. Four Letter Words My dad was smart, my dad was wise; He crossed his t’s and dotted i’s. His...

. Ora Pro Nobis pray for us The dead die when we living let them die; We breathing clasp to...

. Reward for How You Live from Italo Calvino’s Italian folktale “Gesù e San Pietro in Friuli” One night, while...

. The Ghost Girl One sunny May, I ran to play, __When I was twelve years old, Upon the hill. ...

. The Snare Drummer’s Plight The highlight of the evening is Bolero. The snare drummer begins the famous beat, the...

. Some Words to Catholics about Bergoglio God only knows what’s left to say— Most Catholics drift from day to...

. The Day the Roofers Came He fled the day the roofers came. His fur was fluffed and frizzy. He...

. A Precious Wife Is Like Fine Wine A precious wife is like fine wine, made mellow with the years,...

. Periodicity Springfield, Illinois, May-June 2024 All our town has caught cicada fever. Seven broods emerge, the selfsame time. This...

. . Five Rose Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Alan Orsborn . The Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke...

. Sidetracked Life’s troubles come in all varieties,From nagging aches that barely raise a frown,To fearsome packs of deep anxietiesThat,...

. A Formalist Poet at the Open Mic Part III: Something in the Rafters by Daniel Kemper I wander into the...

. A Sonnet for My Son on Father’s Day You coo her name in buoyant notes of joy Then watch...

. A Sonnet ---for my father, an avid gardener and feeder of wildlife, who recently underwent hip surgery No one...

. The Doctor An expert in each area, this man's The doctor for all things in disrepair— Tea kettles, doorknobs,...

. Mates of the Greats Gauguin the banker thought Painting while married was Quite a nice hobby And so did...

. Distant Thunder Oppressive heat in heavy air; Oppressive light from summer skies; White clouds glow with a garish glare,...

. Home Run Oh my God the play we made, And, really quite efficiently. We had two billion pawns we’d...

. Ozymandias after Percy Bysshe Shelley More solitary than an orphan’s reachThat vigil, that the shifting peaks repel,A site of...

. Meeting Xu Zhimo by Margaret Coats Three Chinese girls behind me in the line Escape King’s College Chapel evensong;...

. . Download "Longfellow's Bridge" on your favorite music app HERE. . Longfellow’s Bridge (Lyrics) lyrics by Gunny Markefka, inspired...

. I Hear the Distant Thunder I hear the distant thunder rolling__Across the nighttime sky.Incendiary lightning strikes__Of fire are drawing...

. . Little Boy Blue . Original Version Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow,...

. . Driven from Their Homes Deported and despised. Compelled to leave. 900,000 driven from their homes With pain enough...

. The Latest Gender Identity He’s fat, but he identifies as skinny, Insisting everybody call him “Mini.” He now, of...

. Cape Canaveral’s Pioneers Asleep I wonder if the lights across lagoon Waves, little though they are, the lights and...

. The Universal Horoscope and Zodiac Twelve figures in the blazoned zodiac Set by the gods in their unchanging track...

. The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi (772-846) wrote this poem about Tang Emperor ("Son of...

. In Spring 2024, UK poets Jeff Eardley and Peter Hartley crossed paths with American poets James A. Tweedie and...

. Winter into Spring Sonnet The garbage dump outside the town is white as winter’s snowfall claims the castoff chair...

. Book Reviewed: Legends of Liberty Volume II by Andrew Benson Brown, Bard Owl Publishing, March 2024 by Theresa Werba...

. Admonition It is a form of madness To long for days of yore. And bitter is the sadness O'er...

. Poetry Is Warfare A poem is the writer’s battle pleaAgainst asceticism’s barren call.Truth and beauty (air that poets breathe)Needn’t...

. On the 80th Anniversary of D-Day Humanity once more is under threat,when eighty years ago a Western frontwas opened...

. Today My Brown Sedan Is Two Today, my brown sedan is two, But I behave as if it's twenty,...

. To a Cicada So, welcome back, you ancient thing! Some time ago, your tribe took wing; But here you...

. Under the Umbrella inspired by “Le Parapluie” (“The Umbrella”) by Georges Brassens (1921-1981) Rain fell in waves throughout the...

. The Harmonies of Holst While doing errands, driving roundabout, I listen to the classic music station. An orchestra plays...

. . They Say Somebody Said This; It Must Be True! Some people love to share with you news they’ve...

. The Figure Skater Across the frozen way, stamping, sprinting, faster as hurried steps display something that she'll master her...