‘Reflections on Still Waters’: A Collection of Poems by James A. Tweedie
. Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace,...
Read moreDetails. Reflections on Still Waters . Isaiah 55:12 You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace,...
Read moreDetails. Piazza della Signoria, Florence: February 7, 1497 Savonarola gets up off his knees (much contact with the ground has...
Read moreDetails. Lament to the Passing of Paper I learned to write my A-B-Cs and form my shapely 1-2-3s on paper,...
Read moreDetails. A Summer Hour A burgeoning bush, some butterflies, Low wooden steps, warped, faded, rise Amid the calm of idle...
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Read moreDetails. Concerning Snow ---a conversation between Beauty and Necessity “Well, there you go again.” “What's that?” “Come now, don't act...
Read moreDetails. Classic Case History Though I was blind, it wasn’t hard to see That blindness was a gift at least...
Read moreDetails. The Judge Addresses the Defendant "Living in America is like serving in the army; ninety percent of conduct is...
Read moreDetails. Our National Precipice The time has come for all good men To recognize our nation’s end. We have been...
Read moreDetails. . Sonnet 1 I felt like trying something new today, And so I put my pen upon a page...
Read moreDetails. The FBI---Then and Now So respected when I was a kid, For the things we all read that they...
Read moreDetails. Dead Sea Scrolls Trilogy “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and...
Read moreDetails. The Grindstone The grindstone spun as fiery sparks were sprayed,for even iron broke against his force,and by his edge...
Read moreDetails. The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of the 13th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis...
Read moreDetails. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana ....
Read moreDetails. Forecast One to Two Inches Within the snow’s approach I sense a hope Connected more to memory than truth....
Read moreDetails. The Untimely Demise of My Dear Uncle Sam I received the somber news __as sun set low today. My...
Read moreDetails. Accidents Happen We’re told time tends toward catastrophe, And that a butterfly’s ephemeral wings Might quake the sky somewhere...
Read moreDetails. The Discharge of the Woke Brigade ---after Tennyson Half a mil, half a mil, __Half a mil onward, __All...
Read moreDetails. The Settlers —to my forefathers, and all the intrepid men and womenwho settled the Oklahoma panhandle. Across these barren...
Read moreDetails. Rather Drown Than Hang “He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.” ---Russian proverb A lethal...
Read moreDetails. 1. A rainbow diced to tease unhurried brains __With rotating rows of parallel planes. What is it? . 2....
Read moreDetails. Wisdom and Sway Life was tranquil and calm, not a care, not a qualm, in a town not too...
Read moreDetails. In line with its mission to preserve humankind's artistic traditions, the Society of Classical Poets is featuring the best...
Read moreDetails. Snow Sonnet Where silent flakes of whiteness fill the air And cutting winds of winter come to rule The...
Read moreDetails. The Great Rub-off Norm and Zip, in mismatched chairs, __were sipping tea and talking, when Desi, their loyal hound,...
Read moreDetails. Mexican Sestina Perhaps I left because I got too bored, and no one could put sense in my thick...
Read moreDetails. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Silently beats an invisible clock. Night turns to day, day turns to...
Read moreDetails. Autumn Twilight Full moon. Crickets singing. Scarlet sky.Long past summer solstice; now the sunDescends before the short day’s work...
Read moreDetails. The Introvert Sequestered in an abstract mood,Replete in blissful solitude;Behind the veil of scenes overtYou’ll find the pensive introvert....
Read moreDetails. Rattler ---inspired by Master Bedroom, Andrew Wyeth, 1965 The walls and windows unadorned, the bedkept neatly made, the blanket...
Read moreDetails. Libra There in my hand I held a crystal vial Of distillation potent, red, and sweet, By which my...
Read moreDetails. On Bill Mahrt’s Retirement as Choirmaster of the St. Ann Choir (June, 2024) W e all should thank our...
Read moreDetails. I Will Awaken the Dawn The birds have yet to echo Their songs across the trees, The sun has...
Read moreDetails. True Love On a hill far away, a true love waits, In a place of weathered, broken gates. And...
Read moreDetails. Another Crossroads I have a rendezvous with destiny.It’s at the crossroads of Straight Street and Main.With cardboard sign, that...
Read moreDetails. To Her Ghost: a Sequence from Orpheus Looks Back ---in memoriam Emily Desire Gaynor Rothman, 1964-2020 . 1. Breaking...
Read moreDetails. The Magic Trick Another dove spawns from the wizard's hat. A youngster, goggle-eyed, forgets to clap, enchanted by the...
Read moreDetails. Cloth of Destiny From his jail cell, he preached civility— despite the agony centuries had brought. Proud Rosa occupied...
Read moreDetails. Anticipating President Trump’s Golden Age Unburdened from that which has recently been. An era of progress about to begin....
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