Tag: Joseph S. Salemi

  Herodias on John the Baptist Yes, I remember him—the unwashed Jew, The kind we hoped to leave behind with ...

  After-Action Report “Bolivians do wet-work well,” Lieutenant-Colonel Shenton said. “They shot that campsite all to hell, And every single ...

  The Martyrdom of Saint Cassian St. Cassian of Imola (Forum Cornelii) was a schoolteacher killed by his own pupils ...

  Military Quatrains, or the Modern Archilochus εἰμὶ δ’ἐγὼ θεράπων μὲν Ἐνυαλίοιο ἄνακτος, καὶ Μουσέων ἐρατὸν δῶρον ἐπιστάμενος. "I am ...

  The One Lone Juror ---for the very brave man who refused to acquit Lindsay Clancy of the crime of ...

  Government Issue Found in a junkshop, nestled in between Dark bottles and some ill-assorted scraps: A battered thing, its ...

  Religious Poetry, and Religionist Poetry by Joseph S. Salemi When a literary critic touches on matters of religion or ...

  Rasputina Confers with Her Cohorts “Rasputina” is the feminine form of the Russian name Rasputin. He of course was ...

  Three Brief Poems by Luxorius (circa A.D. 500s) translated from Latin by Joseph S. Salemi   11. A Phalaecean ...

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning Has Second Thoughts How do I hate you? Let me count the flaws: I hate you ...

  The Sowers by Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938) translated from Italian by Joseph S. Salemi Strong lads drive the docile oxen ...

  On An Old Photograph It was late fall of 1944. Dad was back from Italy, on leave, When no ...

  The Holy Rollers on Poetry We are the Holy Rollers— We live for solemn prayer. With censers of pure ...