Culture

. The Red Sea From quite far off we smelled its salt And now stand stunned upon its shore. We...

. Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation...

. Ian’s Ire Forecasts: Storm blasts. Cars leave. Clouds heave Endless rain. Flood’s domain. Massive surge. Nature’s scourge. Toy boats...

. The Modern Cardinal’s Song after “The Major General’s Song” from Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance from a...

. Moonburst I saw a comet streak across the night, And rend the sky with fire-tipped harpoon; While stars went...

. Dr. Quack My name is Dr. Henry Quack and in my little room out back, Are lots of pills...

. Σχολή (Leisure) A Meditation on Horace’s Carmen I.IX You see the glist’ning peak of Mount Soracte, which towers, high...

. . Vanderbilt’s Nemesis Written for Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire who has called out the evils of lucrative...

. I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I...

. Proposition One Proposition One, written by the state legislature, amends the California constitution “to expressly include an individual’s fundamental...

. Tower of the Winds Eight winds blowing, bluster overflowing,Buffet all the crevices of earth.Eight winds searching, lustily and lurching,Spawning...

. Sincerity of the Left The sanctuary cities said: “Undocumenteds may come here, It’s merciless to keep them out, We...

. The Good Samaritan Scene: The road between Jerusalem and Jericho. It is now three days since a good Samaritan...

. Serious Poetry Serious poetry, somber and grim; Dashing, descriptive, with narrative flair. Formal and versified; Rhythmic and dignified; Romance...

. Equal Schmequal   The traits of men were glibly mocked __By those who thought men strange--- Those who thought the world half-cocked...

. The Tech Addict’s Lament As I take one more hit of electronic cocaine, I snort a fresh shot of...

. 1960s Soap Operas “Soap operas,” they called them. Housewives watched Them while they sewed or cooked or ironed clothes....

. Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do...

. Sonnet 89 I passed her on the footbridge (underneath, the cars rushing pell-mell to Hades’ mouth). Backwards flowed time...

. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which...

. Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange,...

. Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)  Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not...

. Congratulations and Homage to Giorgia Meloni Italy rises up and overthrows The stench of leftist tyranny at last. Rage...

. The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.”...

. Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint...

. Sentimental Song A pad and pen lie by his side __This moonless night of fall. And though he tries...

. Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's...

. The Recollected Dream When midsummer rain is spearing From storm clouds darkest grey That provide no hint of clearing...

. Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing...

. Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been...

. StairWell Canto 10 extract 2 Context: In the 10th Canto of HellWard we met 4 poets condemned to Hell....

. Paracelsus Creating man demands not much: Combine the four base elements In right amounts; the lodestone’s touch At once...

. I. Lefties, in fact, are cool with using guns. Their Mayakovsky howled The floor is yours, Comrade Mauser! as they came...

. The Odyssey Translator's Note: The Odyssey, Book 1, which exemplifies an essential feature of Homer's art as a storyteller,...

. Obedience by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi It’s not true, Christians, what you...

. An American Tragedy In his mind the purple walrus __mutated to a bat, its unstable form evolving __till it...

. The Beginning of Wisdom Within the passing noon of our own life, I saw through woodlands dark and traces...

. In Silence I Sing for those affected by the Mill Fire, September 2022 Uplifted to God as with wings...

. The Adjudication “I weep for you,” the Walrus said: __“I deeply sympathise.” With sobs and tears he sorted out...

. The Way of the World Some horrid truth seems now made manifest: __Some nothingness tucked in the human core...