Culture

. The House That Fauci Built by Dr. Weslie Ubeca Within the U.S. government, he was the highest paid He...

. Our neighbours bought a sheepdog: a heeler brindled blue, And all was well (or so it seemed) until his...

. Cherry Blossom Viewing Like someone else, in unaccustomed dress, I choose that silken smoothness graze my skin __As fragile...

. We stick to what we know, what we can touch, Hold in our hands; unable to foretell What lies...

. Ballade of Prayer to Our Lady (in the voice of the poet’s mother) by François Villon (1431-1463), from French...

. Rededication The sullen days of winter Remain a galling splinter Within my thickened skin, So let the games begin!...

. Life Under the CCP for Amy Yin and her UK family Loud thumps were more than company; __front door...

. If He came now, God’s only Son, To save a world that’s come undone Would we continue to defy...

. “The strife is o’er, the battle won”—18th c. Hymn As hapless hope and hopelessness collide The mid-day sun looms...

. Easter! by Rosario Previti (1882-1967), from Italian by Joseph S. Salemi Why your bitter torment on the cross, Martyr...

. Praise Him for the lightning in the gale,For balmy winds, for crystals in the snow.Wonder at the gaudy peacock’s...

. Sonnet 181 Jesus had suffered more than we can tell, But when released, His soul at once aspired To...

. I’ve had a nightmare! Let that just man go! You’re right that he’s done nothing wrong. They’re wrong To...

. Behold the Queen of Heaven weeping, seeping __Tears that rend her heart and ours. As one __Who mourns she...

. She burns to bear his burden (take the weight) But he is far beyond her guiding reach. Beyond her...

. The Lovely World Behold the frozen, flaxen fields at morn– The tall grass shining on the hills of clay...

. Sue was the star of Central High. In girls’ athletics she excelled. Her competition would just sigh. The best...

. A Box of Chocolates is like Life: (That Mrs. Gump she got it right.) You  never know just what you’ll get,...

. Ode to Hidden Splendor I heard your rolling croon beyond my vision Blooming in the balm of winter’s breeze--- A thrilling spill of crystalline precision Amid the Spanish moss draped...

. The candlelight was dim and spare And Claire was there, lost in prayer And slightly swaying to and fro...

. The Parting of the Sea Salvation in the parting of the Sea, Its churning waves pierced by a knife...

. “And when I see the blood, I will pass over you.” ---Exodus 12:13 As you have commanded, the blood...

. The fire roars and spits within the square Blazing angry red. The rabble looks With savage joy; their whooping...

. Don’t you love the Oxford Dictionary?  When I first read it, I thought it was a really really long...

. A kangaroo visiting from Australia beholds the kangaroo court attempting to impeach President Trump for the second time and,...

. Grain If the future were a famine And tomorrow were a blight, Would we close our eyes today in...

inspired by the late John Whitworth’s “The Examiners”  Through the burst of youth and giggles in the balm of budding...

. A touch of wit is worth its writ in gold. We miss you, John, for being ever bold. You...

. “That must have been some cup of coffee!” ---Charles Ellik The coffee spins and I am not the same....

. The night before, old furniture And scrap wood set afire Smoke out the winter’s wickedness— An equinoctial pyre Of...

. The Second Roman Empire Those were the days, when Julius Caesar Saw a country and would seize her, And...

. Every one of us makes “To-Do” lists to help us on the way So we won’t forget the many...

. This Brave American, Ashli Babbitt “It is the dead, not the living, who make the longest demands.” —Sophocles, “Antigone”...

. Lenin It’s late. He walks the lonely corridor in this part of the Kremlin with his cat hammocked in...

. “Wherever books are burned, human beings are destined to be burned too.” ---Heinrich Heine  There is diction to spurn...

. A little argument and then they hurt; These liberals are so coy and sensitive. They think they know all...

. Borealis Where Ursa Minor spins about its tail The cold-chill, sabled void of arctic nights Bestirs to life as...

. Lives There the Man after “Breathes There a Man with Soul so Dead” by Sir Walter Scott* by Roy...

. Jelly Guts Rule The book, we’ve been apprised, is most uncool— Young Marco and the farmer by the pool,...

. Oh hail the master puppeteer, Controller of the strings. The altruistic engineer, Sagaciousness he brings. With breathtaking dexterity, He...