The birch, the elm, the aging spruce Cannot restrain the restless roots Of saplings drawn to the silent sound...

Note: Years ago I read an essay by R.P. Blackmur entitled “Lord Tennyson’s Scissors” which cited Tennyson for saying that...

  Progress We fill our landfills That we build sky high With electronic gadgets That we must all buy ......

When I speak of history I speak well; I leave behind the past where broken bones Lay scattered on blistering...

The Function of the Poet Tanslation by David Bellemare Gosselin God summons him in times gone awry When each can’t...

  Tikkun Olam*  His mouth agape, as though still asking questions, the Tsar lies at the end of his long...

  A Country Song (for my wife's birthday) I'm no longer young and strong and things take me twice as long Might...

Haunted, by a recurring memory, Suffocating, where gladioli grow, Gaunt, with grief, heart stilled, ever passionless, Those dream-filled nights, devoid...

  With sun seductive, blinding, thoughts of open rail reminding Of adventures held in albums, slightly faded, fondly worn; I...

  To do no harm, no deeds with base intent, To this end we must teach the little ones The...

  Kudzu* Yes, I creep to cover, smother, choking greenery like no other. I am Kudzu taking over places once...

  Upon a winter’s evening, The sun sits out of sight, While all the stars are dreaming, I peer into...

  Today I saw a little nest fashioned neat and trim, with plastic wrap, and grass and leaves entwined in...

  Row after row, steps rising from the river, Row after row, steps falling to the same, Rising, going westward,...

John Milton (Born December 9, 1608 – died November 8, 1674) was an English poet of the late Renaissance period. He...

(All poems by Bruce Dale Wise) Another Mass Murder in the News by Bilee Wad Curse He was an atheist...

  A Hardcover Book Carrying a hardcover book instead of a small electronic tool I get polite, benevolent smiles seemingly...

  Inscription on the Golden Gate, Constantinople (Translation) Commemorating Emperor Theodosius' Victory over the usurper, Maximus, at the Battle of...

  The golden days of late October fade As bleak November’s iron skies descend. When tresses, like the leaden clouds,...

  on a Maine mountain Here, my mind can cross the thoughts of birds; ___land on a summit’s fingertip or...

  Just west of old Ben Lomond, high and gray, a downy-heathered island on a loch did soak our feet...

  The Morning after the Parade On the terrorist attack on October 31, 2017 Most cowardly violence No moment of...

Sweet Recollections an awdl gywydd Tea time, just my mom and me… ___memories so sweet and dear, knowing I was...

Sonnet XXV: Ode to Autumn Of shadows long and light of rarest gold, Abundant bringer, harvester of land, Receive, O...

By David Gosselin The answer to the above question is of course no. Shakespeare and Dante are not dead because...

. “Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.” -Norman Maclean Ask not the earth,...

  Canzone 4 For Bob Hunter I am your eyes now, imaging memories, Amiens, Ypres, Flanders and the Somme; And...

Autumn Haiku The red squirrel flits From brown bark to golden leaf He is not gone yet   Winter Acrostic...

To Dawn by I. Warble Seduce I. Warble Seduce is a poet of Romantic leanings. Dawn is his paramour. 1....

  End Rhyme Send in a poem they pretentiously beckon But they will not read any rhyming of rhymes There's...

  Rioja is a land of wine. It’s famous in both fact and fable. It’s really not okay to dine...

  Scorn “Enargeîs is the technical term ‘for divine epiphany: a word that contains the dazzle of “white,” argós, which...

An Introduction to Poetry and Its Place in an Integral Human Formation Introduction  It is well known to most sensible educators...

She asked, “Is the train on time, Mac?” He replied, “No, luv! It's on the track!” Teacher, “And what is...

  Let My Footstep Strike the Ground Like a Spear A Villanelle Let my footstep strike the ground like a...

  The Pilgrimage to Heaven Beneath the shadows whence no light embarks On paths renounced by most intrepid men; There,...

  Commie Carcinomas When least expected they arrive, an avant garde of hordes wielding a deadly pestilence like slashing, bloody...

As forecast now the sound of her arriving… That distant rumble from the driveway heard; A nearer clap, as though...

Of course, I like to see rainbows, But my heart hasn’t leapt for one; I’ve not wandered like a cloud...

Meritocracy When the Left tries to cow us and trammel our prowess ____We resort to a stiff upper lip, Well...