‘On a Raging Storm’ and Other Poetry by Jeff Kemper
. On a Raging Storm Storms raged in the eastern U.S. in Spring of 2019. Is it a freak of...
Read moreDetails. On a Raging Storm Storms raged in the eastern U.S. in Spring of 2019. Is it a freak of...
Read moreDetails. Ten Pennies Per Paper Poppy ---a childhood memory of Memorial Day Ten pennies per paper poppy I helped my...
Read moreDetails. A Waltz of Longing In the heat of the day, we begin With a glance and a breath, cheek...
Read moreDetails. The Genesis Wind ---written in the wake of Hurricane Milton I close my eyes to better gauge the gusting...
Read moreDetails. Kissing Cousin I see her every two years, usuallyWhen someone dies or marries. And we kissAs if we were...
Read moreDetails. Wedding Night by Christine de Pisan (1364--c. 1430)translated by Margaret Coats A sweet supremacy marks marriage;I prove it from...
Read moreDetails. What the Caterpillar Calls the End ---for those who are becoming The light grew dim, the air grew still,...
Read moreDetails. The Dyer’s Second Tale---A Medieval Heist Here beginneth the Dyer’s Second Tale . Part I The Third Crusade had...
Read moreDetails. Sonnet XIII On days you do not need my sound embrace, When tenderness and warmth envelop you And Fortune...
Read moreDetails. Sound and Fury . I. Of Farcical Requital He craved the slavish praise his patter wooed. His slick, linguistic...
Read moreDetails. The Noble Train of Artillery ---from Legends of Liberty Volume 3 The cold, gray dawn illuminated flakes Of snow...
Read moreDetails. Know Your Place __“Know your place!” In grammar school, that stung like mace.“To the corner!”—my timeout place. __“Know your...
Read moreDetails. Apollo, Mnemosyne, and Poetry Chapter 9 from Gods, Heroes and Us (Bruges Group, May, 2025) by James Sale Our last...
Read moreDetails. Spring Has Sprung Spring has sprung. It has begun--- _Birds nesting in the tree. It’s warm again. The cackling...
Read moreDetails. The Poppy I walk a poppy universe, I rattle the hourglass’s isles, Where time slows down and turns to...
Read moreDetails. Young Catherine’s Vision ---on St. Catherine of Siena Invested with the Dominican Habit by Giovanni di Paola A maiden...
Read moreDetails. Sally November rains brought to our basement door From the woods some pleading, needy eyes Staring from a fur...
Read moreDetails. Today Like Yesterday by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-1870) translated by Paul Burgess Today like yesterday, tomorrow like today: ___A...
Read moreDetails. Bonanza The March of rains has staked its claim, its boast _To brag upon these thousand hills, and opened...
Read moreDetails. Jargon The devil will manipulate, through jargoneers who fabricate non sequitur profundity tuned with the proper frequency that will,...
Read moreDetails. Going Home to Campania I come back to my cool and quiet road, Testudo-shielded by umbrella pines, Where pavement...
Read moreDetails. Size Lies Clothing manufacturers are fond of tricks today, Making female customers feel good in one slick way--- Whatever...
Read moreDetails. The Water Closet An earthen pit, an outhouse stool, a chamber pot— We’ve long dispensed with these, the whole...
Read moreDetails. Eternity If I could give her just one gift, What would she want that gift to be? Would she...
Read moreDetails. The Spring Has Come The mating call of the black-capped chickadee (a North American songbird) sounds like "Hey, Sweetie!"...
Read moreDetails. If You Ever Break Down If you ever break down somewhere far from your friends _And you stick out...
Read moreDetails. FIRST PLACE . Captured Souls by Twila Brase Seized by force, a mighty throng The captured souls of the...
Read moreDetails. Pressed for Time Though life is good, it doesn’t last that long, And so we’re always left desiring more....
Read moreDetails. Ogre Food My parents, dear, although you love me so; and in your love, wish only for my best....
Read moreDetails. May 12 is National Limerick Day in the United States, corresponding to Limerick-writer Edward Lear's birthday. Poet James A....
Read moreDetails. Written in a Cubicle What spurs me, in this breathing grave of coffee mouths and cheeks unshaved, to stand...
Read moreDetails. Back in the U.S.S.R. ---St. Petersburg, Russia. The present. Your borscht, Dmitri. Come and eat, smart boy. You asked...
Read moreDetails. Genevieve Perhaps those languid eyes are looking up At angels hymning in the dove-grey sky, So soft and saccharine...
Read moreDetails. Supernova With no notice, the rockets destroyed festive peace,And a volley of bullets brought death and dismay.Ben ran straight...
Read moreDetails. Ghost Town With phantoms, I have lived for far too long. Both day and night, I’ve sighed, without a...
Read moreDetails. An Unfortunate Encounter ---27 March 2025 A ragamuffin mob surrounded mewhilst on an errand, walking in the street.They pressed...
Read moreDetails. The Sky _I'm watching the storm_From the sea coming in,Windy and rowdy and gray._The raindrops begin_And the gale makes...
Read moreDetails. On Epic Madness Sing, goddess, of the hate, and killings, on the Earth unleashed, destructive wrath which brings such...
Read moreDetails. A Faithful Friend's Advice The girl you have is just the one for you— my head could not conceive...
Read moreDetails. Riverside Breeze ___How beautiful you look __Browsing the flowers one by one _While lying down along the babbling brook;...
Read moreDetailsBrian, your poem is a superb and stark meditation on civilizational decay. It is powerful, morally crucial, and executed with…
There were many reasons for regret over this particular fly, Margaret. It had been buzzing around me in my office…
Coincidentally, I recently wrote a 1200-word story from the POV of planet Earth, warning us that the 6th Great Extinction…
A workmanlike journey home poem, whether literal or metaphorical, or a mix of both, with imagery that made me shiver…
Thanks, Paul, glad you liked my aromatic but smokeless poems. I've heard that Arab men like the very expensive oudh…
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