails. Vom Himmel Hoch by Martin Luther (1483-1546) translation by James A. Tweedie 1. From highest heaven I here befall...
Read moreDetails. Sunday Morning While the World Burns Another something, somewhere, every day Perturbs the practised calm of her routine. Those...
Read moreDetails. “Use the Word ‘Cancel’ or ‘End’ Instead of 'Abort'" —Stanford University's 'Harmful Language' List What might have been What...
Read moreDetails. See the painting more closely here. Eden The newborn world is all aswirl with beasts Obedient who, as God...
Read moreDetails. Continuation You and I are of two discrepant minds: We disagree on all that matters—plus, Our separate brains are...
Read moreDetails. Mother’s TV It numbs regretBut, better yet,Helps her forget,Lest devils spawn. It quells each thoughtOf folly’s rotLost, sold, or...
Read moreDetails. There She Goes When Everyone’s a Woman, No One’s a Woman upon reading the news story here. There she...
Read moreDetails. ---To My Beloved Husband Our married love is no ethereal sound Which dies away when wedding bells cease tolling:...
Read moreDetails. The Tartini Tones Combination tones generated by violins of good quality can be easily heard, affecting the perception of...
Read moreDetails. Winter’s Perfection A Zen aesthetic guides winter’s perfection--- uncluttered, austere, natural, still, subtle, embracing flaws and daring introspection, a...
Read moreDetails. The Portrait I dreamed I was an artist, and had made A likeness of the one I loved...
Read moreDetailsWhen we'd celebrate the Summer Solstice by staying up all night in a tree fort to welcome the dawn, we…
Many involved heavily in the electronics age would never understand Thoreau and Emerson. You make a strong point, Stephanie.
Your poem speaks to my heart. It would be a sad day, indeed without birds. They are already setting off…
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I'm reading this while listening to the birds that have nested outside my classroom window. Unfortunately, birds are not the…
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