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Read the poetry of the recently departed John Whitworth at Trinacria or The Poetry Archive. by Sally Cook Any ordinary...

An Ode to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern 50 Years Later A Poetic Summary of Tom Stoppard’s Award-Winning Play As Seen Through...

  Birthday Apology William Shakespeare was born April 26, 1564 If all the world’s a stage, and all the men...

  The Canada Geese used to migrate each year. They’d summer up there and spend winter down here. Their nests...

The Melancholy Snowman Though stony-eyed, I watched the finches glide. The chimney smoke, the builder slide, At night, I gave...

  When May became P. M., she had a doggéd view - Her Parliament majority would fly us through: All...

  The Pregnant Woman The Pregnant Woman nests a baby seed Who's ever pressing on her very core While her...

  —from A Gallery of Ethopaths The world is filled with brainless brats Who all insist on having tats. These...

  From the stations they sent out a call To their jillaroo friends - one and all; For an overnight...

Who Needs QU? It’s time to retire Q-U. K-W’s logical choice. What’s Q do that K cannot do? And U’s...

  “Jingle Bells, jingle all the way” I sang to her to break the spell of what appeared to be...

by Evan Mantyk As the border wall with Mexico that President Trump is building gains greater and greater attention, so...

I start to age ten minutes out of bed, More fragile now but not yet dead. My son-in-law hovers round...

Star Needles A star is just a bauble stuck on what We view as sky.  Lest it let winter in,...

by Gregory Spicer “Death and taxes” bemoan us now, as ever. Yet as I bask in the fading embers of...

The Fiancé inspired by Anthony Trollope’s "Can you forgive her?" (1864-1865) Alice, he wants your money, honey. Alice, he wants...

Dedicated to far too many of my contemporaries, and they know who the hell they are. I. I am the...

Transhumanism Somewhere about there’s a slithering sound of man’s enmity, causing excitement and casting the seeds of calamity, claiming enlightened...

. Sonnet II: Liu Xitong Liu Xitong (pronounced Leo She-tong) recently spoke on Capitol Hill about the persecution he faced...

Author's Note: This Sonnet, formatted as both prose and poetry, is written as a parody of James Joyce; specifically, his...

a sequel to “Let’s Take the Other Bus” Welcome, young friends, to this great university. I am your counselor, Dr....

Happy Holidaze Our holidays we sanitize. They don’t offend or stigmatize. In fact we made them squeaky clean, but what,...

Heart Bleeding heart, a kindly soul Drives demand, you give your gold, Not for the cause they imbue, Guilt sequestered...

  Oh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at? Methinks thou seem a bit too flat... On Superman, and blokes...

  —from A Gallery of Ethopaths Schools are diploma mills that provide Credentials for people who have to hide In...

  A wondrous thing that happens as your exit becomes near, is that “long-term” consequences need not cause you fear! Bottom...

after Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" __Once upon an evening dreary, I searched for news, at least in theory, Over many...

  Here Comes the Hybrid Bus Here comes that brand new hybrid bus Round the street so pretty; It's length...

(A liberal-socialist primer for our youngest, most impressionable comrades) Note: 'take the other bus' is a slang term for homosexual...

  The Age of Poetry They say that poetry’s a young man’s game, indulged while still limber, lithe, and healthy...

There are kingdoms to rule if your foot’s the right size _____or your beauty is flawless and rare. With a...

As yet untouched by any writer’s thought you’re still pristine and perfectly unspoiled. Just like a botox-frozen face that ought...

  Why is it when you’re down and out, you’re also out of luck? Success they say is easy, “you’ll...

  An acrobat named Larry Loops was best among all circus troupes, But he quit one day and was heard...

—from A Gallery of Ethopaths* For those of us who cherish text, There’s anguish in what I’ll say next. The...

by James Sale Wind in the Cave, Finishing Line Press, 2017 Out of Nothing, Shanti Arts Publishing, 2018 Recently in...

Woman: Why choose the red dress, dear? Reply: To me it's really white, To you it should be clear, Mood...

Check-Mate by a Pawn for my sons We parry, thrust: This game of wits, Where each pawn must Deflect your...

Sonnet for a Cosmetic Company Ah Youth! To whom each maiden plights her troth To coax and woo each winsome...

I Taught a Lesson to My Toes I taught a lesson to my toes, They’d overstepped the mark, Escaping time...