Poetry

. Mr. Bluebird Your spirit rose before I spied your form. It dulled the winter sting and stilled the storm....

. Winter Midnights Old numbers on the radio; Through foggy panes, a street lamp's glow; Some aircraft's feebly buzzing sound;...

. Renaissance for Rob Salminen I am as old as I have ever been, And I've not seen all that...

. As Hamas Celebrates Dead Babies The Bibas deaths... how do I tell this news? A mother and her sons---all...

. Enamoured String me a strand of pure white pearls supernal, Warming my throat as quivering fingers do, Roughened but...

. My Heart's Desire There is one thing that I long for, _and another that I need. One essential to...

. Howl at the River Howl at the river, cry me a moon; Blow up on a drum, and beat...

. At the Ready ---Distant Thunder, Andrew Wyeth (USA), 1961 The coming storm won’t let young Rattler lie asleep, but...

. . Der Knecht An einem Teich in einem Tal, am Felsenfuß entlang, Da steht ein Mädchen ohne Schal, als...

. Truths Be Known _A cryptical dawning _This foggy gray morning With images drifting about. _Deceptive impressions, _Opaque are the...

. Wanted: A Verse Curriculum and Pedagogy David J. Rothman discusses the curriculum of the Poetry Concentration in the Graduate...

. Chasing COLAs in a Hard World COLA: cost-of-living adjustment We learned, each time we tried to file a claim,...

. Mistaken Identity I never really found out who you are, I only saw what I preferred to see. I...

. Sophisticated Stupidity Preserve the fish, defend the trees_And save the wilting daisies;Protect the coral in the seas_But kill the...

. Margaret Brennan’s Plan to Stop Genocide “Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to...

. Capacity “This is too big and inexcusably Extravagant, so next time I insist We buy a smaller glass. This...

. Aged Elation When reaching that age where you fear getting slow, The advent of faculties starting to go, It’s...

. Strauss Vater Scene: Vienna, Austrian Empire: Midnight, October 15, 1844. On this night the famous musician, Johann Strauss, Sr....

. The New York Times' Attack on Shen Yun Is an Attack on Arts and Culture by Evan MantykSCP Editor...

. Scarlet Pimpernel Amassing clouds—the air still warm; But you, my scarlet pimpernel, You sense that there's a coming storm,...

. Made from Scratch! An ever-growing-number of our adolescent children are suckled by the biased breasts of prejudice and greed---...

. How Did You Woo Me? Let Me Count the Way You didn’t sweep in on a snowy steedClad in...

. My Pensive Valentine Devout Love is not in the offered sweet, nor does Love proclaim in the proffered rose,...

. Lines for Your Valentines Without you here, my life is like A broken pencil, simply pointless. And if you...

. Fifties Country Living Sit down with me my children, come! __I'll spin a tale or two About when I...

. The Potentate and the Pontiff by Joseph S. Salemi I have often argued that the formalist techniques of traditional...

. Moments Matter When my daughter was just three __I took her to the zoo. She laughed and smiled and...

. Dog Eat Dog As cells get divided, if outcomes are guided _completely by rolling the dice, the fit must...

. A Grain of Sand A grain of sand got lodged into __A little seagull's eye. He spluttered with indignant...

. Evensong The embers dimmed on the Pacific; _The sky a scarlet hue. One might conclude the fire seraphic--- _A...

. A Bogus Bishop’s Prayer My prayer is not pitched heavenward _To fall upon deaf ears. It’s lashed to Earth...

. Leoncavallo Fumes at the Premiere of Puccini’s La Bohème, 1896 Damn Giacomo Puccini and his little La Bohème. How...

. Another Winter Another winter's growing old. __Another spring is coming. Another hive, gripped by a branch, __Will make its...

. The Clown I went inside my mind today. I hoped my thoughts would want to play. But all they...

. On the Porch The roof and eaves, low walls or none, slim railings, Contrive a sense of shelter customary....

. Splendid Majesty "I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty, and on Your wondrous works."---Psalm 145:5 I...

. Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace,...

. Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497 Savonarola gets up off his knees (much contact with the ground has...

. Lament to the Passing of Paper I learned to write my A-B-Cs and form my shapely 1-2-3s on paper,...

. A Summer Hour A burgeoning bush, some butterflies, Low wooden steps, warped, faded, rise Amid the calm of idle...