Poetry

. A Black-Listed Species The avian community is glad He’s dying out, the mad oölogist. With every species on the...

. Birds in Flight by David Whippman “Free as a bird,” that's what we always say, "It's time to spread...

. Choose a famous poem and write it in limerick form, putting the title of the original poem at the...

. The below poem is a memoir of the summer of 2020, to be sung to the tune of “I’ve...

. Dirge for a Dying Diva Who’s alive now who ever heard the voice That once adorned La Scala and...

. This poem is inspired by a column in The Epoch Times written by John Falce, entitled “The Experience of...

. The Best and Worst of Times “It was the best of times, it was …” but how Can anyone...

. She is not a she in the Silver State. Never shall be. In the bones of her heart He...

. From the Bay of Naples To Titus Caesar and the Senate, Hail! Gaius Pliny brings you news most dire...

Reviewed Book: Light In the Darkness—The Poetry of Peter Hartley, Dunecrest Press, 2021. by James A. Tweedie Peter Hartley writes...

. Hunter Biden, New Millennial American Painter “It’s Generic Post Zombie Formalism Illustration”  ---Jerry Saltz “a…vaguely psychedelic vibe…Tomaselli…for dermatologist waiting...

. Amber Song I come from amber, Baltic gold, A gem but not a stone, And not a thousand ages...

. June in memory of Johnny Cash (1932--2003) Johnny was no average guy, __The troubled man in black. His life,...

. In present, past and future, My parrot’s quite a moocher. She’ll eat whatever suits her __No matter whose it...

. The roar of battle rends the moonlit skyWith distant thunder as of cannons booming.And bursting, crashing, popping salvos flyAbove...

. Do you know as twilight gleams with showers; Fluorescent flowers, that rocket-red-glare flare, Wowing with their pyrotechnic powers That...

. The Future's Illumined by the Deeds of the Past inspired by a quote from Alexis de Tocqueville The future’s...

. Nothing’s had by show of fear, When another way is clear: Courage to pursue the best When one’s met...

. On Death and Life not by John Milton Ere Death’s foul fetters drag me to my tombAs fodder for the...

Fires of Heaven, published by Shanti Arts, 2020, can be purchased here. by James Sale James B. Nicola is one...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlTisI_HSgw . The Head of Health and Human Services after W.S. Gilbert’s “I am the Very Model of a...

. What’s In a Name? Useless Loop is a small town in Western Australia. Nevertire and Come By Chance are...

. Ferdinand the Freestyler Angela Jackson is the Poet Laureate of Illinois and Jacqueline Jackson is a poet frequently published...

. The Carnelian Ring: A Still-Life Footfalls echo in the memoryDown the passage which we did not takeTowards the door...

. A teardrop's such a little thing, __and yet its burden varies depending on the weight of the __emotions that...

. Ill Wind The wind, no friend, assaults us so unkindly And suffers nothing to abate its force, Though boys...

. A Sign of the Spirit Poet’s note: These heroic couplets paraphrase the conclusion of a recent sermon for which...

. The Society of Classical Poets Journal IX has been published. It features poetry selected from poetry published on the...

. Set forth your true and lively word, O Lord, Amidst this false and deadly earthen tongue With which we...

. All criticism of me is now hate speech, not "opinion"--- A forced agreement tyranny, for good. A new dominion...

. My eyes espied a little bird And in his mouth… a little worm, That screamed a scream but no...

. To take a walk each day is good of course, But not in June, beware, for this I know:...

. Listen to "Arrow Song" by Gunny Markefka, with lyrics from Longfellow. "Arrow Song" is from his album Arrow Songs,...

. Edgar Allan Poe was known for strange and mysterious tales, in poetry and prose. Perhaps fittingly, the circumstances surrounding...

. The Hanging Tree The story of these bones is clear--- More than one deer was butchered here, Hung from...

. In black and white terms, I would say, __You’re all more white than olive, Take Einstein, Rothschild, Proust, Bizet---...

. . The Blackbird So what can make this joyous songbird sing That cannot but proclaim its blackbirdhood? In fairest...

. Grimm   The days of steering princesses from danger With sweet salvation’s life-sustaining kiss From shining-armored knight or regal stranger Are now considered horribly remiss. Young damsels in...

. Contemplating Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer He stands enwrapped in luminous shadowed light, A woven cord of gold...

. When the statues were felled the crass multitude cheered. Historians wept while the rioters yelled. Society crumbled. Debate disappeared....