‘History’s Rondel’ and Other Poetry by Cynthia Erlandson
. History’s Rondel Human history’s plot repeats In variations, with refrain Each time we purpose to regain Eden, fooled by...
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‘Simply Chilling’: A Tetraptych of Poems by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. Simply Chilling . I. A Boring Villanelle My humdrum life has been a constant bore--- An unembellished scene of...
‘Double Rondel for Pentecost’ by Margaret Coats
. Double Rondel for Pentecost Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! O fire that warms my soul, You burn within to turn...
‘It’s Only a Thought’: A Poem by Richard Bailey Johnson
. It’s Only a Thought It’s only a thought to help pass the night, But what if our love should...
A Free Verse Poem Rewritten Into Formal Verse, and Other Poetry by Joshua C. Frank
. Fallen Hummingbird A formal-verse remake of a free-verse poem of the same name written by my mother on October...
‘The Blame Game’ and Other Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s always Them....
‘Red Flags’: A Sestina Sonnet by Joshua C. Frank
. Red Flags a sestina sonnet The national flags of the Westerners’ lands Turn red in the dim, fading light...
Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891), Translated by Margaret Coats
. Poems by Théodore de Banville (1823-1891) translated by Margaret Coats The Velocipede Half brain, and half a pair of...
‘A Hopeless Rondelet’ and Other French Form Poetry by Susan Jarvis Bryant
. A Hopeless Rondelet All trust is dead, Killed by lies in love’s disguise. All trust is dead--- It’s buried...
Comparing Translations of Charles d’Orleans, by Margaret Coats
. "I Heard Chapman Speak Out Loud and Bold" by Margaret Coats My title quotes “On First Looking into Chapman’s...
A Valentine from Geoffrey Chaucer, Margaret Coats, and James A. Tweedie
. https://youtu.be/3XWcnISYGSE . Rondel for Saint Valentine's Day by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) | modernized in the original lyric form...
‘Funny How a Day Can Go So Slow’ by David D. Irby
. a rondel It's funny how a day can go so slow, and yet a year just simply seems to...
‘An Ode to the Indian Soldiers’ and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana
An Ode to the Indian Soldiers ottava rima Be choking chill or burning heat; be rain or sleet; thou're...
Jeffrey, thank you for this contemplative work in Rhyme royal. The speaker's plea could leave the reader sad, but instead…
Mark, you'd make a dynamite political-adviser for virtually every candidate running, and if the bulk of them responded positively to…
This is an extremely well-articulated poem, Mark -- observant and sharp. The way politicians pander to target voters and lie…
Such an excellent, on-the-mark poem, Mark. It's a rallying cry for ordinary folks like me to throw open our windows…
Excellent! I do believe you may be onto something. I especially appreciated your fourth stanza—explaining away their comments by saying…
