. Moonburst I saw a comet streak across the night, And rend the sky with fire-tipped harpoon; While stars went...

. Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills...

. Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high...

. . Vanderbilt’s Nemesis Written for Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire who has called out the evils of lucrative...

. I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I...

. Proposition One Proposition One, written by the state legislature, amends the California constitution “to expressly include an individual’s fundamental...

. Making Apple Butter Once he got the fire good and hot, Old Silas filled the kettle with some cider;...

. Critical Failure Failure to launch in every direction; Ran out of fuel before firing the rocket. Time for some...

. The clerihew is a relatively new poetry form introduced by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in 1905. It is usually a...

. Tower of the Winds Eight winds blowing, bluster overflowing,Buffet all the crevices of earth.Eight winds searching, lustily and lurching,Spawning...

. Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We...

. Brain to Heart God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human...

. Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell...

. The Good Samaritan Scene: The road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is now three days since a good Samaritan...

. Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance...

. Equal Schmequal   The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked...

. The Tech Addict’s Lament As I take one more hit of electronic cocaine, I snort a fresh shot of...

. 1960s Soap Operas “Soap operas,” they called them. Housewives watched Them while they sewed or cooked or ironed clothes....

. Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do...

. Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time...

. Elysium O golden hour, soft denouement of day, O mystic time of quietude and peace, When boughs and rushes...

. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which...

. Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange,...

. Bergerette by Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549), translated by Margaret Coats O shepherdess, my friend,On love alone I live.True love...

. Lay of the Oak I now recall a lay for you, A Briton’s tale of love made new. A...

. Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)  Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not...

. Fire on Ice How shall I serve my anger up to you? Shall I become like one most distant...

. Ill-used I’ve been ill-used, no other word will do; pristinely packaged, sanitised and new a month ago I stood...

. Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni Italy rises up and overthrows The stench of leftist tyranny at last. Rage...

. The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.”...

. Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint...

. Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries...

. Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's...

. The Recollected Dream When midsummer rain is spearing From storm clouds darkest grey That provide no hint of clearing...

. This photo comes to us from Joshua C. Frank of Texas. Write an ekphrastic poem based on it and...

. What I Learned from Tolkien The darkness comes and all seems bleak and wrong, My calm is rent, right...

. Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing...

. Illusion At times we can’t tell what we’re looking at. It could be this or else it could be that....

. Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been...

. . The Night When most have fled the day and sought their beds Pre-empting stealthy onset of the night;...