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. The Resistance There’s something in the way you hear __My meanings when I speak; It draws me dangerously near,...

. Ghosts: At the gate of Auschwitz Наш поезд уходит в Освенцим— Сегодня и ежедневно (Our train is departing for...

. Jewish Detractors of Israel Israel’s Jewish detractors, do you experience remorse? How does it feel to be traitors? Low’s...

. The Hunchback The belfry beckons. Once again it’s time. This is my cross, the task I’m forced to bear....

. In The Beginning We’re stuck in the middle, unsure of the ending but guessing the outcome by how things...

. Nero Redivivus Others suppose that he was not killed, but withdrawn instead so that he might be supposed killed...

. On Turning the Page of a New Year---2023-2024 The hour-glass is almost void of sand,a rounding of the sun...

. Woke Christmas We dream of Christmas like we used to know, With Santa Claus and sleigh rides in the...

. After the Stroke Aphasia: an impairment of a previously held ability to produce or understand spoken, written, or signed...

. Anniversary Pastoral for Benedict XVI Trustworthy Shepherd of all shepherds, hear Today’s renewed appeal in concord made For Benedict,...

. Mythological Limericks on Defloration . Venus and Adonis Adonis was cute as a berry And Venus was sexy and...

. They Have Our Genes They have our genes; they’re human beings, Our fifteen frozen embryos. Regardless of your disagreeings,...

. Christmas Medley performed by Jeff Eardley . . Absent Friends The Christmas lights are twinkling on the houses all...

. The Evening The Times Newspaper Turned Into Jane Eyre My life had become like a broadsheet,__The Telegraph, maybe The...

. I Know Them Well Don't preach to me of heaven and of hell expecting me to tremble and to...

. Christmas Hallelujah sung to the melody of “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen When I hear a song of destiny, Of...

. The Ancient Christmas Tree A Dream Memory . The ridge out the window was blanketed white With snow that...

. The Ultimate Christmas Gift “Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn’t come from a store.” ---Dr. Seuss This gift winks...

. Author/Composer’s Note: The noël, Il est Né le Divin Enfant (“He is Born, the Divine Christ Child”) is one...

. . “Even now, in sordid particulars, the eternal design may appear.” ---T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral . Among...

. Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make While folks down under get to ride their bicycles __And dine alfresco...

. The Wisemen and the Shepherds after Eileen Duggan The camels’ footfalls over and around Baked dunes, through pebbled streams,...

. Christmas by Force The jostling beast increases the distress Of Mary whose first labor has progressed. Joseph of the...

. Christmas I don’t recall the tree or what we ate With sentiment Dickensian and sweet. The tree was in...

. Midwinter “O blesséd day we now enjoy, from heaven it is granted.  He brings us bliss, He shows Himself...

. A Christmas Carol Complete text here: https://classicalpoets.org/2021/12/24/a-christmas-carol-after-charles-dickens-by-talbot-hook/ . . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in...

. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin in reference to the recent storm in Maine In Maine the Governor had to delay...

. Curse of the Desert Ill-tempered droughts strip lands of foliage sheath. Its barren womb still yields a wilted crust...

. Whence Come You, Shepherdess? . Translator's Note: “D’où Viens-tu, Bergère” was one of a number of old songs and...

. December Oak Leaves Puis çà, puis là, comme le vent varie, A son plaisir sans cesser nous charrie, (The...

. Miles Fidelis (The Faithful Soldier)  for Joseph Salemi, whose essay introduced me to the soldier of this poem. The...

. Are you looking for a good poem to read at your Christmas party or gathering? Is it a more...

. A Travelogue of Wonders My friends, I’m here to speak of wondrous sights. The first, at Alexandria’s port, was...

. Here We Go Again… by Joseph S. Salemi Oh dear… it looks like the hillbilly software salesman is having...

. Evening, Washington Metro Entrained, en masse, an ebb as from a beach: the tide drawn by the Capitol (the...

. What’s Left to Say? a rhupunt  When women’s plans Are like a man’s, So they act trans, What’s left...

. Moon Before Yule The ashen lantern leavening the skyBegins in languor to proclaim sublimeFestivity to winter’s weather eye. The...

. To My Daughter A woman’s life is hard, they say---and true, Though now not as our mothers understood: They...

. It Was Only a Winter’s Tale based on David Essex's classic 1982 Christmas song The nights are ever short...

. Unsocial Addictions Why do some people lie, brag, or act mean?It must pump them up, like a jolt of...