Poetry

. “Daddy! There’s the big yellow ‘M’!” “May I take your order ple---?” “One Big Mac, Coke and fries!” Dad ...

. Our Father loves us, one and all. He lifts us when our spirits fall. He knows the song of...

  Raison Du Jour Reason is like tea.It’s best at four o’clock,Which is an hour before cocktailsAnd two hours before...

. It was only a two stone cat, Now what do you think about that? If it sat on your...

. . Winners Announced Here. . CONTEST: Begin with a favorite line from another poem, (or other literature) and "take...

  Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, cameTo bless new student housing on The Mound.Despite his title and his royal name,Despite...

. No Letters "An odd thought strikes me: we shall receive no letters in the grave." ---Dr. Johnson, from Boswell’s...

. The CCP Position on the Origin of Covid Point to their part Of the globe, And you’re a racist...

. Francesco, is it you? Be confident. Sorgue vineyard pathways never were too dusty __For you—plump face and figure lusty....

. Logic Class As class convenes I quickly indicate in clear logician's diction of my eagerness to share my disposition...

. A Can of Worms I saw it in the writing on the wall. I couldn’t help but read between...

. False statements spurn. Let’s shut them out completely. Quash so–called free speech. Cancel all you can. Do people think deplorables...

. Persons devoted to formal, metrical poetry are susceptible to a specific disease, much in the same way as light-skinned...

Reviewed Book: The Gift of Life: An Epic in Verse by Amanda Hall, 2021. by Margaret Coats So long as...

. When soldiers die,They give two lives.The one they had, And one denied: The spouse not met,The child unknown,The life unsaved,The...

. The mystic steed gave chase to red-eyed day, His forelock flying in the morn’s raw gust. Providence, my constant...

. Storage and Retrieval In the dank cellar of the human mind Are stored a lifetime’s worth of rusted tools...

. “I want answers. I want all the words the poem whispers to be made flesh, to sit opposite me,...

. Fostering Faith Will you slip through the system’s wide cracks Like a ball down a driveway’s storm drain? Will...

. Hardship and Destiny to the Class of 2021 The time is now at hand; the bow is bent To...

. Will this reclaim the long-lost Muse perched on the tree of I.O.U.’s? Can I now join Miss E. B....

. The Summer's ushered in to close Spring's tale;New chapters are revealed in nature's story. The seasons' story arc will...

. Signs of the Times “Post-modern” is the “ism” of the land; Reality is hanging by a thread. Objective truth?...

. Unintended Consequence The African-American High schooler had poor grades. Folks worried for his future, Seeing little effort made. Some...

. A Slice from a sonnet by Eleanor Alexander For me, my friends, no graveside vigil keep, With gnashing teeth...

Originally published in The Epoch Times by James Sale Very recently, I hosted a live online poetry event for New...

. During the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Tank Man (his name has been reported as Wang Weilin, a 19-year-old student) was...

. To the Residents Down Below I am a bookish kind of rat And like each rat before me, I’ve...

. Her birthday cake was verily a sight--- A work of art, a sugary-sweet confection, That much to all the...

. On the Greek isle of Tilos are the ruins of the sanctuary of Pythian Apollo. Over them has been...

American historian Victor Davis Hanson and Canadian professor Jordan Peterson recently commented on the decline of American universities. Though they...

. The enemy has canceled me And yet, as far as I can see, I still exist, I am still...

. Default, to a Fault There are as many deeds I ought to do As there are jobs in urgent...

. For teachers seeking a quick solution, see 10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms. Introduction to Poetry...

. To my friends on the wall who fought valiantly,We thank all the dead for ensuring we’re free.Remembrance, though fleeting,...

. R e w i n d... If time could suck the bullet from torn flesh, And pry its steely...

. “We’re running things now; we are great, you are small.” “You will talk as we think, or you’ll not talk at all.”...

by Daniel Kemper “Metrical variation” is widely used in discussing late twentieth and early twenty-first century poetry writing. Although this...

. He wakes up with the morning’s light, __stares at the empty bed. A ritual for fourteen years __since tears...

. Chaos Abounds What thoughts are left unthought? What is profound? Does any quest of value still remain? So much...