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  I Make My Way by Joe Tessitore These times, indeed, have tried my soul. With lightening speed, I’ve lost...

  An old friend called on me today, past indiscretions to relive. Long decades passed since we had spoke; he...

  Coming Home “Thank you for letting me come home,” she said To me the night she died, and I,...

Your Smart Device a rondeau Your smart device was strange and new; It learned your voice and habits too; It...

by Adam Sedia John Dryden In 1688, John Dryden, England’s first official poet laureate, was deprived of that title for...

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The Crowd by Christian J. Weaver The corpses of my former selves Are yawning in the waves. They bob and...

The King Lying lips win praise and fame, And money, pow’r and wealth; They grant great glory for your name...

  Editor’s Note: This poem was originally found in The Pebbles and Shells: A Book of Verses ,1909, edited by...

  Good François Villon, petty thief, Carouser, cutpurse, scholar, sot; Young chronicler of gallows-grief, Escapee from the hempen knot; Depicter...

  Armageddon a tennos on the current socio-political situation by C.B. Anderson Some of my former friends are now definitively...

  The Strength Within A tribute to Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Dr. Mike Stroud who, in 1993, became the first...

  La Ville Lumière—City of Lights, of Dreams, __Of Love: La Ville d’Amour. Whose night is day— __Whose stars are...

  Caiaphas To the Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana in defense of Father Rothrock High Priest of Israel’s nameless God...

A Case of Ghosts (Full Fathom Five parodied) In cradling case my fiddle lies, Waiting for the owner’s hand. Strings...

  Summer in Texas She sashays in on scorching licks of flame that singe the sticky fringes of the day....

Fallen Leaves You can't stop leaves from falling in the autumn of their lives, And you can't stop bees returning...

The American Revolution: An Epic Poem Chapter I by Andrew Benson Brown   Chapter II: Thomas Jefferson in Hell On...

  All Gone Listening to William Billings' "Chester" I cannot help but weep to sing these words, and by them,...

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  “Come one, come all, it´s time to ride The carousel of fools! It’s free, it’s fun, just step inside,...

  Summer Concerts The katydids and stridulant cicadas Regale us with their aestival sonatas. At night, surrounded by the song...

Viral Hair Care After four months untrimmed, my coiffure was ovoid, Well in tune with Aquarian couture. I was starting...

  1. Poetry or prose? No one knows. 2. Shan’t waffle, 'tis awful. 3. Shan’t coddle, 'tis twaddle. 4. I...

  See the St Louis The St Louis sailed from Hamburg in May, 1939. The 938 passengers were refused entry...

  Back to Normal An Appeal to Pastors I hear it in my conversations and in webinars and on the...

  Honest to God? after Ecclesiastes 5 Watch carefully your step when you draw near to God. Fools play at...

  Secret Sorrows in memory of Mr. Sushant Singh Rajput, an Indian actor and youth icon who passed away on...

  The seasons came and passed again Since last I heard your voice; Many are the ways I'd change If...

  I’ll Have My Say… by Susan Jarvis Bryant Don’t spit your ire upon my name. Don’t tell me that...

  Averted, staring past my busy day, I watched my feeding station for the birds, Was startled by a darkness...

  In triumph the Archangel stands atop __The medieval fortress church and isle __That bear his name—the legendary spot __Where...

  Samson’s Revenge a translation of Judges 15:16 With but an ass’s jawbone Asses I have made of them, The...

  Olympus Olympus, thou majestic crag, whose bright And jagged spire, aloft the dazzling air Only the winds and snows...

Poet's Note: The Apology of Socrates is Plato’s account of Socrates’ defense of himself in a court of law. The...

  The Boncompagni Dragon The Boncompagni Dragon, by Bartolomeo Passerotti (1529-92). Pen with brown ink, over black chalk. Tobey Collection...

. Juneteenth---the Day After by Joe Tessitore Witness the collapse And see the dust clouds rise. Hear the sound of...

  Johann Sebastian Bach Truly loved music, yet Managed to wed twice And father a gang. The kids took their...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZUryvFffTQ   Some Sunny Day A tribute to Dame Vera Lynn who died today, June 18, 2020 (aged 103)....

Translator's Note: John Gower (c.1330–1408) wrote his Traitié de Matrimoine in French (with Latin notes throughout) to reach the widest...