Poetry

. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight,...

. Montana High School Reunion The big fella who grew up in Butte, Claimed his high school sweetheart was so...

. Contemplative Days A sky of dim and pale display __Brings forth late autumn calm. "A restful peace," it seems...

. Smile “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” ---Connie Stevens I didn’t weigh your sway and worth__Until you...

. The Trochaic Poems of Dorothy Parker by Joseph S. Salemi A few poets become famous, while most go down...

. Talk Around the Urn In our Sunday best, on folding chairs, We solemnly talk around the urn; A tear,...

. A Colossal Event of Avoidance “This is a colossal event of avoidance not just in the state of Florida,...

. Melancholy Hues (of Autumn) ---an ode The third of four trimesters of the yearsees summer flag. The mercury recedesand...

. A Vacillating Villanelle On Perception  "Understanding the world for a man is reducing it to the human, stamping it...

. Truth Streaked Across the Sky Truth streaked across the skyAlighting on a foreign strand,Where politicians buried itBeneath the lying...

. Saint Andrew My Uncle Andrew lived his lifeInflicting others pain and strife.‘Twas always said by mother dear“No good shall...

. Just Doin' Our Job As if they didn’t have enough to do already---harvesting the light to make food for...

. Sailing to Illusium Unheralded, the ancient oracle Appears and disappears, pronounce announcing Creaturely mortality while singing Dirges under breath;...

. Diners For single men alone, what impulse spurs us To find them everywhere? –the burned-out lights, the squat brick...

. Great Expectation Classical Poets Student Edition The summary and introduction below is from a newly adapted (UK spellings Americanized...

. Raking Leaves The blaze of autumn's orange-gold is gone, And now it's time to rake the fallen leaves, __To...

. Solid Rock With open heart, but eyes shut tight, led by our feelings, not by sight, they are the...

. First Pick Flamingo They used to call this player the flamingo; They chaffed and mocked; they were full of...

. A Brief Respite From murky depths, I rise, by duty fetched,And breaking surface in the waking world,I find my...

. Jehu Destroys the Temple and Statue of Baäl "—What did that madman want?" ---2 Kings 9:11 He saw Jehu...

. Beryl Spring ---Yellowstone National Park Towering torrents of steam and mist Rise next to the side of the road,...

. The Garden Dense boughs and variegated blooms __That once festooned a garden Are dying as November births __Pellucid forms...

. https://youtu.be/B9aMXFVpFEk . . Andrew Benson Brown's epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He...

. A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t Your World War One recruitment agent prays he finds you well. Your...

. Feeding the Alligators The orange king of lava tongue has won. He sings a spangled song that rings throughout...

. Homeostasis "When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change."  —Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland In...

. The Ghosts of Altamira ---a meditation A herd of prehistoric bison; blood beliefs Depicted in concentric whorls with prints...

. For the Sake of Ten Thousand: A Supplication from New Sodom And Abraham came near and said, ‘Would You...

. O Lord, Let Me Not Fall O Lord, let me not fall today, I pray, Not in some vague...

. "Sometimey” People Sometimes he’s quite responsive, Sometimes he disappears. Sometimes he’s downright friendly, Sometimes he switches gears. Sometimes he’s...

. Contra Computerdom I hold this fountain pen with thumb and fingers, burgundy barrel, gold and rhodium nib, Montblanc white-sea-star...

. Simplicity “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” ---Sir...

. Horse Figurine —one inch by one point nine inch, 32,000 to 35,000 years before Giacometti's famous horse   A hallowed...

. HellWard Canto 1: Hospital ---lines 1-92 It had to be---that long descent began: About me images, one century That...

. Elegy for a Cowboy Cousin An autumn wind is stirring strong across the dusty hills, As tumbleweeds leave skittered...

. Voting Advice When we vote in each election,few with brains will ever run.So, when we make our selection,we elect...

. Guy Fawkes Night Makeover November 5th! To Guy Fawkes let’s be kind--- no burning him in effigy this year....

. Polarities The only certain solidarity among the Self-Reliant is the ease with which their pride in insularity is spoken...

. I. I travel thanks to water, But do not float or sail. More quickly than an otter And have...

.   The Death of the Old Met 1883-1967 Unsinging silence fills the empty spaceWhere once the divas aria-ed and...