Poetry

  Justice,  Equity  and  Compassion  in  Human  Relations In realms of Humankind’s relations, Justice rules as queen & from her...

Two Mourning Doves Friendship on the promenade? I know to some it may sound odd but there above, two mourning...

We live in a post-modernist world and its values are everywhere around us; and everywhere these values are almost largely...

  There was a man who owned a yacht. His name was Dan when it was hot he brought his...

(The BBC story here for reference) If I were burdened with a lover who Looked crooked like this woman (woman?),...

Baby boomers are aging Sometimes, dementia takes hold It isn’t a pleasant thing But happens as folks get old Personalities...

By Joshua Philipp The Japanese creation story begins in a time of primordial chaos, and from this the god Izanagi...

  Could the dandelion be excused for not being a rose, If its effort to grow was much greater; If...

  Golden Opposite of Grave Beauty The Buddhist, Yuezun, saw light like gold Above the blistering sands.  The desert blight Of...

Degrees of Light She squinted, watching circling gulls Fly overhead; small rhythmic waves Slapped steadily upon ship hulls. Brown crabs...

ADULT AWARDS   1st Place – $500 Josh Lefkowitz, “A Poem of Fact” 2nd Place – $250 Kathleen Hellen, “Everyday...

  Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues...

  A Sonnet for the Sonnet-Maker You know the beats and rhythms, the iamb Which pulses like a crippled-legged walk;...

Jutting out of a mountain their stone faces peer out with their notice crucified in stone. Crafted to demand a...

By Evan Mantyk A veritable Renaissance woman, Sally Cook is both an accomplished poet who's regularly published in National Review and an...

  Rising unbidden, a fury unspent, I hear the high keening of tribal lament, Of ancient injustices never forgiven, Never...

  Steel Masks King Henri II of France was accidentally killed in 1559 during a festive tournament when he was...

In that part of the day that briefly follows night, before the turning finds the steady lying line from where...

  Humanity is a word to be earned─ I sing my song as a bitter wind blows, a chant from...

Monsoon Dance In Quintets Go back, O' spry peacock, go back into thy dense coppice! The sylvan clock did spell...

Written upon watching this video. Note that May Day is the international day honoring workers.     Mayday on May...

  A Villanelle My grandma smiled as I walked in the door pretending to overpower her pain because I came...

Yes, I admit I seldom write, Or even think of you, But not, as you suppose, Because there's someone new,...

Blessing in Disguise They catch each little misstep and with kindly, caring grace— they point out the right direction by...

For Our Children “The sum is greater than its parts,” or so the saying goes. And now the two of...

To a Red-Winged Black Bird on the Advent of Spring For some a robin heralds in the Spring. Others: a...

Compassion, with your sun that shines unseen, You lead the river of man’s thoughts to flow Where Saving Grace’s golden...

By Alex Phuong The night sky has served as the inspiration for many poets and writers, from Longfellow’s “The Light...

  Riddling Away What slips and squanders, and has no matter? Leaves one to ponder, and rarely flatters? Is never...

. . Hope What task be done, you thought was not?What asked and sought, forgot, was wrought?What strain was set...

By Sandeep Kumar Mishra and Evan Mantyk English poetry has a rich history dating back at least 1,400 years. Looking...

Note: The brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater, rather than raise its own young, lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, which may...

Verification What further evidence will now be needed to assure Us that behind the strictly physical there’s something more, And...

  "For even in the beginning, when arrogant giants were perishing, the hope of the world took refuge on a...

Posting atop the hill beyond the field in rain so thick he barely saw the bodies, the General tilted back...

. Visiting the Ruins of Tintagel Castle I wander through a forest deep __in Cornish countryside And think I see some...

. Sally Cook is both a poet and a painter residing in upstate New York. In addition to the Society...

Spring was near now Spring’s here, come to waken all the flowers and to welcome April showers. Spring was near...

If Romeo Had Received the Letter Part I Romeo (in the catacomb, lying down beside Juliet) The friar’s note said:...

Blue Star Mama painted calm and clouded landscapes Before she wed, blue-green and grassy shapes, But these went by the...