. I've battled beside Gilgamesh, the Bull Of Heaven slain by us. I've fought beside Achilles, hot beside a burning...

. A Teaching Tool for High School English Language Arts or Global History Teachers by Evan Mantyk . Background of...

. . Who Knew How often I crushed autumn leaves Until I saw a robin drink From one that cupped...

Reviewed Book: Mostly Sonnets: Formal Poetry in an Informal World by James A. Tweedie, Dunecrest Press, July 2019 by Theresa...

. This challenge was conceived by Paul A. Freeman after reading a sonnet in iambic monometer by James A. Tweedie,...

. . He met her one Summer, the girl of his dreams, A freckle-faced beauty just out of her teens....

. . Frankly, There Are Many Ways To Spell Uggly “the Baleks von Bilgen…new coat of arms—a giant crouching under...

. The Magpie’s Chorus With sunlight at full power And silence in the air, I sought a shaded bower, A...

. Governor Mussolini Fifteen thousand souls,Killed by the stroke of his pen,For whom no bell tolls. . . Covid Chronicles...

. In Astrophysics, I’m ranked “One,” and Greek and Latin I find fun. All serve me well at Crossword “Times,”...

. Eyes on the Prize __What time it is Can be determined only by the Sun. __The choice is his,...

. A Song of Saint Francis Good friends, I wander vale and hill The Master’s words upon my lip; My...

. Midday Dreaming The raindrops fall like teardrops from a sad and sodden cloud; Their spattering the sound of some...

. It feels like a galaxy far, far away,__But it’s just the US of AWhere a woman is canned, her...

. Of all Creation, who am I Who sins against Thee, Lord Most High? Of all that crawl, of those...

. As a child, they could not keep me from trees And craggy, tangled limbs and aching arms. I loved...

. Owl ensconced on oaken branch, A wingèd spirit rare, His gaze is wisdom: calm, intent, Bewitching and aware. Soulful...

.. Grauballe Man He lies exposed to view in this glass case Exactly as he lay three hundred years Before...

. Remembering Sandy Hook, Ct 12/14/12 Over 8 Years Later That day God's Angels' tears were shed,When first grade books...

. Dear friends we gather here to say goodbye To words once used to speak both truth and lie. The...

. Rush He was larger than life And it cut like a knife When his wife let us know That...

. Too long, too long, my love, Have we lain out here. Too long, too long, my love, Have our...

by Adam Sedia The origin of poetry is inextricably tied to music. The earliest poems---the Homeric epics, the Chinese Book...

. The Great Reset has rocked the world--- What untold evil has unfurled! Unshakable foundations crumble. Through the rubble, nations...

. The Internet’s a work of art, Now everybody’s phone is smart. They’re very compact, very small, And so, begins...

. For others it may be a breeze. Those hardy Arctic folk would wheeze With laughter as we Texans sneeze...

. These stones that like huge sculpted figures lie __Amid the trunks of moss and fern-clad trees, Eons of creatures...

  There is a scourge that permeates our midstWhich we cannot so easily dismiss.Elitists strive to elevate this curse;A type of...

. . Till rolling seas cease heaving high, The starry nights stop passing by, The universe is wrapped in flame,...

. For my friend Rose R., with sincere condolences. Good Lord, imagine my bad luck: I’m married to a hockey...

. L O V E... It’s not a dozen scentless hothouse roses. __It’s not a chocolate-box of sweet cliché. It’s...

. Among the many flowers in the vase, ‘Tis I—the flower with the pretty face, Full humor, sound stamen, and...

. A Damsel in Distress A hot, courting Knightin blithering armourVowed on his horse he would never-ever harm herThen he revved...

C.B. Anderson was the longtime gardener for the PBS television series, The Victory Garden.  Hundreds of his poems have appeared in...

. . The Tale of the Rose (Excerpt) by Christine de Pisan (1364-1431), translated by Margaret Coats . This Tale...

. Fool’s Wisdom “I am fearfully and wonderfully made” ---Psalm 139:14 I am amazed at what some fools believe Who...

. All fruit is sweet as marzipan, and seraphs carol just for me, Each brook sings like a silver lyre,...

. All Major League Baseball teams share revenues, We treat them as if they were brothers. But sometimes self-interest means...

. Reality Check A ladybug landed on my arm On Saturday. I felt the charm The chosen feel. It brought...

. They’re impeaching Number 45 today--- Like toddlers born to moan, Like bulldogs with a bone, Like warlords with a...