Poetry

. Pastoral Calls—Part 1 of 3 . Best Friends Three boys; best friends at school; now men with wives. Between...

. Morning Glory The morning mist at last has dissipated. The noonday sun is climbing to its height In cloudless...

. Sonnet to a Miracle upon reading the recent news story here.  They’ve named her Miracle, that new born child...

. Double Ballade of a Crusader by Conon de Béthune (c.1155–1219) translated by Margaret Coats It would be well to...

. That's Where the Edge of Darkness Waits Antifascist agitators Sprinkled among demonstrators. Demon leftist fraudulence, Tries to spread the...

. Today Australia has announced that it will roll out a fifth dose of the Covid shot later this month....

. A Wild Horse Legacy: The Saga Begins is a 14-chapter narrative poem written by Michael Pietrack. In this excerpt,...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDSWs61Ye0E . Sonnet XVIII of the Sacred Rhymes by Lope de Vega (1562-1635) translated by Martin Rizley What have...

Equilateral Proverbs: A Poetry Challenge by James A. Tweedie Construct a rhyming, rhythmic intelligible proverb or saying where the first...

. The Villainy of Icicles That sword of Damocles! That glacial Iago! A prism forged of ice, sharp and aloof;...

. Fear for the Future When I ponder the future I get so distraught For the Leftists control Most production...

. Trust My life unfolds as time goes by. Some days I laugh. Some nights I cry. I yearn for...

. A House Divided Against Itself A rondeau redoublé inspired by Dennis Prager's piece here.  In troubled times this will...

. The City, 1852 by Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817-1888) translated by Dusty Grein Past the gray beach, beside the...

. The Shadow of My Sorrow As soon as day has dawned and night is done, The shadow of my...

. Church Mice a sonnet corona  There is a tale that’s writ in German history. A church was passed each...

. Time Travel I chance upon a sylvan glade, an Orphic place: moon threads, a lace of nightkin shadows. A...

. Carnivore Picks a Fight and Vegan Responds . CARNIVORE O man vegetarian with lifestyle agrarian, You’ve fallen as prey...

. Castile by Miguel de Unamuno (Spain, 1864-1936)translated by Cheryl A. Corey O Castile! You raise me up in the...

. The Snuff Box from a true story told in My Mother by Fr. Bernard Vaughan (1847-1922) When I was...

The Best Poems of 2022: Winners of the 11th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James Sale,...

. First Place ($200 Prize) Christiana Thomas, homeschooled 12th grade student in Oregon. "Worth Disguised" . Second Place Laurel Aronian,...

. Disemboguement You woke something deep within me, not at first sight, but the second: When distractions ceased to spin...

. So Close By At one point I was told that I Was purposely created by Some perfect being in...

. Love and Loss: Poems for Viktoria Sokoli . Love I I once loved a girl called Viktoria Sokoli With...

. Comfort I gaze upon the endless sea against high cliffs, on golden sand— her everlasting majesty. Through ages rolling...

. Media You told us lies, ignored our cries. __Your platforms you abused. You cancelled truth; you damaged youth, __And...

. Canto 8: Covid-Priest from The English Cantos Volume 2: StairWell StairWell is the Poet’s Purgatory, and as in HellWard...

. To an Eager Lover This isn’t an unreasonable demand: you have to learn my story with your hands. As...

. Practical Philosophy The mind is meant to lead the body, And not the other way around. Permit no workmanship...

. Life on the Farm Daddy’s gone. Is he sleeping? For only the shell remains. I hear the cries of...

. The Land of Dreams written on the eve of India's Republic Day of India which is celebrated on Jan....

. Look Up and See the Music Psalm 19:1 In winter, when the atmosphere is still And cold, and when...

. The Poetaster’s Plight Some think the poet’s work is ease: "Sit back and write it’s such a breeze;" But...

. The Stonechat Listens at the Asylum Window I fear I might mistranslate what you said And lose the very...

. Burns Night is when Scotland's most important bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796), is celebrated, usually with the recitation of Burns'...

. Note: Burns Night is when Scotland’s most important bard, Robert Burns (1759-1796), is celebrated, usually with the recitation of Burns’...

. The Problem of Good a Petrarchan sonnet If there’s (the armchair philosopher maintains) A God (most likely writing in...

. . On Alma Tadema’s Coign of Vantage Flora peeks over the marble parapet, a dizzying perch above the azure...

. Transgression, Fake and Genuine       by Joseph S. Salemi When Henry Harland and Aubrey Beardsley brought forth...