‘Sonnet II: Liu Xitong’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk
. Sonnet II: Liu Xitong Liu Xitong (pronounced Leo She-tong) recently spoke on Capitol Hill about the persecution he faced...
Read moreDetails. Sonnet II: Liu Xitong Liu Xitong (pronounced Leo She-tong) recently spoke on Capitol Hill about the persecution he faced...
Read moreDetailsafter the style of Petrarch The aching of your leave clings sadly, still And pangs of emptiness I lone endure...
Read moreDetailsThese twain ephem’ral lives were fraught with woes When they, a boy and girl in morn of life, Defied...
Read moreDetailsOn Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, a romance for violin and orchestra inspired by George Meredith’s poem of the...
Read moreDetailsAuthor's Note: This Sonnet, formatted as both prose and poetry, is written as a parody of James Joyce; specifically, his...
Read moreDetailsA Poet's Prayer My words are lying, cold and still; reproaching me, their silence shrill. With emptiness, my heart they...
Read moreDetails(1976-1978) In Soviet Georgia, I feel linguistic shock. At first assuming residents speak Russian, I say Nyet, not Ara, igniting...
Read moreDetailsTo Old Friends Around the bonfire, we were brothers who sang Of joys that are gone, and the flame turned...
Read moreDetailsRosettes When seasons pause in moments cast, By visions of each flower’s past, The rose amongst all florae kissed,...
Read moreDetailsThe Odyssey, 21.388-22.125, translated with an eye on Homer's instinctively cinematic style. by Mike Solot The cowherd, Philoetius, quickly but...
Read moreDetailsa sequel to “Let’s Take the Other Bus” Welcome, young friends, to this great university. I am your counselor, Dr....
Read moreDetailsArmed with Imagination Imagination armed this youthful knight— a plywood shield and sword of sapling wood created echoes in the...
Read moreDetailsPoetry Today If elevated thought had ever beenThe least criterion of excellenceIn poetry, why should it then be seenToday...
Read moreDetailsDirty Hands on Communism’s evil specter The evil specter’s dirty hands Have soiled the windows to the world. It’s smeared...
Read moreDetailsShattered Prospects Pursued by every shadow,He rode the winding wayTo where his love lay waiting:Trunk packed for ocean stay.An owl...
Read moreDetailsYou Poor, Unfortunate Woman Last Monday was a special day for me. You got that big promotion and the...
Read moreDetailsArise, You Bones “Come, spirit, from the four winds, and blow upon these slain, and let them live again.” –Ezechiel...
Read moreDetailsWritten on Two Tree Island The golden fingers of the setting sun bestow their last caresses for the day. Although...
Read moreDetailsOld Glory It’s just another job—another day At work in dismal districts of this world. She sorts out shapes and...
Read moreDetails. . The Demosthenian Literary Society The nobler and loftier days, gone by, The auld lang syne of the decades...
Read moreDetailsLetters We Wrote dedicated to Diane Fournier Across the months of summer and the states, We wrote our lengthy letters,...
Read moreDetailsAllow for growth; dig wide—but not too deep. Add soil amender to the raw red clay. Remove the rope....
Read moreDetailsThe Great War The world abruptly shattered Colossal was the war And of it’s better victims The gentler arts of...
Read moreDetailsSancta Dei Genetrix by Joseph Charles MacKenzie Pure Mother of divine Simplicity, Being-in-Himself now slumbers in thy creche, For, thou...
Read moreDetailsHappy Holidaze Our holidays we sanitize. They don’t offend or stigmatize. In fact we made them squeaky clean, but what,...
Read moreDetailsThey look at you with contempt and sneer, A haughty air permeating there. "Equality" is their pernicious cheer; Floating...
Read moreDetailsThe angler knows the stream, exactly where to cast the line. The fish in turn suspects what offers food disguises...
Read moreDetailsI read that Christ said: “Turn the other cheek,” And told good friends I held that notion, but Still...
Read moreDetailsHeart Bleeding heart, a kindly soul Drives demand, you give your gold, Not for the cause they imbue, Guilt sequestered...
Read moreDetailsTranslated by Jarek Zawadzki Upon the New Year's Day no fragrant flowers came out, Not till the second month did...
Read moreDetailsThe Chinese Bill of Rights In China, laws regarding human rights May keep a simple man awake at nights,...
Read moreDetails(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) Ancient Melodies by Ercules Edibwa No longer are they heard, the ancient melodies of...
Read moreDetailsAs I grow old and frail, you will support me still. If I should shout or rail, calmly, you...
Read moreDetailsA Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the...
Read moreDetailsOf Roland and of Kings I sing of Arthur and Excalibur, The Table Round and fealty professed By knights...
Read moreDetailsOh Lat, dear Lat, where art thou at? Methinks thou seem a bit too flat... On Superman, and blokes...
Read moreDetails—from A Gallery of Ethopaths Schools are diploma mills that provide Credentials for people who have to hide In...
Read moreDetailsA poem's truth, when presently revealed Inside its lines where they had first congealed Will fill you with a...
Read moreDetailsIf poets are supposed to write of death then let me O! poetically regret the beating heart abruptly stopped,...
Read moreDetailsAs autumn breezes blow away The warmth of summer’s sun, Then shortened is the light of day When we...
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