Poetry

. . Shhh… Shanghai trembles at the edge of hell As horror wafts and weaves its way through streets. The moon...

. One Afternoon One hot Arabian afternoon a boom reverberated through my flat and woke my napping wife and children;...

Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...

. Easter Monday Luke 24: 13 – 35 With hearts eclipsed by Friday’s three-day night And eyes still blinded to...

. The Prince of Peace     He braved each gouging lash and bruising blow Till scourged and bludgeoned flesh was raw...

. Easter 2022 In silence, night retires with a yawn— Its starlit labor blessed by God’s, “Well done.” And as...

. Sunrise at the Hollywood Bowl A sleepy son, a father who mourned still. Their first time greeting Easter since...

. Hymn to Aurora  1 Aurora, rise and cast your curls Of daybreak through the vapor swirls To drape my...

. Support the Current Thing Don’t ponder on the horrors of our age. Don’t thumb through all those dusty history...

. Via Dolorosa for those who have suffered abuse. Where does one go to forget? Where does one go to...

. Sepulcher Jerusalem is built of prayer and quarried stone, From yearning, heartache, sacred scrolls and ancient bone--- The shuls,...

. Annunciation It’s not really an angel but a voice, Less heard than sensed, an urgent undertone That murmurs in...

. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Classical Poets Student Edition Adapted by Evan Mantyk to retain the meaning...

. Rendering Ruins A barn abandoned, left to drift alone, wind torn and breached upon the reef of time; fields,...

. Tomorrow’s Poets by Enrique González Martínez (1871-1952) translated by Cheryl Corey Tomorrow’s poets will sing beyond all praise In...

    . https://youtu.be/PguXX2PRzvI . CREDITS Poetry: Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) Voice-Over: Katy Mantyk Photos/Footage: “Unveiling the Statue of Liberty Enlightening...

. The Flowers' Easter Debate Palm Sunday is the Flowers’ Easter, the day when they honored Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem....

. https://youtu.be/LllN9NflfR8 . Lost Song A compass that won’t point the way, And a map of the faraway skies… I...

. A Clamshell in Concrete  I was a child in kindergarten class. My mother held my hand as we trod...

. Ode to Spring I see you in the rut of butting rams. __I hear you in the chirruping of...

. Parallel Man As I was going to the fair, I met a man with silver hair. The more I...

. Slivered Moon Slivered moon on slippers slides Across the skies on silver tides, Draping cobwebs over trees And coaxing...

. Love’s Seasons In the heat of the night, when conditions are right, __Gentle lovers will cuddle and spoon. It’s...

. Birdbrains a villanelle   “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry  about his actions.” ---Carter...

. (See an explanation on what Sibyls are here.) . The Tyburtine Sibyl The Tyburtine sibyl has the iconographic attribute...

. Uncle Sam's Tomb after Samuel Coleridge's "The Knight's Tomb" (see below) Where will the grave of that great figurehead...

. Woman For years I’ve known exactly what it means To own the weight and wonder of my sex--- The...

. The Short-Lived Triumph of the Junior School's Health & Safety Officer The children wait in line to sanitize Their...

. He Catches When We Fall! Of all life’s mysteries, The deepest of them all--- Not how high we've risen...

. Sleep Now the hour has come to lay me down Upon the waters of the river Lethe, To float...

. Share your poetry on currently unfolding Russo-Ukrainian war in the comments section below.  We received a large response on...

. The Simplest Way to Save the Earth The simplest way for us to save the earth Would be for...

. The Hypodermic For a poet, the pen is merely part Of the apparatus of addiction. He emulates the frozen...

. Quarantined Against the wind, our candles out, The smoke will rise, we have no doubt, Yet in the dark...

. Where Wonders Remain Snow crowns violet mountains that reign over trees, __Whose forests stand verdant and old; It ends...

. https://rumble.com/embed/vvm2wt/?pub=4 . Identity Crisis I used to think my body was all woman, My fruitful womb refused to be...

. From The Burkean: Icarus magazine currently holds the reputation of being Trinity College’s — if not Ireland’s — premier...

. Sold I. Summer Honey Crush  Soft, silken lips shone from her screen last night. She saw them, plump and...

. https://youtu.be/LRxFaGgdazE Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel by Susan Jarvis Bryant Our worthy sons should never be ashamedOf who...

. Ode to Salmon, the Episcopal Fish a poem in honor of Bishop Athanasius Schneider No birdsong greets the chilly...