Beauty

. Sadness Has Silent Feet Sorrow comes on softened steps, __But joy leaps madly in. Where is she with the...

. St. Joseph’s Admonition Forget yourself, and do what’s right, Remember how you gained your sight, So do not pause...

. The Ninth Day of the Emperor's Wrath a rondeau redoublé The stadium roared at the end of the fight....

. Good Conscience Under our cauls a sleepless giber lurks, A callous judge of all our selfish smirks Who slices...

. Sonnet by José de Espronceda (1808-1842) | translated from Spanish by Adam Sedia Fresh, lush, pure, and perfumed luxuriantly, The...

. https://youtu.be/dYyxThEY71o . An Excerpt from The Western Star for Epiphany, January 6, 2022 The road stretched out forever in...

. The Language of Hope The heart forbids the mind to let it go; __Extinguished love has deeper scars, __The...

. Forever Faun In mottled shade of forest stood a faunSo still he seemed to be no living thing;The sun...

. Meditations on Ecclesiastes . Inquiry “What profit has a man for all his labor…?” ---Ecclesiastes 1: 3 None knows...

. So It Is Written The books that I have owned for many years, Still sitting on my shelves or...

. Introduction In a second-hand bookshop, located in the French Quarter (New Orleans), I discovered a poetry book by Margaret...

. Last Christmas I’d rushed there through the afternoon In someone else’s borrowed car Where you, distressed I’d come too...

. “Lud's Church" or “The Green Chapel” after Sir Gawain and the Green Knight I travel to this place each...

. For Auld Lang Syne Each New Year’s Day is like a colander Through which we strain and drain away...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okGcYTF8pHk . CREDITS Poetry: Robert Burns (1759-1796) Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets Voice-Over: S.A. Todd Photos/Footage: (1) "Drei...

. While Unheard Anthems Raise Nature has a panoply __Of instruments it plays. The forests form the canopy __Uplifting arms...

. Fields of Grass In youth I ran through fields of grass, Convinced that I could fly, And endless were...

. Poppy A vase of poppies on the table there, Twelve years have past, all white is now her hair....

. Sonnet 1 (In Theory, Real) Are dreams confined to stars or stars to dreams? Both full of mysteries and...

. To Saint John the Evangelist by Eustache Deschamps (c. 1346–1406) | translated from French by Margaret Coats Young, perfect,...

. Anyone But You The phone may ring; The call will bring __Anyone but you. The mail will come; It...

. My Sonnet as Texted Her face, uplit as she scrolls through her phone, no feelings shown, she wears light...

. A Sentimental Villanelle This year I’m wrapped in Christmases of old--- The tinseled tree and glee of hearts on...

. Introduction Each year I compose or arrange music in celebration of Christmas. This year I have created three arrangements...

. https://youtu.be/fx3NidSVFKk . A Wretch Like Me by Joe Tessitore To miss the mark, to lose my way,To choose the...

. . Dramatis Personae: Ebenezer Scrooge: An infamous miser Bob Cratchit: Scrooge’s assistant Mrs. Cratchit: Bob’s wife Tiny Tim: Disabled...

. It's a Wonderful Life The forecast promised luscious, gleaming snow; Instead the sky pours bitter, freezing rain. The lights...

. The People That Walked in Darkness The Christmas lights are out tonight, __Early and fierce and brave. The lawns...

. Habeas Corpus Of those whose job it is to get results It might be asked: to what infernal purpose?...

. Journey’s End To Adventuresome Children at Bedtime Mountain, forest, stone, and stream all glisten under sun, While golden morn...

. The Harp  by Gustavo Bécquer | from Spanish by Cheryl Corey Obscured by corner shadows, gathering dust, perhaps forgotten...

. Three Sisters Clotho When mother sat me down, I feared the worst. Her words, however, offered praise instead. “Your...

. Panic What is this feeling that sometimes afflicts Us with awful intensity and fear? A feeling close to panic,...

. A Spider in My Room In the corner, there's a spider Between the ceiling and the wall. Its legs...

. Tidal Lock for Michael Collins died (Oct. 31, 1930 - April 28, 2021):, Apollo 11 Command Module Astronaut who...

. A Flower for Giannina Milli by Alceste De Lollis (1820-1887) | translated from Italian by Adam Sedia A fragile...

. Tamara to Emily for Emily Dickinson We viewed the lighted houses well below, whose roads ran serpentine through mounding...

. There Was a Free Nation That Swallowed a Lie sung to the tune of "There Was an Old Lady...

. Advent Twist "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord,...

. Sibylline Sonnets for Advent The sibyls were ecstatic prophetesses active from about 600 B.C. in the Greek coastlands of...