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. Nest Egg The things for which I hoped have come and gone: The power to express a cogent thought;...

. Each view deemed inconvenient is a fake, no matter if deep down you know it’s true. When one lot...

. https://youtu.be/9VRUjxFxQ2A?list=PLfUp4UiBMcEZC4Hgnr33FpijP5W5mRNo6&t=102 “A star!” the wise man shouted, “Look, a star!” forgetting the hour and his solitude, or else too...

. Brimstone I sniff a whiff of brimstone in the tone Of smooth effusions oozing from his tongue. A lick of sulfur clings like stale cologne To slickest syntax eloquently...

. A Black-Listed Species The avian community is glad He’s dying out, the mad oölogist. With every species on the...

. The below poem is a memoir of the summer of 2020, to be sung to the tune of “I’ve...

. Dirge for a Dying Diva Who’s alive now who ever heard the voice That once adorned La Scala and...

. This poem is inspired by a column in The Epoch Times written by John Falce, entitled “The Experience of...

. The Best and Worst of Times “It was the best of times, it was …” but how Can anyone...

. She is not a she in the Silver State. Never shall be. In the bones of her heart He...

. From the Bay of Naples To Titus Caesar and the Senate, Hail! Gaius Pliny brings you news most dire...

. Hunter Biden, New Millennial American Painter “It’s Generic Post Zombie Formalism Illustration”  ---Jerry Saltz “a…vaguely psychedelic vibe…Tomaselli…for dermatologist waiting...

. Amber Song I come from amber, Baltic gold, A gem but not a stone, And not a thousand ages...

. June in memory of Johnny Cash (1932--2003) Johnny was no average guy, __The troubled man in black. His life,...

. The roar of battle rends the moonlit skyWith distant thunder as of cannons booming.And bursting, crashing, popping salvos flyAbove...

. Do you know as twilight gleams with showers; Fluorescent flowers, that rocket-red-glare flare, Wowing with their pyrotechnic powers That...

. The Future's Illumined by the Deeds of the Past inspired by a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville The future’s...

. On Death and Life not by John Milton Ere Death’s foul fetters drag me to my tombAs fodder for the...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI_HSgw . The Head of Health and Human Services after W.S. Gilbert’s “I am the Very Model of a...

. What’s In a Name? Useless Loop is a small town in Western Australia. Nevertire and Come By Chance are...

. Ferdinand the Freestyler Angela Jackson is the Poet Laureate of Illinois and Jacqueline Jackson is a poet frequently published...

. Ill Wind The wind, no friend, assaults us so unkindly And suffers nothing to abate its force, Though boys...

. A Sign of the Spirit Poet’s note: These heroic couplets paraphrase the conclusion of a recent sermon for which...

. Set forth your true and lively word, O Lord, Amidst this false and deadly earthen tongue With which we...

. All criticism of me is now hate speech, not "opinion"--- A forced agreement tyranny, for good. A new dominion...

. My eyes espied a little bird And in his mouth… a little worm, That screamed a scream but no...

. To take a walk each day is good of course, But not in June, beware, for this I know:...

. Listen to "Arrow Song" by Gunny Markefka, with lyrics from Longfellow. "Arrow Song" is from his album Arrow Songs,...

. Edgar Allan Poe was known for strange and mysterious tales, in poetry and prose. Perhaps fittingly, the circumstances surrounding...

. In black and white terms, I would say, __You’re all more white than olive, Take Einstein, Rothschild, Proust, Bizet---...

. Grimm   The days of steering princesses from danger With sweet salvation’s life-sustaining kiss From shining-armored knight or regal stranger Are now considered horribly remiss. Young damsels in...

. Contemplating Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer He stands enwrapped in luminous shadowed light, A woven cord of gold...

. When the statues were felled the crass multitude cheered. Historians wept while the rioters yelled. Society crumbled. Debate disappeared....

. “Daddy! There’s the big yellow ‘M’!” “May I take your order ple---?” “One Big Mac, Coke and fries!” Dad ...

. Our Father loves us, one and all. He lifts us when our spirits fall. He knows the song of...

  Raison Du Jour Reason is like tea.It’s best at four o’clock,Which is an hour before cocktailsAnd two hours before...

  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, cameTo bless new student housing on The Mound.Despite his title and his royal name,Despite...

. No Letters "An odd thought strikes me: we shall receive no letters in the grave." ---Dr. Johnson, from Boswell’s...

. The CCP Position on the Origin of Covid Point to their part Of the globe, And you’re a racist...

. Francesco, is it you? Be confident. Sorgue vineyard pathways never were too dusty __For you—plump face and figure lusty....