. Half a Blanket adapted from “Das Vierte Gebot,” or “The Fourth Commandment,” a folktale from medieval Germany There was...

. The New York Times has just published a piece detailing a range of recommendations for the Biden administration to...

. “The Gift of Life” is a formal epic poem of 600 original Shakespearean sonnets, a tale about a love...

. I, Satan, Now Will Have Your Dream You'll be no longer citizens, by my decrees declared. Get used to...

.. . Slow Verse No need to rush: These lines have lots of time. They never face a hanging at...

. They’ll be coming for you soon, Chairman Xho. It’s an old, familiar tune that we all know. You’ve been...

. “Ha ha,” is all she gives her Dad when he makes fun of what she said. No more parental...

. We can “Build Back Better” if we choose “Truth Over Lies.” What these slogans promise lead us to a...

. You ask me “why?”---the question seems to burn like you were made to seek out novelty, to stimulate your...

. Twitter by Esca Webuilder The bluebird of unhappiness, that twits all day and night, does not like to be...

. Charles Maurras (1868-1952) was a highly influential French poet, essayist, and political journalist. He edited the rightist paper Action...

. How good of you to do your best __for our great population. So we'll do right by your request...

. The Senior Covid Blues I have read many articles about the virus particles that swirl about and sneak into...

. Lahaina Mynahs The droppings of a thousand Mynah birds (While nesting in a Maui banyan tree) Descended on my...

. Blackwater River State Park A warm summer day. The kayak floats quietly. The cicadas sing. . . Nightfall at...

The Best Poems of 2020: Winners of the 9th Annual International SCP Poetry Competition JudgesJoseph S. SalemiJames SaleEvan Mantyk Past...

The talent this year has been astounding. Thank you to every high school student who participated. You are the future...

. Judges Margaret Coats Evan Mantyk . First Place ($100) Francesca Leader, Virginia "The Iroha Poem" by Kūkai (空海) (774–835)...

. Beneath the starry firmament so dark There lies tonight an old, forgotten tree Whose bark is peeling, wretched, cold...

. The world is ruled by two men­---Jack and Zuck, More than their strange appearance their deeds suck. Jack’s goatee...

. Changeable and fickle is the woman. Some things she says, and surely thinks are so, defy a logic with...

. First they came for the Jews, you see, And I did not speak out’ Because I wasn’t a Jew...

. Go, Fading Leaf __Go, fading leaf, Tell him who thought my heart to spurn __That life is brief (But...

. Everything is gone, gone. ____No one’s ever stayed: the family and the friends I loved, ____the bread my mother...

. B.C./D.C. Where history and myth converge Two famous founders do emerge, Of nations that excelled at war. (Coincidence?  Or...

. How To Be Like Byron Bright butterfly, why do you fade Into that duller, browner shade That strays into...

. Daily we vent and cement our position In righteous and virtuous words. Unity fails if each crucial decision Is...

. Ode to Spring Oh glory be to things that grow! That burgeon, blossom, bud and blow In Springtime’s light...

. . Father And John: How It Once Was Before self-righteous rules, brash and insistent,There was a natural rhythm, quite...

. The Verbum Dei Retreat Centre on the Isle of Wight aims to be a place of encounter with God...

. Well, you beat the odds against you, though I think you rather knew That with media assistance, and a...

. I fear my motivation’s dead; there’s no one home inside my head. I’ve looked for it from dusk to...

. Tyrants would distribute largesse, a bushel of wheat, a gallon of wine, and a sesterce: and then everybody would...

.   January 25 is the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759–1796). On or near this day, Scots worldwide...

. A coat of luminescent snow Descended on my patch of grass, And for a moment all its glow Inflamed...

 . Long View Cottage The view is long and dark atop the mountain where I roam. Birds sing a little...

.   Earth Song We longed to see Norway's Northern Lights,That great, magnetic, celestial balletOf colour, one of nature's majestic sights:'Not to be missed...

. On Rembrandt's "Return of the Prodigal Son" Three centuries have passed since it was wrought--- A work of art...

. The Death of Adam Excerpted from Musings on Piero della Francesca’s “History of the True Cross,” in the Church...

. Even then Cassandra, who, by the god’s decree, is never to be believed by Trojans, reveals our future fate...