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

  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...

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

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

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

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

Two Tattoos   Tattoo One: On the Corporate and Politic Bodies Across my town, the shops and offices are short....

  On Antifa, Coming to the Country A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the...

  Destined for the Mount Rushmore of Radio Triumphal times are on the way, America’s Anchor Man. We Dittoheads will...

  Georges Danton's Ghost Counsels the Protestors “Yes, America is burning. But that’s how forests grow.” –Maura Healey, Massachusetts Attorney...

If I Owned a Macy's by Nancy Weber If I owned a Macy’s or other such stores… I'd tear down...

May 4, 2020 Response is Draconian, As if Napoleon’s Back on the emperor’s throne. Except now with “wanna-bes” Ruining economies,...

I recently discarded some unnecessary texts, and among them were two past editions (the 17th and the 20th) of Len...

  Dear Editor, My odes are grandiose and overblown With pudgy gluts of stodgy adjectives In floods of flabby babble...

  Domain of Pain A piercing migraine or a throbbing toothache, A splinter underneath a fingernail, An upset stomach caused...

  Mastering Magic Set the questing mind on fire with magic, Learn the ancient lore then follow through. Effortlessness must...

  My Last Duchess The Duke of Ferrara recalls his last wife. by Robert Browning That's my last Duchess painted...

  I. The rats infesting Kathmandu Airport Appear to co-exist in peace with man And have, it seems, since local...

Better Stock Than You after Henry Lawson’s "Prouder Man Than You" by Beverly Stock Your tome of pride be shattered,...

The Argument: The Poet, having escaped the HellWard of European and corrupt politicians, emerges into the penultimate HellWard depth where...

  Tennyson thought it better “to have loved and lost, than…” Well, you know the rest. Of course this begs...

Deep Regrets Dedicated to the memory of the 118 men of the Russian submarine Kursk, which exploded and sank in...

  Vermont in April doesn’t seem to know quite how to dress. She thinks she ought to wear bright, flowery...

"Winner: Humanitarian Award" Mugabe’s universally adored. He made his people multi-millionaires--- Zim dollars are the answer to their prayers. Champion...

  The Back-to-Work Protesters Limerick by Mark F. Stone Our minders with power and pensions can rob our hopes, while...

  For England & St. George In praise let’s raise our flagons to the conqueror of dragons to the Saint...

  Golf My friends love golf so much But I do not share the allure. There’re many other ways for...

Earth Day 2020 Poet's Note: April 22 is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual celebration...

Mayor Rules Chocolatier "Essential Business" by Mark F. Stone Our craving for chocolate is serious. Deny us and we will...

  Tongues Spin and Weave Tongues spin and weave their sophistry, a slick and silken tapestry, from golden throne and...

Costume Parties by Fiat? by Julian Woodruff ‘Round nearly vacant lots The cars grow fewer still. No traffic tied in...

  Dulcius Ex Asperis by Andrew Ross Invisible and terrible A virus stalks the land. It floats across the atmosphere...

  Time Is the Measure of Every Pleasure a coronavirus limerick by Mark F. Stone The State took a stand...

  Personae and scene: Vergil and Dante, somewhere in the mid-region of Hell. Dante: Honored Vergil, tell me where we’re...

  Chapter I Who sings of arms these days? Or even men? The seed of Adam’s tucked inside Eve’s apple,...

    Battle of the Bib Emma was wearing a new autumn dress. Papa snapped on her bib, to prevent...

  The Last Words from Her Phone The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has done everything within their power to expunge...

Foolosophy I know that I know nothing more than you, for neither of us know a single thing of relevance;...