Poetry

. Mamdani Baloney The swamp is filled with creatures who insist on solving problems that do not exist. They manufacture...

  Cause of Death _Because I chanced to be around _The day when poor Melissa drowned, They asked me to...

  The Elements Within Beginning with the morphogenesis Of cells—of gel-like tissues, organs, skin— Inside a water bath becalmed with...

  Sedona, Arizona Nestled in a canyon sits Sedona, Beauty complementing deep mystique. Mighty walls of rock and cliff and...

  Song of Conquest The craftsman takes from tree and rock To shape in uniform dimension, Hoarding all in one...

  Revisiting Antietam How odd imagining war’s artistic tint, where tactics clashing let men’s captive blood. Just look—the paradox of...

  After Putting a Poetry Anthology in a Blender I have been one acquainted with the night. Rage, rage against...

. Profoundly Original Everyone is born as an original, but may die as a photocopy. –Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), first millennial...

. Sancho Panza’s Choice Well-met, Señor. And blessings on your inn.You are the landlord here, is that not true?Please sit...

  The Mead of Poetry In the Norse myth, the god Odin becomes an eagle after stealing and swallowing magic...

  The One That Got Away Nelson Cedrick Thunderwood, a Colonel in the army, has served his country faithfully for...

  Theseus in the Labyrinth ---from "The Slaying of the Minotaur" As Theseus crossed the threshold, Minos told his men...

. The poem "Mexican Sestina" by Geoffrey Smagacz read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical Poets online...

  Three Short Poems by Heinrich Heine translated from German by Josh Olson   1 I laugh at every doltish...

  The Truth Won’t Die ---a villanelle for Charlie Kirk They clung to hate and jealousy and lies, While he...

  Harry Thurston Peck by Joseph S. Salemi A few weeks ago my wife asked me to find a book...

. Treasure Trove There’s treasure in the words we say, The words we read, the words we write; There’s treasure...

  Persona Assume a work identity, conform And hide behind an urban harlequin, Conceal the tattoo beneath a uniform, Desert...

    Belief and Righteousness Based on Genesis 15:1-18, this poem can be sung to the tune "The God of...

. Nice Things Done Most of the nice things some people will do,Are done partly for their own benefit too.But...

  The Papal Prayer for Our Planet ---October 1, 2025 Let solar panels gleam in leas. _Let turbines whir and...

  La Llorona by Manuel Carpio (1791-1869), translated by M.D. Skeen I turned pale when I first heard the story...

  The Bachelors' Debate When I am put before my friends, around the dying flame, And we have burnt through...

  Angel I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set free. —Michelangelo (attributed) One wonders what...

. The poem "None for All" by Peter Lillios read by the poet Michael Pietrack at the Society of Classical...

  Autumn Air There’s something in the autumn air, Something beneath the mounting chill Of which we’re vaguely unaware Until...

  J.K. Rowling’s Response to the Assassination of Charlie Kirk If you believe free speech is just for people with...

Unjust Trade   I. An endless wet: Earth’s gathered sea-salt tears Wept-swept before a rising, darkening gale, As dim horizon...

. Rare Books ---Magdalen College, Oxford, November 1993 From London, westward ho, and slantwise north, I journey into Oxfordshire and...

  Parroting the Party Line   i. The Chorus of Consensus ---a triolet The talking heads squawk on and on....

. Harmony of Design: Form and Worldview in Classical Chinese Poetry by Adam Sedia China’s uninterrupted literary tradition of three...

. When Helen Keller Met Mark Twain ---a poem about America Date: November 2, 1934, Place: New York City: Madison...

  A Letter I came to babysit your cats _‘Round eight o’clock tonight, But things aren’t going as they ought...

. The End of Fred the Thief ---based on various news reports Twenty-eleven was the year When they put Fred...

  Emily Dickinson: A Brief Synopsis Emily Dickinson Wished Mr. Higginson Hadn’t been so loath Her poems to critique. Higginson,...

  And These Two Despots Smile “where organs switch one human to another, where one stays live, and one’s a...

. A Sonnet upon a Most Ungrateful Gnat Upon my back a spiteful gnat did sting, I cried aloud, and...

  St. Philip Neri “Go take a hike out passed the Catacombs of St. Callistus. Celia once was there. Cornelius...

. The poem "Wisdom and Sway" by Mark F. Stone read by the poet himself at the Society of Classical...

. The Limits of Hospitality _While I was working in my garden _A traveler said, “I beg your pardon, But...