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  The Gold Star Mother “Dear Mom, Dad, Billy and Baby Sis, It’s rough out here but I’m with some...

  Three Brief Poems by Luxorius (circa A.D. 500s) translated from Latin by Joseph S. Salemi   11. A Phalaecean...

  The Ballad of Zebulon Pike In Colorado’s mountain range _There stands a peak named Pike’s. Named for our hero...

  We Are the Ones The first to circumnavigate the globe, To map the continents and island chains, To climb...

  Ballad of the Sequoia _Six hundred years ago, My seed was planted in the ground, _A life so full...

  The 51st State "A republic, if you can keep it." — Benjamin Franklin, attributed answer after the Constitutional Convention,...

  There’s Blood that Flows Within the Stripes There’s blood that flows within the stripes; _The stripes upon the flag,...

  The Melody That Lingers On “Any requests?” the leader asked from the Old Time Country Band. “Just tell us...

  An American Fabius I shan’t soon forget that impactful day When my son marched with face weathered cloudy and...

  Vernal Clinic To regular observers, spring had never seemed So jarringly abnormal as it did this year. Its bright...

  Black Shuck There are curious marks on the north door of Holy Trinity, in Blythburgh, England. Tradition has it...

  When the Last World War II Veteran Passes Away _Lower the flag, men! The last great one has passed....

  A Fallow Year at Worthy Farm No Glastonbury Festival occurs at Worthy Farm in twenty twenty-six. the land, where...

  Outstanding in Afghanistan The man rose up at break of day, His feet like thunder on the ground, He...

  Americans Cross the Rubicon   1. Preamble Be proud, be grateful that we’re here! We came In pain from...

  Two Fateful American Coin Flips   Asa Lovejoy, Francis Pettigrew & The Portland Penny We settled on the banks...

  Clarence Thomas, American Hero “The mob I now faced carried no ropes or guns. It s weapons were smooth-tongued...

  What America Was Meant to Be We often hear what they said back then, no crown should rule over...

  America: 250 Years Should we commit to celebrate our birth? We’ve run so many laps around the sun, Yet...

  The Roommate It’s early morning (morning prayer): I hear Her in her room as now and then she sighs...

  Then and Now The gallery faces return: I name their names, These powers invading dreams, who being dead Are...

  Breath of Night A sullen breath pervades the night the rhythmic stillness I can hear where peaceful dreams grow...

  Canceled I reckon the outcome is just So cancel away if you must. It speaks to the fear That...

  The Dancer The dancer turns elegantly: her pivot light and feathery, her eyes as brilliant as a wren’s, her...

  Chastity ‘My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, And come away.’ ---The...

  The Dryads The day we found the hoof-prints in the soil And felt the breath of dark, indolic heat,...

  Stories of Saint Anthony   Preaching to the Fish “Proud men have turned away, for they refuse To listen...

Trip to Italy A Poetry Travel Journal by James A. Tweedie The trip begins on April 8 with a two-week...

  Mothiavelli I’m thirsty for the fever of her kiss--- The neon sear---the lethal lick she brings. I burn to...

  Blur The seconds tick, the minutes race, __The hours fly, __The days flash by, The weeks go at a...

  Undeclared College Major Discussing broader options that young women have today, One of my female classmates had a startling...

  The Number 217: A Glimpse of Armageddon "And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes" ---Chaucer, Canterbury Tales  It happened...

  Today Awake, and do not fade away into your gloom—and stay within your room. Instead, without delay, compel yourself...

  Cherry Blossom Cherry blossom, cherry blossom, Dancing, lilting in the breeze, Hither speak of pretty whispers, Told to you...

  Tempus Fugit, Carpe Diem, Memento Mori Sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus.—Virgil, Georgics There comes a time in every...

  Epitaph for a Lost Civilisation "Mine honour is my life; both grow in one: Take honour from me, and...

Advice for Tokyo Rose February, 1943---Tokyo, Japanese Empire. Iva D’Aquino---an expatriate American national---is hired by Kenchiki Oki, on behalf of...

  Beautiful She cracked a throaty Marlboro laugh that piped her spicy liquored breath into my face. Her blouse hung...

  Fibromytrauma My body’s still and will not settle. It keeps the scores: Muscles. Nerves. “Tough love,” he said. A...

  Higher Gas Prices Are a Small Price to Pay For years, “Death to America” _is the chant that we...