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. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Share your St. Patrick's Day Poetry in the comments section below. While writing and posting,...

. On Sighting a Marsupial "Serve with: Turnip greens" —Joy of Cooking Opossums are so ugly that it isn’t clear...

. Two Poems for White Day On White Day, March 14, men in Japan present white gifts to women, in...

. Time Is of the Essence The powers that be in their ivory tower, Make important decisions for sure, While...

. A North Indian Summer They ask of me to write a sonnet fine In praise of Summer and her...

. The Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus was constructed in 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian to commemorate...

. Hermes, The Artisan Hermes, son and messenger of Jove, Surveyed the coast, where often he would rove, And found...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAv09XqwAY . Young Strongbow anonymous American ballad (Words in parentheses are alternate lyrics suggested by other extant versions of...

. Yet Another Exhibition Opening "Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too...

. Ex Nihilo Is a Joke “. . .it starts with an empty universe” ---Stephen Fry, Cosmos, vii An empty...

. Justification He smashed the windows, grabbed the wares, With rage against society That made him free of any cares...

. Seeing the Light by Susan Jarvis Bryant . I. Peace Be with You… a pantoum   “Peace is possible, truth...

. Memento, Homo… "There is no architecture in New Orleans, except in the cemeteries." —Mark Twain If we should go...

. The Poem that Built a Nation: Finland and the Kalevala by Adam Sedia Nowhere perhaps is the power of...

. Trudeau’s Canada Jab them all, Big and small. Small are buffer And must suffer. No opinions, Little minions. Cover...

. Beneath the Tide The tidal basin ebbs and flows each dayAs if it were a sentient, breathing thing—A pas...

. Salieri on Mozart More wine, Signore... Should I say mein Herr? I know! French cognac. Spirits help me share...

. Many poets have been sending in poetry on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Post your poetry directly below. . ....

. Poem Introduction Lewis Carroll (who lived 1832-1898 and was born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was a master at humorous wordplay...

. Unsettled written upon reading of the CDC refusing to publish data on booster effectiveness I’m niggled and nettled. The...

. A Working Man and Wife “…aware of the humanity on the other side of the door.” ---Criselda Vasquez They...

. Shining Armor The knights roll in. They have a rift to heal--- A rift that stokes the embers of...

. Everlasting I must admit, when I arrived in Hell I was surprised.  Not, as you might surmise, Because I...

. Gift for the Living The life that he led is a memory now, Subjugated by settled existence, With old...

. God’s M.O. One hundred thousand people at the game, And half might pray to God: “Let my team win!”...

. A Triolet I promise not to be the coward Who says "I’m sorry" to Big Tech While Joe Rogan’s...

. Reflections on a Visit to Salem I wander down a haunted, cobbled street And watch the sun rise red...

. The H.R. Manager's Toilet Break At ten-fifteen he sits upon His porcelain panopticon And stares into his tiny screen....

.   https://youtu.be/3XWcnISYGSE . Rondel for Saint Valentine's Day by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) | modernized in the original lyric form...

. Aspects of Love . I. Unrequited a rondeau redoublé Tonight, my eyes are open and aware. The kiss I trusted...

. As a Matter of Course for Ethan Gutmann, pioneer in investigating organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party Of...

. At What Cost? In this meaningless life of mine I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing...

. The Crucifixion of the Serpent And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and...

. Aromatherapy This tale concerns an English Lass, Who signed up for an evening class, “There’s money to be made”...

. Write a poem that casts a fresh eye over a classic movie---any form, any length, any mood. This challenge...

. The Agony and The Ecstasy I beg among the lonely hours__oblivious to time and spaceand pace beneath the Sistine...

. And so, Minnie Mouse will impress in pantsuit and flat heels, no less. __But what of the vision, __of...

. Ode to Joy My final symphony---my best by far!--- Which crowns a challenged life of brilliant works. Vienna’s finest...

. The terms eenee, meenee, mainee, and mo can be found in Rudyard Kipling’s “A Counting-Out Song“ from Land and...

. Ottawa Ho! In the days of yore, it is written, All the dreamers would dream of the sea. __But...