Culture

. A Thanksgiving Offering We offer thanks to You who made this Earth The sun and stars, for health and...

. Just Say It Two bombs exploded in Jerusalem Today. A boy of just 15 is dead--- A Jewish student...

. Heirs to Alexander These snuff-brown mounds piled up ten thousand feet Gaze on toward Hindu Kush peaks twice their...

. Inviting Some Friends to a Birthday Dinner after Ben Jonson's "Inviting a Friend to Supper" Tonight, dear friends, you’re...

. Nero Before the Tomb of Simon Magus And Peter, looking steadfastly against Simon, said: “I adjure you, ye angels...

. Clowns Teach Writing Classes Students’ attitudes were dismal; composition skills, abysmal! Desperate to make things better, teachers asked expert...

. Science or “The Science”? “‘The Science' and science are opposites.” ---Richard Lindzen So you believe “The Science”? That is odd.Science cannot...

. No News Is Good News The world contrives, in many different ways, To overload the minutes of our days...

. Unmasked Musings on the Plea for Pandemic Amnesty upon reading this Atlantic article Today I hear a murmur of...

. The Return of Trump No matter how you try to stop Don Trump __He always will come back. __He’ll...

. The Last Man on the Moon for Gene Cernan My gaze was set toward the Western sky, To see...

. Lullaby of New Mexico, Part Two Part One can be read here. Duerme Papi---Dad, it’s time to rest. I...

. No Extra Lives While all his friends were learning skills To gain them wives or pay their bills, John...

. Our Superman Porfirio Landa (1925–2022), one of the United States Army’s longest surviving World War II veterans The modest...

. Mother Nature Is Bipolar Mother Nature is bipolar. She needs to take a pill. One minute she's a blowhard....

. Lest We Forget     Today’s the day I cast my hard-won vote   (My voice and choice, my prized ancestral gift)   Bought with guts and grit to stop...

. Hell Rising They’ve come with a purpose: to numb or perturb us __By infecting the already-sick, And with them...

. Who's Behind the Door The quiet words, the trembling lips, __we’ve heard it all before. Keen questions dwell within...

. Think (Ideo)logically Say---friend or foe? What else could people be? … Stop thinking, since it’s useless, and it’s hard....

. CDC: Save the Planet from Poison CO2!! “We used to think CO2 was a harmless trace gas… How wrong...

. Poetry 101 Lecture Today we shall discuss why poems have a poor repute (Though if one dislikes poetry, apology...

. Note: The above photos are of the poet's grandparents, Herbert W. & Evelyn Slater Tweedie in 1914 Wedding Picture;...

. A Half Century Ago Oh there once was a time in our nation so fair, When the pledge to...

. Halloween---The New Normal The maskless masses mingle on the street Pooh-poohing overreaching, grouchy rules. The granny-slaying, unvaxxed ogres meet...

. It’s Halloween It’s Halloween, and musty tombs expel Damnation’s brides and grooms; ghoulish creatures rule the night, a ghastly...

. Night Visitor Between the ticking of the clock I thought I heard a haunting knock. I pondered what I...

. Are You Prepared for All Hallows’ Eve? All Hallow’s Eve will soon be here--- A time when our two...

. Shroud-Eater The undead Shroud-Eater, or mâcheur de suaire, is not as well known as the vampire, but is just...

. The Modern Prometheus Grrrr! Linden trees with falling leaves infest These ancient mountains. Crimson-faced they scream Like mobs in...

. A Seasonal Concoction He loved to have a cup of coffee in dawn’s dimmest light. It helped clear cobwebs...

. The Three Democrats of the 2020 Election after Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1 Scene: Thunder illuminates a 2020...

. Everyday Angels  inspired by Guadalupe Amejorado (1955-2021)  They don’t appear in swathes of white   __On scintillating wing.  Their heads aren’t crowned...

. The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure...

. While Reading Burns' 'Stanzas: On the Same Occasion' "Fain would I say" Burns wrote, has me inspired. Perhaps this...

Playing with Matches "We don’t seek conflict with Russia but we are ready." ---Antony Blinken, March 4, 2022 We don’t...

. Meditation Say to yourself at break of day: today I shall meet people who are meddling, ungrateful, proud, treacherous,...

. His Pen a villanelle written upon watching the movie Eternal Spring His pen flies back and forth, a righteous...

. A Conversation Between the Poor and the Poorer, followed by an Envoi From the book five of the Man'yōshū,...

. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: A Restorative from the Restoration by Joseph S. Salemi John Wilmot, the Earl of...

. Alone Together Narcissus, in the days of old, Fell in love with his reflection. He knew none greater to...