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. Mike Burch Still Around? Good Lord, No… with apologies to J.C. Squire’s Ballade de l’Évolution Créatrice Strange beasts have...

. Excusing Evil A peaceful protest just took place, and some unlucky people died. Hamas just wanted more air space...

. The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and...

. Cystolitholapaxy Cystolitholapaxy (si-stow-luh-THAA-luh-pak-see): a procedure to break up bladder stones into smaller pieces and remove them “It’s Cystolitholapaxy for...

. Salome's Soliloquy John the Baptist rebuked Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for an incestuous and adulterous union with his...

. Avoidance I don’t sign up for group Zoom calls __With folks I know are boorish. I don’t go visit...

. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight...

. A Petless State after Katherine Philips' A Married State, 1664 A house with pets affords but little grace. The...

. My Brother in Galilee I had a fearsome dream---I saw my friend -- My teacher-brother---nailed onto a cross. I...

. Two Bugologues . Moth Onto a wall in chilly gloom I fold myself, all silk and dust, and then,...

. A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping...

. For Israel Under Siege Imagine that you live in fear of violent Acts of terror daily---bombs may kill Your...

. The Man in 2C I’m trying not to make too much of this, But someone in 2C (the floor...

. Not Alexa's President a pantoum on the news story here “The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence.” ...

. It’s All for Show The Big Guy’s going to build a wall. He’s going to build it strong and...

. Blocked Though honeyed breezes warm the marble halls on Mount Parnassus, vainly do I search for writing on my...

. Village Home after George Enescu's Orchestral Suite no. 3, “Villageoise” Along the tree-lined lane he walks at dusk; What...

. Hybrid and Wild All of her life had a meaning, Each section in its compartment. Tenants went through a...

. Introduction This long lyric of short lines has pairs of stanzas linked in rhyme. It is a sequence honoring...

. The Song of the Woman Who Bled Mark 5:25-34 When you have no more money you can spend, Then...

. . Massacre of the Innocents Matt. 2:18, 10:28, 18:10; Psalm 116:15; 2 Mac. 7:29 Why are the fish and...

. The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue a rondeau redoublé To heal the world he treasured this ideal: Unite the...

. Writers of the Purple Sage What happened to the music? The writers of the West? The legends of the...

. Wood a pantoum It’s only furniture. But that’s both truth and lie. To find Mom’s treasured things a loving...

. Labyrinthine Bag My wife, bless her heart, went and bought me a bag with tons of compartments, and pouches,...

. Abortion Notes Please bury babies ripped to parts, Especially their tiny hearts. They’re slain in hiding from our sight....

. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God...

. Out of Purgatory There I went blind. I could no longer speak, but as I died, I murmured Mary’s...

. A Draft of Death Did Flavius not inform us How a fart fetched fates enormous? After Flavius Josephus’s account...

. The Battle of Athelstaneford King Angus clapperclawed NorthumbriansIn combat close enough to hammer faces;His Pictish troops enacted brutal plansTo...

. The Sum of All Fears “Oppressive government is fiercer than a tiger.” ---Confucius Psst. Be careful what you post...

. On Being “Chopped” On TV, watching the show “Chopped,” I see Three losing chefs go home each episode; And...

. The Golden Calf a rondeau The golden calf draws shouts of awe From wanton men who bray and caw....

. Under Which Altar Eros, at last, has left the field. The flowers on the bushes yield __to coming winter....

. Meditation on the Myth of Sisyphus Like Sisyphus, whose fate it is to bear A boulder on his back,...

. . Freedom high school algebra class; May 12, 1993 . A breeze blows in; it wisps my hair, And...

. Losing Battles It seems when we declare a war, we rarely win them anymore. So, though much money will...

. The Tale of Wanton Ange . The Number 53: Unholy Thoughts Wanton Ange makes her appearance That’s Ange there...

. But What of Us? They have it all,The richest men on earth.No calculator can compute their worth.Yet doomed to...

. Younger Selves I have you leaning up against my side, Our boys and girls around us on the couch....