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. No News Is Good News The world contrives, in many different ways, To overload the minutes of our days...

. Poetry 101 Lecture Today we shall discuss why poems have a poor repute (Though if one dislikes poetry, apology...

. Fool’s Gold In a febrile jungle region where the threats to life are legion And deflected rays land each...

. Night Visitor Between the ticking of the clock I thought I heard a haunting knock. I pondered what I...

. Ghouls Rules Out in the middle of Howling Heath Lives a mean old monster with a million teeth, In...

. A Seasonal Concoction He loved to have a cup of coffee in dawn’s dimmest light. It helped clear cobwebs...

. The Italian Job a true story “I’m from Pisa,” she cried with a giggle, As she leaned, towering over...

. The Empirical Strikes Back Let’s emulate Liberia with measurements superior; once more we’ll weigh our cereal in ounce and...

. The Polls The polls are looking up right now, __But my faith’s not complete, Because no poll can measure...

. A Southern Italian’s Reply to Shakespeare If you compare me to a summer’s day then, Bill, your mind has...

. What Life Throws at Us A sentiment can sometimes get the best Of me and bring hard logic to...

. Ambience Oh, what a difference lighting throws __On these autumnal scenes, As back and forth it hides or shows...

. The Red Sea From quite far off we smelled its salt And now stand stunned upon its shore. We...

. I Sailed Away to Ancient Greece I sailed away to ancient Greece In search of Jason’s golden fleece. I...

. Making Apple Butter Once he got the fire good and hot, Old Silas filled the kettle with some cider;...

. Brain to Heart God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human...

. Never Argue with a Progressive They never tell the truth, except by accident, And when they do, they’ll tell...

. Green Energy with apologies to Dr. Seuss I do not like green energy Don’t subsidize it, AOC. I do...

. A Woodstock for China You sit within a public Chinese bus, And out the window: buildings, concrete, dust, Which...

. Uncontrolled When my behavior needs to change, __But I can’t make that be, Such lack of self-control seems strange,...

. Vicente el Bisonte (Vincent the Bison)  Vicente el Bisonte used to live in Mexico He said, “I do not...

. Fire on Ice How shall I serve my anger up to you? Shall I become like one most distant...

. Ill-used I’ve been ill-used, no other word will do; pristinely packaged, sanitised and new a month ago I stood...

. The Last Detail Two cocksure, loud–mouthed lads one day set out, Intent on catching perch. “No,” Jim said, “trout.”...

. Sex in the English Garden Light, feathery Astilbe Sways gently in the breeze Afraid she always will be Faint...

. Cruise Control? based on a real incident in San Francisco on April 1, 2022 (though not an April Fool's...

. Milking the System We waited, we have waited, and we wait. Delays continue to increase the cost Of doing...

. Illusion At times we can’t tell what we’re looking at. It could be this or else it could be that....

. Carcassonne by Gustave Nadaud (1820-1893) Translated by Joshua C. Frank “At sixty years, I’m getting old, And I’ve been...

. Paracelsus Creating man demands not much: Combine the four base elements In right amounts; the lodestone’s touch At once...

. Last Place Winner after winning the 30-34 age group with a last-place finish in a 5K Inhaling frozen oxygen,...

. The Salt Spring Island Trolls I have a boat In Fulford Bay. She does not float To my dismay....

. Obedience by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863) translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi It’s not true, Christians, what you...

. The Adjudication “I weep for you,” the Walrus said: __“I deeply sympathise.” With sobs and tears he sorted out...

. Who Shaves the Barber? shaves all those, and those only, who do not shave themselves.  —Bertrand Russell The barber...

. Cracked Liberty Bell July the 4th—Independence. Many bands play. Parades pass by— Fireworks fly. __Rocket’s red glare . ....

. Food for Thought A Culinary Tale There once was a man wan and pallid, he Suffered from a mysterious...

. A Conceit or Just a Similitude? Two Brief Illustrations from Sir John Suckling by Joseph S. Salemi One of...

. Daedalus Icarus, you have disobeyed, As all men do, and dearly paid. Too recklessly your heart did fly Between...

. Poetry Lessons The poet said he’d show and never tell--- His imagery would mesmerize and blaze. In quatrains laced with Aphrodite’s spell,...