Poetry

. Winter’s Perfection A Zen aesthetic guides winter’s perfection--- uncluttered, austere, natural, still, subtle, embracing flaws and daring introspection, a...

. The Portrait   I dreamed I was an artist, and had made A likeness of the one I loved...

. Arrival of Spring Each wing delivers news of a young earth: The nightingale, the end of moonless woes, The...

. Autumnal Wind Autumnal Wind, who are in speed as swift As was the Spring with which my life began,...

. Toward Yehuling, 1211 Unfolding steppes emerge as flattened plains Of long grasses of gold and April-green, While crystal streams,...

. Lessons in Love  inspired by William George Falconer (1922 – 2006) I. The First The photo flew from Grandad’s...

. Supplication to Erato and Melpomene Erato, decked in crimson roses; green branches of myrtle, Help me forge the words...

. Yet The withered dune grass slumps beneath a sere Gray frozen sky, as winter tag-teams fall And nighttime frost...

. In a Soviet Gulag from an oft repeated joke There was a break in the relentless cold And then...

. Gathering in the Names for Michael Vincent Laureate Ortiz Hill (1957-2022) I'll add names to my life until I'm...

. Tuesday Afternoon I sit beside a lake and fish, And read The Captive Mind. An hour gone, I stand...

. Sister Thérèse Scatters Flowers Soeur Madèleine has brought me this bouquet--- Vermillion, scarlet, each rose bright and pretty. She’s kind...

. The 2022 State Dinner Elites come to Washington and dine On lobster harvested in Maine. (They plan To regulate the...

. Child's Garden  To never end, we thought, the morning light that kissed our eyes, and breezes whispering with cherub...

. Write a poem about the 2022 FIFA World Cup happening now and post it in the comments section below....

. Elegy for Miran Sutherland Miran Sutherland was miscarried at 14 weeks. Read his story here. His earthly life a...

. A Right Royal Circus a villanelle  Roll up! Roll up! Come hear the desperate call Of sparkless Markle and...

. Covid on a Clear Day One day I window watched for things to write; the next day I was...

. CBS Has Now Verified CBS says it’s now verified, The laptop Hunter took in for repair. And other breaking...

. On Ford Madox Brown's "The Last of England" Their balcony beringed with cabbages, They fix their eyes on the...

. China’s Silent Screams  The CCP will never hear the screams Of those who strive to find their way back...

. Grifters With smug, aggressive faux urbanity __They do their worst to seize control. They think it signals perfect sanity...

. Nessun Dorma after the Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni  The aria "Nessun Dorma" was played for...

. What Now Will They Build Written upon reading about anti-colonizer graffiti recently found on a Lincoln statue. Read the...

. Aunt Helen Aunt Helen told me it was time to go. It hurt her to sit upright in the...

. Advent Poem When October leaves have fallen and November skies are grey, The stores proclaim that Jesus, hope, and...

. What Geese May Teach My mother had the power that knowledge wields, So questions such as—Would you like to...

. Last Letter from Florence A recent incident recalls the fears Your letters have expressed: that seven years In this...

. Making Children Lie __Canker of mind, the soul Denied—a lonely social wound Is making children lie with pruned __And...

. . Instructions Set in Bone With my own knife, by my own hand, I carve these words in no-man’s-land...

. Check Out Your Church inspired by this article: Queen's former chaplain, others slam 'perverse' Cambridge sermon about 'trans' Jesus: '...

. Lightning Ben an excerpt from Legends of Liberty, Volume 2 Sing, muse! Bestow your gifts on—blah blah blah. I...

. Boots Before Us a sequel to "Shear Wickedness" The time had come. Poor Boots was sinking low, and further...

. Pope-Lion by Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791-1863)translated from Romanesco by Joseph S. Salemi Before Pope Genga went down to the...

. Pearls at the Wake I must admit I glance at the obits.Is there someone I know? Someone close-knit?I see...

. Late Autumn Twilight The still earth beckons sweetly.  I must go. The dry reeds on the creek have gathered round....

. From Left to Right I started out a liberal, __Just like my family was. It made me feel superior,...

. FTX & Other Damn Scams If you want to make some money Dangle golden dreams like honey And then...

. For HE Who Is The Light There's been a spell of nightmares since He left. Like Job, I am...

. A contextual note: The American patriot Thomas Payne wrote "The Liberty Tree" early in the American Revolution; it was...