‘One Night in Bangkok’ and Other Poetry by Brian Yapko
One Night in Bangkok 6:00 p.m. One night in Bangkok---and this searching man From Georgia must explore its...
Rubaiyat
‘Ghosts of the Watchtower’: A Poem by Kyle Fiske
. Ghosts of the Watchtower The end-of-summer breeze gives hint with cool caress Of coming autumn gales and forecasts of...
Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh: An Essay by Adam Sedia
. POEMS THAT BUILT A NATION PART II. Persia, Ferdowsi, and the Shahnameh by Adam Sedia A previous essay highlighted...
‘A Farmer’s Son’ by Sathya Narayana
a rubaiyat Step gently O' my boy, this 's your first day... light-footed sweet and slow... on sinking clay....
How to Write a Rubaiyat (with Examples)
By Sathya Narayana The rubaiyat (pronounced “roo-bái-yát”) is a Persian form of several quatrains. Its name is derived from the...
‘My Mirror Grinned’ (Rondeau) and Other Poetry by Sathya Narayana
My Mirror Grinned (Rondeau) My mirror grinned at my first grey. With rearing youth, it’s my first fray. Disturbed, with...
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…
