Beauty

. Samode Palace Hotel An erstwhile palace, and all wished to claim a former sultan's, not a servants', room. So...

. Turn, Turn, Turn I, whose heart is closed and locked, Who turned away when your Son knocked And who,...

. Daphne and Apollo “O foolish Cupid,” fair Apollo mocked. “To think that you, a wanton boy, should dare To...

. Failure to Strive Do, or do not.  There is no try. —Master Yoda We’ve traveled far, or so it...

. Elemental, My Dear Slight air and purging fire, the first my thought, the other my desire. ---Shakespeare, "Sonnet 45"...

. Passer Mortuus Est, from Carmen 3 by Catullus (84-54 B.C.)| Translated from Latin by R.W. Rhodes My baby's favored...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCmLSOndstY . CREDITSPoetry: Robert FrostAudio/Visual Work: Society of Classical PoetsVoice-Over: S.A. ToddPhoto: "Yellow Forest" by Eflon (used under creative...

. The Biden Oil Refrain As President, on his first day, He closed old Keystone down, Then shut off Arctic...

. The Gusting Winds The gusting winds, they blow, it seems, more bleakly this December; They bite my cheeks and...

. Listening to Bach While the World Falls Apart for Adrianna, Paul, and Beth I Sight isn’t needed---the continuous cracking...

. Where Is God? Along life’s way Problems arise. Some seen before--- Some do surprise. “Why Lord, to me Comes...

. Ruby’s House to the memory of Ruby Elaine Seal Rizley (1896-1978) You knew it when you woke up in...

. Allentown Nights Sometimes the nights were full of evil there. Relentless searchers drove the block most nights, While novices...

. Four Thousand Four Hundred  Miles The shiny willows waved in yellow bloom Inland beyond the spit of dirty sand...

. Many years ago I gave a talk at a scholarly conference at Queens College, C.U.N.Y. My section of the...

. Guilty Thoughts I Through idle thoughts alone if no-one knows, We cannot hurt someone who never will Find out....

. A Song of Thanksgiving The pilgrims long ago faced strong __Attacks on their beliefs, And found a land they...

. Honest to God a rondeau I do not know why Sarah died; I only know her parents cried Such...

. First and Foremost We’re human first and foremost: kith and kin. So never judge on looks and looks alone....

. Three Perspectives from Samos Poet’s note:  The Greek island of Samos, in the region of Ionia, was the reputed...

. A Knot of Ought Nots A bright blue canoe atop of Mount Crumble, canoes can be tippy; down it...

. Circles It seems to me that living comes in circles, That nothing, even this, is ever new, That all...

. Who’s the Villain Now? My poems drip with vitriol and gall,Each stanza driving home a heartfelt curse—A side-effect of...

. The sunlight is raising A glow from the east For dawn-dappled grazing By somnolent beasts; The flight of a...

. On the Question of Enes Kanter How do heroes take a stand above the skyline? How face off sharp...

. I. The Blacksmith God Forges Scenes on Achilles’ Shield after Homer’s Iliad Book 18 The hammer strikes! And glowing...

. One Miracle After Another A misty morning greeted by the sun Whose dappled rays arouse the drowsing Earth; The...

. Nature's War From far beneath the frozen soil the iris pushes high,Extending wide it reaches up to touch the...

. . The Hireling Shepherd painting by William Holman Hunt This comely wench was Emma Watkins, she Who sat for...

. Today I feel the stirrings of the Dead In crimson-littered fields where poppies blow. I hear embittered groans and...

. From a Classified Location in England Dear Jim---my son---I write from far away. From England, Spring of 1944. June...

. Colours of War What colour was the war to end all wars?We’ve watched as men, in grainy black and...

. The Soldier Keeps the Wolf at Bay The soldier keeps the wolf at bay So we may never see...

. Imperial Invitation Fair neighbor, come, pass through entrancing gates I made to veil surprises and seclude My masterpiece of...

. Robert Jack Eardley was, for many years, Chief Psychiatrist for the U.S. Justice Department. In 2000, he organised a...

. Bywords Language rang and wedged within our mind. Centuries of words were drawn like swords. A surfeit, rhymes, soliloquies...

. He was the stream and she the underbrush; The rain that fell upon his upturned face. She was the...

. Last Rites Let not the Rock of Ages ever break Or send apostate magi to the stake; A golden...

. When summer left and took her warming shawl, The birds towards the south began to fly. The leaves of...

. New Day for the Old Dominion "This is what unity looks like" —Glenn Youngkin, Virginia governor-elect Virginians venture toward...