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  “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing...

  Yearning for Castles and Gargoyles Among the towers never made of ivory, protruding lewdly over walls of mottled stone,...

  Over 100,00 people were killed at Babi Yar between September 29, 1941 and November 6, 1943. Oh, come and...

  Red Skies by Usa W. Celebride Along th’ Atlantic Ocean and around the grand Great Lakes, on the horizon...

  A Verse for the Morning After As thieves and pirates count our votes And set us at each other’s...

  Retired I’ve lost the ship I banked upon to shield me from this stormy world. For I’ve since crossed...

Post your Election Day poem in the comments section below.    Quatrains They “battle for the soul of the nation”...

  Context Is Everything When you attempt to cut some string A hammer doesn’t do a thing— Jackknives matter. When...

The American Revolution: An Epic Poem Chapter I Chapter II by Andrew Benson Brown   Chapter III: The New-World Mercury...

Let's Do It! The surgeon does it in a snip within a stitch of time. The comic does it with...

A Fragmentary Introduction to the Geo-Political America of the Progressive Left Exuding virtue-signaling savoir-faire, "The Vanguard of the Proletariat,” Like...

  Twelve-year old Maxwell Schollenberger was found dead in a home in Annville, Pennsylvania, in May 2020, where he had...

In British folklore, the Beast of Bodmin Moor is a phantom feral cat. Bodmin Moor (Cornwall, England) is a hub...

Is this a werewolf’s trick, or witch’s treat? A devil’s joke? Humanity’s defeat? Who would have thought we’d live to...

  Nothing Ventured an office romance "What more do you want?" he inquired without guile. ---Can it really be true...

  A family that I read about Lost everything acquired. Their house, collections, photographs, All vanished in a fire. Thank...

  The constant growl of battles down the ways, The daily angst that never seems to stall, The hate of...

  Renowned but wayward Troy, vain Babylon, Harsh Nineveh, and languid Rome were felled; Long ago they exercised dominion, But...

  You’ve grown up in the public school system, and it shows. You are sensitive to the world around you,...

Post your answers in the comments section below. I. A place that never is in its own place And where...

  On voting day, we hope the nation’s __red---a bright vermilion. Let’s count the reasons to choose Trump. __There are...

  Vocations Always there are things we should be doing; Others, though, are better left unfinished. Also, there are ends...

All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise. Originally published by the SCP 9/26/18 Consumer Rights by Cal Wes Ubideer Accountability, transparency,...

  The Immigrant As his ship now departs to cross over the sea, He looks back as he fondly remembers...

  after Chesterton's "Lepanto" Note: Cahaba Run is a river in Alabama Dogs dash in black and tan through clouds...

Ego Feci Hoc A man, I was, of flesh and blood and bone, Nine-hundred years ago, I lived and died;...

  There are smiles that we will never see. There are kisses that will never be. There are songs that...

  The Reindeer The reindeer winter-cries in vain for his lost mate His cry turns brittle frosty-mist, ascends the clouds....

Newspeak During a hearing held on October 13, Senator Hirono informed Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett that the...

  On the PBS TV Series 'Bob Ross, the Joy of Painting' I float, as happy as the clouds, Upon...

  “Censorship is to art, as lynching is to justice.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by Caud Sewer Bile Joe’s never...

Retired K-9 When I was young, you kept me in a cage. But as I got a little calmer, older,...

What if I do compare you to a rose Or summer’s day or beauty like the night, Or drone of...

. The Tweeter Strikes Back At midnight, Don was not asleep, and so, he rose to eat and tweet. He...

  Brave, brave, Charlotte Corday, took upon herself to slay that man of revolutionary violence, Jean-Paul Marat. On July thirteenth...

  When springtime has come to the high mountain ranges The melting of snow bares the landscape to changes; And...

  While Sitting by Her While sitting by her sometimes I would eye Her dextrous fingers plying to and fro...

See the winners here. Above is a recent photograph of Chateau Boswell, a winery, vineyard, and tasting room located in...

  News of the Revolution Revolt or riot? Both? Or civil war? No matter what, who hasn't realized the revolution's...

  The harvest of an ancient past can waft to mind as we enjoy a measured taste of last year's...