Poetry

The Poet's Soul with Artful Pen Few will read with understanding What the poet is intending. Nouns and verbs are...

Not how we're seen but what we do determines beauty's stride, for seeds of virtue catered to are planted deep...

Cell Block Twenty-Nine I haven’t seen the sun for days, Nor felt Compassion’s gentle ways; My body’s weak, but courage...

by Usa W. Celebride The pilgrims were a persecuted group—for their beliefs— so they were willing for a chance, a...

Attentive to the dawning light, a poem has much in common with a plant: the crown delivers photosynthate through the...

AQI: Hazardous Outside, the air is filled with smoke and ash So thick the nearby mountains can’t be seen; Bright...

Much too small for a plow, __but I dig anyhow __till there’s sweat on my brow __from the weeds that...

  The Hallowed Halls of Know-It-Alls are filled with varied creatures who learn the ropes from other dopes who pride...

…a contemporary application of Pope’s wisdom I’ve sent illegal immigrants to splash around your pool, to raid your pantry, watch...

Presented by Monty Phillips Given that the recent days have been rightfully occupied by the remembering of the humans who...

The Garden of Life In wee, assuring spans of sunlit day, The sun awakened, rides his carriage fast To paint...

  I am a university in the U.S. of A. Becoming more dependent on Red China every day. We seek...

  On sunny days We’re filled with “me.” “I’m on my own And feeling free!” We have our job, And...

inspired by the Book of Hebrews To carry close a fishing net of gold or sea-green thread, __a-woven by some...

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

At Dusk At dusk, when high above the darkening trees, __The swallows in the deep blue dip and soar, As...

Choose Wisely Calling for the next U.S. Poet Laureate to be a traditional rhyming poet A double refrained chant royal...

(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) U.S. Midterm Election 2018 by Brice U. Lawseed There wasn't any blue wave, nor...

  Behold the cloud-graced monoliths That stretch against the sky Into the boundless sanctity Where wind swift eagles fly. Primal...

  "Write on!" the Masters from the shadows cried. "By your thin air we breathe, nor ever died; Your modest...

When formal poets come to me for advice, I do my best to be helpful. I can comment on metrics...

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

by James Sale Carol Smallwood In the Measuring is a substantial new collection of 77 poems by Carol Smallwood. Carol...

  In Officio Exsequarium Come, let us bid the last of our farewells To one who sleeps on the retiring...

Autumn Wind by Yuan Xi, translated by Jennifer Zeng and Damian Robin From far off, Autumn wind runs at us...

Hallowe’en by Sheri-Ann O'Shea Oh! Hallowe’en is not about the grave __Or ghosts or horrors fit to make men rave...

John of the Mountains To him we owe a mammoth debt, our grateful thanks and praise, For the lasting conservation...

This universe of ours will end As we then return to the source. No more wounds to tend or to...

The Ballerina Just before the break of day she woke from dreams of grand jeté and knelt beside her bed...

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

Blasted granite marks the trail Guttered through eternal rock. Windborne smoke and ashes veil Mountain peaks through which we walk....

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

by Evan Mantyk Where is Homer? The epic poems of the famous Greek bard were the cornerstone of education for...

(poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Viacruces del Migrante, migrant caravan, which started out two hundred strong has grown to...

Birthday Greetings As themes show signs of nature's stay, And time’s propitious dates hold sway, The evidence augurs your bloom,...

Sonnet 201. The Force that Through the Green Fuse Pulls the Poem. Written in the Dylan Thomas Museum, Swansea. July...

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

Solid Ground Our greatest philosopher David Hume, Whose logical doubts leave naught to assume, Used skeptical arguments he had found...

by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Read the Selected Poems from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal online. Email [email protected] for details on...

  I woke this day beside the two-way Wye, at peace with wars too often waged inside between the push...