Culture

  On Single-Parent Migrants Canadians by the millions, as most everybody knows, slowly migrate southward every winter, back and forth,...

. Revising Strauss It’s 1941 and Goebbels broods.It may take years for Germany to winIts Aryan war of European conquest.As...

  Galahad_2000 Donning his abs and armor, broadsword at his side, _He cleaved his way through orc-infested lands Quest after...

  Ten Rules for Living the Good Life You must make peace with your own past. _Construct a mental suture...

  Samson’s Final Revenge ---after Judges 16:23-30 Now when Philistine lords amass with zest In festive adulation of their god—...

  When the Old Guys Get Together When the old guys gather and swap stories, From their strangely growing inventories,...

  Garden of Gethsemane Come join me in the garden now, _I need your company. I’ve never been so frightened,...

  Cause of Death _Because I chanced to be around _The day when poor Melissa drowned, They asked me to...

  Song of Conquest The craftsman takes from tree and rock To shape in uniform dimension, Hoarding all in one...

  Revisiting Antietam How odd imagining war’s artistic tint, where tactics clashing let men’s captive blood. Just look—the paradox of...

. Profoundly Original Everyone is born as an original, but may die as a photocopy. –Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), first millennial...

. Sancho Panza’s Choice Well-met, Señor. And blessings on your inn.You are the landlord here, is that not true?Please sit...

  The Mead of Poetry In the Norse myth, the god Odin becomes an eagle after stealing and swallowing magic...

  Theseus in the Labyrinth ---from "The Slaying of the Minotaur" As Theseus crossed the threshold, Minos told his men...

  Three Short Poems by Heinrich Heine translated from German by Josh Olson   1 I laugh at every doltish...

  Persona Assume a work identity, conform And hide behind an urban harlequin, Conceal the tattoo beneath a uniform, Desert...

. Nice Things Done Most of the nice things some people will do,Are done partly for their own benefit too.But...

  The Bachelors' Debate When I am put before my friends, around the dying flame, And we have burnt through...

  Angel I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set free. —Michelangelo (attributed) One wonders what...

  J.K. Rowling’s Response to the Assassination of Charlie Kirk If you believe free speech is just for people with...

Unjust Trade   I. An endless wet: Earth’s gathered sea-salt tears Wept-swept before a rising, darkening gale, As dim horizon...

. When Helen Keller Met Mark Twain ---a poem about America Date: November 2, 1934, Place: New York City: Madison...

. The End of Fred the Thief ---based on various news reports Twenty-eleven was the year When they put Fred...

  And These Two Despots Smile “where organs switch one human to another, where one stays live, and one’s a...

  St. Philip Neri “Go take a hike out passed the Catacombs of St. Callistus. Celia once was there. Cornelius...

.   Bleed, Saxon Blood "Þær wæs sang || and sweg samod ætgædere, fore Healfdenes || hildewisan; gomenwudu || græted,...

. Old School ---for an elite British boarding school The rooves are dark and lichen-strewn and damp,the window panes are...

. We Love You Charlie Charlie, Charlie, Charlie We’re so sad to see you die. Sorry, Sorry, Sorry Couldn’t even...

. Utilization Another person’s misdeeds or their flaws,Are rarely pleasant sights when they are shown,But I try making such ordeals...

. Monsoon in the Jornada _Months of unwavering stillness, _Parched powder seared by the sun, Pitiless taunts from New Mexico...

. The Pentagon Panama Plan A place in turmoil—Panama_In nineteen eighty-eight—Was where the strongman Noriega_Was busy tempting fate. The Pentagon...

. Free Won’t ---Hypothesis in a 2007 study in the Journal of Neuroscience Perhaps it’s false, about “free” will—_A myth...

. Michael Michael, heaven’s handsomest, most decorated strategist and highest-ranking officer, having vanquished Lucifer was faced with long-term unemployment. Seeking...

. In the Name of Whose God “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people...

. La Vie en Rose  I came across that daft old ditty “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”And wondered why its lyrics...

. The Vile Monkey and the Patient Buffalo ---adapted from a Jataka tale of India A powerful old buffalo Once...

. Blood, Sea ---after Italo Calvino Beyond the blight of urban sprawl, About six hundred yards from shore, A pod...

. On Charlie Kirk and His Assassins Make people think. Engage them in debate. Allow them to articulate with reason...

. Why She Broke Up with Him Not long before their college graduation, His bright and beautiful four-year girlfriend, With...

. Thy Servant Elizabeth _“Well-done, unswerving servant,” _All the church bells rang _On all the roads of England, _While all...