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. Judge Not We notice, Signor Alighieri, that You have a rather well developed bent For taking your opponents to...

. Classical Camouflaged __It begins, like all prose poems today, with a bit of narrated diary, as though it were...

. Canzone to the Virgin by Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374) Translated by Margaret Coats Virgin beautiful, vested with the sun And...

. Jeffrey Epstein in His Cell On nights like this a lesser man might pray; Instead he dreams of islands...

. "Gravitas" On the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 B.C. adapted from Livy’s “Ab Urbe Condita,” Book...

. Share your poetry on currently unfolding Russo-Ukrainian war in the comments section below.  We received a large response on our...

. The End Begins a rondeau redoublé Now the end begins, do not despair. It’s meant to be. What better...

. Servant of the Servants of God Servus Servorum Dei —a title of the Pope A small informal gathering of...

. Habakkuk’s Prayer after Habakkuk 3:2, 16-19; excerpts of the prophet’s prayer as he awaited certain destruction of his nation,...

. A Man’s Retreat A man’s retreat is his garage—a place To keep his vehicle, yes; but also space To...

. More than My Queen My Queen has always been a noble force--- A force for good on chilly English...

. Uvalde I’m struck with news and views today __As youth and truth lie dead. Words bruise me in a mad melee...

. Memories of Memorial Day Sad son standing all alone Staring at the marker stone. Father died he never knew---...

. Liberty If skies were ever-blue each lustrous day, If moons were in bold bloom each raven night, If life...

. Race Then and Now Race did not matter, The way we were taught. It never should influence Judgments or...

. You are invited to a reading of exquisite poetry and conversations with the poets.  . Date & Time Sunday...

. Karl Barth Platz 1999 Perhaps we walked the same worn cobblestones, Between the same sheer walls, shops clean and...

. Sibylline Sonnets for Eastertide See an explanation on what Sibyls are here. The Phrygian Sibyl Speaks portrayed with the resurrection...

. Where Your Treasure Is “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and...

. Nil Carborundum Illegitimi  On dismal days enswathe yourself in rays, Then flash your splash of sunrise with panache. Such...

. The Mass Mock-Shock of Monkeypox a villanelle Shun the mass mock-shock of monkeypox--- Force-fed fear declaiming death is nigh. Spurn the...

. Actaeon Transformed after Titian and Ovid Like his hounds, the hunter Actaeon in Titian's painting, drawn by some sharp...

. Formal Poetry Against Free Verse "Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Plato in...

. . Shanghai's Robo Dogs With quick unnatural steps, and side to side Focusing glances, robo dogs preside And prowl...

. Culloden, April 16, 1746 In the Winter of 1745, the Jacobite army of Bonnie Prince Charlie passed through my...

. All Are Numbered Moving along the narrow grassy rows Under a sherbet sky, time seems to be The only...

. The Devoted Angler The river follows on its winding way, And in the angler’s camp above the bank Lilt...

. Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub...

. Resist Arrest Instead of Arresting Resistance In Denmark, something now is very rotten, As fetid as the food-scraps in...

. Patriotic It’s really clever, isn’t it, The words they use to smear us with? They call the righteous hypocrite;...

. Read by Susan Jarvis Bryant . In This House... In this house... We value science so much we accept...

. Euryalus Describes His Mother In Vergil’s Aeneid, the youthful Euryalus volunteers for a dangerous nighttime raid, asking that his...

. In Honor of Birthing Person's Day In gratitude and thanks I bless the one Who gave me life, who...

. A Mother’s Worth A mother’s worth, it glows and gleams in eyes. It beams in grins and giggles sent her...

. The Canterbury Tales---General Prologue, Lines 1-18 by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) translated by Evan Mantyk When April’s sweetest showers downward...

. Mind Games---Three Cerebral Triolets  Propaganda  It wants your mind. It wants you blind. It warps and washes wayward brains....

. A recording of our Christmas and New Year Poetry Reading in December has just been made available. Thank you...

. Incense I cast my words aloft this way and that, Imagining they’re incense offered sweet And fragrant, curling in...

. The Song of Nina Jankowicz The lies burst ripe and rife today. __Their juice spurts forth with pride. The...

. May Day Note: Maypoles were a feature of ancient Roman festivals to mark the renewal of Spring. The feast...