‘A Woke Recipe for Disaster’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. A Woke Recipe for Disaster a villanelle Heap fresh and zesty chaos on despair. Rub salt in history’s wounds...
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A Poem on the Near-Earth Asteroid Apophis and Other Poetry by Adam Sedia
. Apophis Apophis is the name of a near-earth asteroid that passed by our planet a few months ago, a...
‘On the Beating Up of Sarah Liang’ by Damian Robin
. Sarah Liang is a veteran reporter with the Hong Kong Epoch Times who was recently assaulted by communist agents....
‘The Bunyip’s Spell’ and Other Poetry by David Watt
. The Bunyip’s Spell A native girl of spirit strong, As graceful as the flitting fishes; Went swimming in a...
‘Epigrams for Today and Tomorrow’ by C.B. Anderson
. Raw Now, listen, if you want to know the truth: The world's a battleground of claw and tooth. ....
‘Ode to Numbness’ by Thomas Benstead
. Piteous Fools! The time has comeWhen all men seek to be is numb.The toils of our daily lifeDo overwhelm...
A Poem for Derek Chauvin, by Evan Mantyk
. An Angel Speaks to the Imprisoned Derek Chauvin “Although it has been difficult,__I know you’ll make it through.Of course...
‘For a Friend Fighting Cancer’ and Other Poetry by Lee Goldberg
. For a Friend Fighting Cancer And so it seems before the dawn that darkness reigns and hope is gone....
‘How to Be Trendy on Campus’ by Sarban Bhattacharya
. Entering college is an easy way Of making lots of friends, a herd of mares; Just drink a toast...
A Mother’s Day Poem from a Mother to a Son, by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. A Sonnet for My Son On Mother’s Day, I simply have to say I’m humbled by my role and...
‘The Praise of Age’ by Walter Kennedy (1450–1508), Translated by Margaret Coats
. At Matins’ hour, the middle of the night,I woke, and soon found I was not alone;A man who seemed...
‘I Am With Child’ by Michael Charles Maibach
.For all my lifeI felt alone---Out on the road,As well as home. I saw couples With children near,Filled to the...
Split Nursery Rhyme Poetry Challenge
. Split a line from a nursery rhyme and use the halves to open and close a poem. Post yours...
‘A Personal Relationship’ by Daniel Kemper
. Part II of the Coffee Trilogy. (Part I can be found here.) In the beginning was the Word, and...
‘Ode to an Osprey’ by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. Today I spied you, red in beak and claw.You perched atop a roadside pole to dineOn scaly prey with...
‘There Once Was a Very Big Lie’: A Limerick by Joe Tessitore
. There once was a very big lie, That our country refused to deny. While we did what they told...
‘Living in a Purple Wood’ by Roy E. Peterson
.. Whoever said that change is good Is living in a purple wood Behind a tree behind a bough; A...
‘Dactylic Proverbs’ by James A. Tweedie
. Set your priorities—don't be uncouth—know the Secret to happiness lies in this truth: “Though the Sum of all things...
’52 B.C.’ by Cindy Hill
. Six hundred years before Old Sarum fell, the might of Rome faced down the Gallic tribes on earthen ramparts...
‘Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliaphobia’ by Mike Bryant
. "To indulge in hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian tergiversation is not to show your erudition: rather, it is to be superficial.” ---Steven...
Epitaphs of Great Poets and Writers
Compiled by Roy E. Peterson Readers are encouraged to add other great poets' and writers' epitaphs in the comments section...
Three Poems after Ecclesiastes 9, by Jeff Kemper
. One Fate Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 Shall I portend, and shall I explicate What eyes can see themselves, ere they go...
‘Prayer’ and Other Poetry by Russel Winick
. Prayer Of people who pray, Routinely or not, He wonders what the case is. Are they of belief Prayer...
Reflections on China’s God of War Statue on International Workers Day—May 1
by Michael Curtis When next you float down the Yangtze River through Jingzhou City, likely you will notice Guan Yu,...
‘The People, Yes’ by Bruce Dale Wise
. "I Lived and languished.” —Andrei Platonov by "Weird” Ace Blues Last year we learned th’ Empire struck back with...
‘Like Abelard and Heloise’ and Other Poetry by Arthur L. Wood
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FdfL8sVRM Like Abelard and Heloise Like Abelard and Heloise This woman has the gorgeous mind. Her touch of tenderness...
On Wearing Masks: ‘For Shame’ by Joe Tessitore
. written while walking out my front door You weren’t born with that thing on your face, So look in...
An Ancient Prophecy on Vaccinations Discovered by Margaret Coats
. Vaticination Sibylla says, Fear archers of immunity! Beware the vanguard shock troops sharpening double tongues, Whetted with grave authority...
On the Hypocrisy of Gov. Newsom, and Other Poetry by C.B. Anderson
. The Tale of Governor Do-as-I-Say-Not-as-I-Do-som It’s funny how Democracy In many states now colored blue Produces rank hypocrisy, A...
‘A Shout Out to Traditionalist Poets’ by Paul A. Freeman
. We’re poets first-and-foremost and agree that meter, rhyme and rhythm oft are spurned; the plethora of poetry we see...
On the Couple Who Accidentally Painted Over Modern Art, and Other Poetry by Julian Woodruff
. Brush with Shame In reference to “Couple accidentally paints over $500,000 artwork,” Ben Cost, New York Post, 4/3/21 The...
Sonnets on Themistocles, Sen. McCarthy, and Wenyi Wang, by Evan Mantyk
. Themistocles Athens, Greece, 483 B.C. “Barbarians loom upon the coast—dark clouds. Athenians see them, but don’t think they’d pour...
‘A Day When Silence Spoke’ by Daniel Magdalen
. This poem is commemorating the peaceful appeal of 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners for freedom of belief, in Beijing, on...
‘A Tribute to Prince Philip’ by Paul A. Freeman
. The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has died, who asked if native Aussies still chucked spears and told some Brits...
‘Anastasia’ by Brian Yapko
. Martyred daughter of a libeled Czar, You for whom St. Basil’s bells have rung, Condemned to die dishonored and...
A Poem for the 457th Birthday of Shakespeare, by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. Bardolatry He boasted an iambic ear, That playwright with insight, Shakespeare; Yes, Measure for Measure He’s given much pleasure With Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear. The...
On the George Floyd Verdict and Other Poetry by Richard Lackman
. A Eulogy for Justice It looks like we got justice for George Floyd Because of the techniques that were...
Two Poems on Transgenderism by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. A Chemistry Lesson There was a time she pined to be a boy, Around the age of six or...
‘Lumbar-Fusion Post-Op Blues’ by Jeff Kemper
. The Odyssey of a recovering patient of the Orthopedic and Spine Specialists (OSS) hospital in York, PA; January 2019....
Four Petrarchan Sonnets by Peter Austin
. . On a Starred Night derived from a George Meredith poem On a starred night, Prince Lucifer uprose; From...
Brian, it's good to have you back, with your perceptive comments and incisive analysis. I wrote "Rasputina" to deal with…
Well Kip, we were both excellent students of English, so we could handle the English professors. Since I was a…
Margaret, I'm a watercolorist and currently studying "Sumi-e" and its subset of "Suibokuga" - Japanese monochromatic black ink painting. The…
I was always nettled more by incompetent science teachers than I ever was by demanding English teachers. I trust that…
What a sensitive enigma in your first line of "Now?" Stephen! I love the repetition of the question--and additional questions…
