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. An Ode to Letters We cannot be sure what the future will hold, But I doubt this prediction will...

. From Parthenope’s coast each to his post, Beseeching eyes upraised with steady gaze. That night would nature’s cruelty erase...

. with reference to Macbeth V,5 . So bleak and dreary, like a stormy day, The world a whirl of...

. after Matthew 2:1-12 From distant regions of the east they came, Wise Magi, searching for a royal son, Into...

. Fools sneered at his rightful place; __“He isn’t our leader” they said. They labeled his traits a disgrace. __En...

. I asked the Lord, “Please tell me, where's the outrage From those who claim to love the cause of...

  This ode concerns a wealthy gent, To London Town, one day he went. He’d paid to see an Opera,...

. Biden Kneels Before the Red Beast by Damian Robin from a scenario of Evan Mantyk On silver-smoke-screen in mid...

Selected by Beverly Stock ---From Liver Pills to stuff that kills, and makes it smooth to die, The last is...

. . Hunting My father strides ahead of me.His khaki cap is all I see,beside the barrel of his gun.We’re...

  Dear Edgar, __We’re sorry our response has taken so much time, but it grieves and pains to tell you...

. . The Rub   I’ve had a taste of wonder and I cannot give it back. I’ve seen each...

  . Old doors to opportunitiesare gone, so, not one opens.Enticements that were there, just tease,no keys, just slot-less tokens....

. . Ode on ​Bertel Thorvaldsen’s Ganymede and the Eagle Bending down in offering, a Boy extends a shallow bowl;...

  . O hail you lied-to, baffled Yanks,__false-fed with sick afront’ry,If only rigging votes were pranks__not killing your good country....

“Pride Goeth . . . .” “How dare you, sir! Your libel will not stand!” The words flew out across...

. Long the shadow that it casts, Christmas present, o’er our pasts. In its darkness made to bask, Mumbling carols...

. Anno Domini 1348 ‘Tis thirteen months since those twelve ships of death Docked in Messina bearing vicious plague From...

. The Burden of Truth Our founders feared and could foresee that politics might come to be far more intense...

  adapted from a Filipino folktale __Once, when the sun was at its height, A dragonfly thought she’d alight Upon...

. The Night after Christmas You better not cry. “Deplorable” might be how best to putit, just to underscore the...

 . To miss the mark, to lose my way,to choose the dark, on Christmas Day. No star I see, no...

. Wake up and raise the blinds, to see the light, The colors; hark, the carols, feel the cheers Emerging,...

  Christmas trees and Christmas carols, Christmas lights and reindeer, too.Christmas cards and Christmas presents, wrapped with paper, bows and...

. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer---A Sonnet Poor Rudolph was a reindeer with a nose resembling a bulb of bright red...

X The play of the breeze brings the music of childhood, The tinkle of laughter as light and as clear...

.   The hills that Joseph meditated on were black and just a bit like elephants, but if somehow they...

. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ---Albert Einstein...

In This Post Christian Era “For he nil falsen no wight, dar I seye, That wol his herte al hoolly...

. . The Rape of Lady Liberty In Memoriam: November 3, 2020 by Patrick Henry Redivivus They did the awful...

I set up my beloved theodolite And slowly, gently, aimed it at the moon, Then focused sharply on the lovely...

. Still   “Many eyes go through the meadow,  but few see the flowers in it” ---Ralph Waldo Emerson  I aim and...

  The corpses laid before your cast iron throne will never wake again. Their eyes alone accuse you from the...

The screen is life, The screen is king, The screen is now Our everything. The place we learn, The place...

. Dominion “No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do.”  ---Orson Scott Card,...

The House of Life to Stephen Come in, my friend, and warm yourself; come in out of the cold! The...

based on a true story My wife’s in bed with lowered head and even lower mood. Her chin’s on her...

. The coziest wrap of a cuddle To wear under snow-swollen skies; The grin of a kith-and-kin huddle To glisten...

. . Prince Hamlet Speaks About Election Fraud Prince Hamlet speaks about election fraud:"O villainy! Ho! Let the door be...

_ On Your Marx If humans ran a Human Race, __Karl Marx would not be in it. The human depth...