Poetry

. Festal Flourish ---on a country festival, by Roman poet Tibullus (55-19 BC), translated by Margaret Coats All here may...

. The “La Vache Qui Rit” Candidate Here she comes smiling a big toothy grin at us Laughing and cackling...

. Men Sail Out The waves they come--- A timeless thing, The earth their home--- Adventures bring. Men sail out...

. Summertime The summer solstice, when it finally comes, Begins the ebbing of the sunlit hours, Which daily add up...

. The Maze Her little game of make believe has turned into a nightmare maze. Her tears have spilled upon...

. Well-Armed Lamb “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a...

. It’s All Her Fault ---with a nod to Eleanor Brown's "Bitcherel" Why write in meter when penning a poem,...

. What Is Grief?  When we are plagued by grief, We only think of sorrow— The loss of a dear...

. July The sounds of Nature presage__And brilliantly exudeAn all-compelling message__Of carefree attitude. The raven in the garden__That's cawing aw-aw-awAnd throaty-chirping...

. Endurance Endurance! A three-masted barquentine has lain a century beneath the ice. In frigid-climed Antarctica she’s been athwart the ocean...

. A Ballade to Becoming .. I. Conceptio You may have fame, be well to do, And live beneath a...

. The Northern Classical Garden ---on the transformation of a vacant lot by students and faculty at Northern Academy of...

. The Vision of George Washington based on the story by Wesley Bradshaw, published in 1880 . I. Message Disclosed...

. . An Epistle of Sullivan Dear Gilbert---your libretto is delightful! A charming English-Japanese confection. I now concede my words...

. Cyprus  July 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the invasion of part of Cyprus by Turkey Land of my...

. Candlelight Vigil the persecution of the peaceful meditation practice Falun Gong by the CCP began on July 20, 1999...

. My Vacation Trip in Verse by James A. Tweedie One of the comments in response to the recent “On...

. Desire "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." ---Langston Hughes,...

. Second Chances Just know that you’ve been staked a second chance At any time the future’s looking muddy. Put...

. Colors by Kukai (空海) (774-835) translated by Joshua C. Frank Colors, fragrant like the flowers, Fade to ash in...

. The Small Commission When school yearbooks are thrust forth to be signed, We give out life advice. We speak...

. Freedom of Speech vs. the NBA The CCP has raged and seethed, oh joy! Daryl Morey was not playing...

. Brainwashed and Hopeless My old friend is a doctor---very bright, But he just said to me the GOP, Opposed...

. Dementing Torture of Benign           Drugs against Malignancy His life came to its End.  Smell...

. Fire Lurks I recognize, while watching ghastly nightEncircle statesmanship revoltingly,Bright bursts of a spangled pyrotechnic star.America! No star, a...

. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part V: Nose Blind by Daniel Kemper After a stressful day, because of...

. The Trail of Hate Amid the upbeat crowd a sudden blast Of noise arose like fireworks kissing skies. Fallacious...

. Washington and the Cherry Tree from Legends of Liberty, Volume 3 Young George chopped down his father’s cherry tree,...

. Problem Child Barley and hops acquainted, meet, __And yeast completes the marriage. Soon happy news as something brews __With...

. Storming the Bastille from eyewitness accounts July the twelfth, the City of Light was filled With brigands bought by...

. Anniversary Remembrance Sometimes I envy them the lives they lived, the death they died: They perished at the peak...

. Gunfight at the Oatcake Corral There’s an old English town known as Fargo, In the dark, rugged hills of...

. A Town The difficulty of describing how This town was then, may only be because So little happened there,...

. “I Worship My Mistress, for I Have Seen Her Beauty” ---Egyptian Coffin Texts, spell 484---a poem for Linda It...

. The Red Carpet There's nothing left to tease imagination When so-called starlets, vying for attention, Sashay the carpet practically...

. The Expert Class “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see” ---Benjamin Franklin The experts...

. My Patchwork Quilt Somewhere within my closet a patchwork quilt rests there; The patches cut by hands and with...

. Houses Made of Stone Masvingo, southern Africa’s the place; a backwater, land tired and over-farmed, where army ants cut...

. Promises Made, Promises Kept... Give Me a Break! We know, because they promise us their virtuous intent when allocating...

. Becalmed When life is smooth—a gentle breeze On a porch swing—the garden lush. Retirement! Do as I please. Watch...