Beauty

. He viewed the world with perfect form But upside down, not as the norm He lifted those who’d been...

  I used to find it hard to lose at chess. I'd watch in disbelief the check and mate, think...

George and the Dragon In the Yorkshire dialect “Nah, sithee,” said Granny, “Just set thee dahn ‘ere, An’ I’ll tell...

The Journal It sat upon his bedside table, closed, And waiting to keep record of each day: The silent pages...

Meadows of Corn It seems but bland to every passing eye, These regal meadows dressed in ripened corn; They dance...

  To Solitude Come, Solitude, my first and truest friend! Long hours of careless converse burden me, And I have...

  Windmill Song Alone it shudders on a hill, Defiant in the wind. A strong south gale could topple it,...

On Visiting the Tea Garden in Middletown, New York I. A harried daddy with two kids in tow, Maneuvering through...

A Villanelle To breathe the beaming silence of the sky I long, when dawn’s chill wakes my eyes, and see...

  Untitled All older statues want to come alive, Those Greek and Roman ones, and Christian, too. Their skeletons and...

A Lifetime Day drifts into evening Evening into night All around me darkness With only stars for light Dawn awakes...

Upon the release of the Society’s How to Write Classical Poetry   When feeling some compulsion to compose, One wonders which...

For Elizabeth On the Poet’s Eleventh Wedding Anniversary   Though you behold me silent in this room, Know that I...

The important events in the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 B.C.) are recounted through the poems he has left....

Inside the Dragon’s Teeth Maui, Hawaii From inside, you get a new perspective ___Of the tourist spot known as Dragon’s...

It has long been observed that whilst the ego is useful in making daily and ordinary decisions in our life,...

  When, late in May, Memorial Day ____Inaugurates the season Of summer sun and summer fun ____(Much welcomed, with good...

Unshaken Faith Forward Alliterative verse dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced persecution in China since July 20, 1999...

LVII. On a Bodegón of Zurbarán From carbon darkness, splendor! Light comes forth. A painter knew the warm fidelity Of...

  At last, the sunset’s knell forebodes the ceasing day— The merchants in their silken garments trudge their way Along,...

  And What Of Art? It used to be that there was a division Between the arts, and each had...

Dante’s Inferno, Canto I (Poem by Dante Alighieri / translation by J. Simon Harris in terza rima) In the middle...

  A wind blew through the almond trees. The blossoms shook, the petals floated down Past where I sat on...

Why Live This Long? The thought presents - Why live this long? What more to do, Once sung my song?...

  Potpourri Take leaves at first, curled crisp by autumn’s cold— Crush them to crumbly powder in a tray To...

Epistle to a Celt Where, o Celt, mayst thou be found Upon what all was once thy ground? Art thou...

This poem is written in response to proposals to sell ancient public forests to private developers in England. https://saveourwoods.co.uk/  ...

It's Best to Be a Giver It’s best to be a giver, not a taker, Or else how could you...

The Akkerman Steppe Original Polish by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) below I launch myself across the dry and open narrows, My...

Poem for a Birthday Say that the year is round, and on its top March lighted candles in concentric rows....

  When dusk settles, the oxalis Stands taller and sweeter, As if to say that all of this Is just...

The Muses we understand from Part 1 of this article are the daughters of the future and the past, and...

. . What Rumor, What Word? On the featured photo above What rumor, what word, O Cloud from the sea?...

  In a secluded forest glade, Where sunlight shines and shadows fade, The faeries come to dance and play Upon...

27 November 1976: Fort Eustis, Virginia By Usa W. Celebride It is an autumn Saturday. I sit amidst the scree, of...

  Déja Do you remember when a piece of art Held truth or meaning in its oil or stone— And...

  Taking a Gambol A rabbit’s life’s a gambol, A fortunate existence; Giving time enough to spare For frolics in...

I Think I Like You Better Now I think I like you better now; it’s been a little while Since...

The Flowers Upon a morning stroll serene Across many young floral gardens Greeting me on those fields of green Was...