Terza Rima

  A Prayer of Aristotle "Anyone who wonders whether we ought to honour the gods needs a whipping." ―Aristotle Our...

Beneath an Iron Hand Though they spent years beneath an iron hand, the quiet people still knew how to sing...

  Garden Goddess   I. This humble plot of land is bogged in snow And ice, with twigs and brushy...

  Encounters It seemed in dreams, as shadows we convene, two drifting souls that meet yet never stay; was it...

. A Brief Return Hey, little girl. I’ve come to check on you;To hear your voice, to see your face...

. Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least...

. Unnoticed and Unknown Unnoticed and unknown, she passes through The homeless strewn along the downtown street. Unnoticed and unknown...

. Telepathy Your reticence to speak is no deterrent To my delight to be in your vicinity--- Presence and chatter...

. Just Doin' Our Job As if they didn’t have enough to do already---harvesting the light to make food for...

. Circling In It’s time (I tell myself) we circled in;Gave up at last the overwrought concernThat pulls us this-way-that...

. Eulogy to the First Ms. Brown or a Divine Comedy of Educators . To my aunt—the second daughter of...

. DoorWay Canto 5: Waters of the Crab From Canto 4 in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull, the poet...

. Insouciance When circumstances wear you down Consider this important fact: It’s easier to smile than frown. When autumn leaves...

. The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and...

. Judge Not We notice, Signor Alighieri, that You have a rather well developed bent For taking your opponents to...

Judges Angela Alaimo O’Donnell James Sale . OVERALL WINNER . Papa’s Commedia by Nicholas Walz That was hellish—the hulking chopper...

. A Sentimental Villanelle This year I’m wrapped in Christmases of old--- The tinseled tree and glee of hearts on...

. Last Rites Let not the Rock of Ages ever break Or send apostate magi to the stake; A golden...

. The Spirit blazes in an upper room; A hundred twenty flames spout sparks to cast Christ’s wildfire on the...

  Full Lives, Empty Souls after Ecclesiastes 6 There is an evil I have seen in those who live beneath...

  Honest to God? after Ecclesiastes 5 Watch carefully your step when you draw near to God. Fools play at...

  No One to Comfort Them after Ecclesiastes 4 Just look around: Oppression everywhere exists beneath the sun, and the...

  While walking through the Grand Bazaar In Istanbul, I came upon A man whose name was Al-Jafar. His friendly...

  Eternity in Our Hearts after Ecclesiastes 3 I contemplated all these matters from beneath the heaven, seeing things the...

Hating Life after Ecclesiastes 2 Within my heart I said, “Come now, and I will test your soul with mirth.”...

Wind and Vanity after Ecclesiastes 1 My name is Solomon, and you may know me as the king of Israel,...

Garden Waltz a terza rima sonnet in dactylic pentameter with a truncated foot at the end of each line Radishes...

Canto 2 is part of a sequence of 33 Cantos called The English Cantos that James Sale is attempting to...

Canto 1 is the provisional name for a sequence of 33 Cantos that James Sale is attempting to write in...

Dante’s Inferno, Canto I (Poem by Dante Alighieri / translation by J. Simon Harris in terza rima) In the middle...

By Dusty Grein Dating to the thirteenth century, the terza rima (Italian for "third rhyme") is a classic form of...