Beauty

. Lean on Him after Ecclesiasties We labor long beneath the sun. Forgotten soon by everyone. We come from dust...

. Evolution I can’t run fast or jump high anymore. Mistakes I make I never made before. Some maladies and...

. Before Going to Sleep as a Boy I saw Him when I closed my eyes, Gazing down sidelong, seeing...

. Ruben “We have words that speak of the ongoing presence of such privations: orphan, widow, widower. And perhaps the...

. Of When I Lived in Prague--- I wander through a maze of gold and stone, Mosaic pavement watched by...

. Peach Blossom Dreaming Peach blossoms furnish inwrought dreaming room Intangible to fingertips corrupt; __Substantially beyond each tapered petal’s plume...

. Spring Shower How beautiful the rain– The cool and cleansing rain! I watch as tiny rivulets Run down my...

. The Piano Student Glissandos flow like rivers from the keys, One by one, you slide with practiced skill And...

. Delmon’s Progeny Delmon, also known as Dilmun, is a Semitic culture connected to Mesopotamia that flourished in the 2nd...

. Winter Hyphenation Knit cap above, two squinting eyes below Face frozen fresh-fall snowfall, white as snow. Constricted pupils dim the...

. Moon Garden Party It’s small and all reserved For plants that love full sun, Edges distinct though curved Refine...

. Aristotle Abridged* And so we ponder virtue and vice. __We seek the mean, not the extreme. Perplexed, I ask...

. The Emerald Queen A Legend from the Future . Part I. Have you heard the old tale of the...

. Through the Eyes of Angels Look down upon the Earth as angels might! See seas as insignificant as ponds,...

. Officium Defunctorum Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum. —Job 17:1 There is no need...

. La Sirena At some point they ceased to be beautiful. Even their voices. Bare breasts, bare arms, screams Savage...

. So Much Depends upon a Dog So much depends upon a dog The earth revolves around the sun. Each...

. Snowflakes Now soft and white the snowflake clusters fall. The wind picks up and blusters. Millions drift Like powdered...

. Poetic Influence true stories I His baby girl with Mom at home, The work bus carted him away. His...

. Odysseus Begs? He’s leaning on a Pluto niche machine: an ATM, balanced on his good leg— a fresh appearance...

. "Instructions Set in Bone" by Peter Lillios was first published by the Society of Classical Poets here. Now songwriter...

. Extinction Event The sky burned black the day the giants died. A flaming mountain pierced the turquoise bay. When...

. Pastoral Calls—Part 1 of 3 . Best Friends Three boys; best friends at school; now men with wives. Between...

. Morning Glory The morning mist at last has dissipated. The noonday sun is climbing to its height In cloudless...

. Sonnet to a Miracle upon reading the recent news story here.  They’ve named her Miracle, that new born child...

. Double Ballade of a Crusader by Conon de Béthune (c.1155–1219) translated by Margaret Coats It would be well to...

. A Wild Horse Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem written by Michael Pietrack. In this excerpt,...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSWs61Ye0E . Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega (1562-1635) translated by Martin Rizley What have...

. Trust My life unfolds as time goes by. Some days I laugh. Some nights I cry. I yearn for...

. The City, 1852 by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) translated by Dusty Grein Past the gray beach, beside the...

. The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my...

. Time Travel I chance upon a sylvan glade, an Orphic place: moon threads, a lace of nightkin shadows. A...

. Castile by Miguel de Unamuno (Spain, 1864-1936)translated by Cheryl A. Corey O Castile! You raise me up in the...

. The Snuff Box from a true story told in My Mother by Fr. Bernard Vaughan (1847-1922) When I was...

. So Close By At one point I was told that I Was purposely created by Some perfect being in...

. Comfort I gaze upon the endless sea against high cliffs, on golden sand— her everlasting majesty. Through ages rolling...

. Practical Philosophy The mind is meant to lead the body, And not the other way around. Permit no workmanship...

. Life on the Farm Daddy’s gone. Is he sleeping? For only the shell remains. I hear the cries of...

. The Land of Dreams written on the eve of India's Republic Day of India which is celebrated on Jan....

. Look Up and See the Music Psalm 19:1 In winter, when the atmosphere is still And cold, and when...