Losing It He staggered round his living room in stunning disbelief As for the very umpteenth time, he’d gone...

  They tried and failed. They’re trying still To steal our freedom; break our will--- The terrorists who torment days...

  Misdirection Some dictionaries and encyclopedias still define “fascism” as a far-right system of rule. They need to look again....

For Nantes Cathedral Ravaged by Arson in July 2020, a Tribute  This holy place, where the enthusiasm of builders was...

. Poet's Note: The Venerable Bede tells us that in the 7th century Caedmon, “having lived in a secular habit...

  No Longer There I wonder if a change has come about. No longer do I feel that she is...

In Response to an Article on the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in China I read the other day about...

  A Cut Above Why shouldn’t Nancy break a lockdown rule To bless us with her chestnut-tress finesse? As Speaker...

    There’s lots of riots in the street or so I’ve heard from someone’s tweet; they’re pulling out all...

  Before the plague I never knew my hands. The need to purify the human touch has turned my vision...

  I am a cardboard cutout. I sit here in the stands. I do not think. I do not blink....

  'I Shall A Mighty Hunter Be!' “I shall a mighty hunter be, The King of Kills, by God’s decree!...

  We Siblings Three Attempt to add the hours we have shared: One hundred thousand, maybe thousands more? Our paths...

  Backyard Bliss I hear hope’s song fill skies today __In trills beyond my door. Her citrus kiss burns through...

Winners Have Been Announced Here. "Poetry ... is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends...

  "Poetry ... is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends to express the universal,...

"Poetry ... is a more philosophical and a higher thing than history: for poetry tends to express the universal, history...

  I made her a bed with cushions and throws but she refused and slept in my bones. My skin,...

  The Angels’ Share Oh many a peer of England brews Livelier liquor than the Muse, And malt does more...

rhymes written after reading Simon Barnes’ blog post "Barn Owl in the Snow" Across the marsh, white passing over white,...

adapted from Babrius, first century A.D., and Jean de La Fontaine, 1621-1695 __At least twelve thousand years (though likely more)...

  Editing with the OED for Rita Bornstein __Like a mental abattoir, the OED, With brumous exactitude, looms over me...

  Abracadabra The written word is magical And not just something clerical. You scratch some marks into the sand; I...

  The potato blight and resultant Great Famine struck Ireland from 1845 to 1851. Potato crops didn’t recover until 1852,...

  Doris Evelyn Alice Falconer, born April 9, 1922, died August 24, 2004 You taught me the importance of good...

  The Falcon “In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he...

  Oh, to helm an angel ship __Adrift in a billowy sea With a specter crew in a sky of...

by Andrew Benson Brown James Sale’s HellWard is the first volume of a planned trilogy entitled The English Cantos. If...

  a villanelle My heart goes out to those unknown, Whose life by Time’s cruel hand erased, Their ravaged, riven,...

  Ab Initio Mundi* *ever since the beginning of the world At first the darkness reigned o’er all that was,...

  in memory of my father-in-law, Pietro Lorefice (1938-2020) The bell now tolls, dear Pietro, for this hour When we...

  My marriage failed (they always do.) Emotionally unequipped To work things out without a script, We didn’t try to...

  When the wokest of folk virtually convoke In a year of elections and riots and fear, Uncle Joe from...

. Upon a boat, by ocean bound, Below the sun, upon the sound, The bait, a line, a reel, a...

  Madcapfesto We’ll unlock prison gates and let the inmates saunter out. We’ll tear down wall and rule; we’ll sponsor...

by Joseph S. Salemi The poetic effusions of some people are so incompetent that they cross the line into unexpected...

a villanelle We came together with an open mind No crass intolerance or blinkered view Is it too much to...

Winner and Runners-up of The Society of Classical Poets 2020 Haiku Competition Judged by Mike Bryant and Susan Jarvis Bryant...

  A Ditty What happened to the human race? It vanished, friend, without a trace. And what, pray tell, of...

  dedicated to all those braving injustice in Hong Kong with nobility of spirit Muffled voices, anguished cries, Trampled freedom,...