. Watching My Children at Play in a Graveyard Laughing, the children slip between the stones Laid out in rows...

. To Mr. Evan Mantyk, . I know you lead a busy life curating the Society of Classical Poets and...

. Jerzy and Cyla Jerzy, a Polish teen in World War Two, Arrested for suspected membership Of the resistance, faced...

. The Devil’s Trill I.     A heavy meal and three glasses of port Weighed down Tartini when at length...

. The Dance __'Tis springtime _And air is a-breezin', Wafting through fair winds that blow. __The blossoms _From flowering jasmine...

. The Knight of Monticello Everywhere and always, Jefferson read. His library stocked a sage’s daily bread. Four volumes, leather-bound,...

. . Theópneustos Greek, “God breathed” . The Word of God is absolute— __Or else, some claim, it’s obsolete. Many...

. Lyrics and vocals by Evan Mantyk / guitar by Jeff Eardley . The CCP Song (CCP: Chinese Communist Party)...

. When the Dragon Spreads Its Wings Millennia, the Dragon stayed at home, Consumed its own, kept dissidence at bay,...

. A Shakespeare Garden Stroll Of all the blooms, I like the lily best. Might you prefer a deep vermilion...

. Shakespeare's Women for Susan Jarvis Bryant, who has a spiritual home in Stratford-on-Avon It’s April 23rd. The rain is...

. Exodus "The entire community of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron in the desert. The...

. Not Sonnet 18… Yet I strain in vain to sparkle like the Bard. I strive to spill slick iambs...

. Another Coffee Shop, Another Crush Another coffee shop, another crush, a moment frozen just before my turn, a chance...

. https://youtu.be/ICEvMGx4WnY . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a few journals. His epic-in-progress, Legends of...

. On an Otter He slinks beneath, but not for long; surprise! he sprouts atop the pool to stare: his...

. Climate: The Movie learn about and watch the movie here It shows there is no basis found in science...

. Rolling the Roads The Days Before Snow Plows . A major storm throughout the night __Of heavy, wet, spring...

. The Moment I’m sure of what will happen when The tide resumes its rise again And drowns the beach:...

. Carpe Diem Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. (“Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow.”) Horace,...

. The Sound of Dirt   in memory of my granddaughter, Valerie (March 30, 2020 - April 20, 2020) Above uneven...

. On Noms de Plume Justin Von Depathos strode across the ballroom floorTo sit with Carlton Vishizwa and Charlotte Genevieve—While...

. If Need Be If lawfare prosecutors aren’t proficient, And Biden family crimes can’t be denied, The ballots that they...

. Snowy Egret Here where sunlight sparkle rinses Cypresses whose balding branches Shoulder epiphytic orchids (Cowhorn, spider, ghost, or scented),...

. . On the Altar of Our Nation I must confess it took a long, long time For Donald Trump...

. The Woods Have Waited Anxiously The woods have waited anxiously for me to reappear. I left them when the...

. Miss Pronoun-ciation She know how Grammar Nazis be all anal. Their like theyre fancy, boring words—so banal. When grading...

. Gallows Lane A lesser charge once meant the pillory, With head and wrists securely set in blocks; For just...

. The Proud “You are proud because you live in those high, inaccessible cliffs. ‘Who can ever reach us way...

. To the Evening Breeze When I unbolt the terrace door, He enters quickly, greeting me With kisses on my...

. A Clock Describes People Their faces do not show the time of day But something called emotion: what that...

. Empire “We have been nought, we shall be all!” —The Internationale “The Empire is a country for fools” —...

. Counsel from a Self-Help Guru I haven’t come here purposed with defendingYour excesses or manifold omissions,Or promise all of...

. Goodbye, Sweetie Oh, devil-angel, Sugar! Your time’s done! You rot my teeth, yet melt upon my tongue. I’m forced...

. Lone Musketeer "To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the...

. The Meat Purveyor’s Son Aesthetically impaired, she was the heir to daddy’s fortune. She was plumpish, short and much...

. The Snares of Simplicity by Joseph S. Salemi Liberals, Communists, and capitalists all share one dangerous and demonically-prompted trait....

. Poem I of the three Quiet and Peaceful Melody Poems by Li Bai The clouds like swirling clothes, the...

. A Reverie Some days in August there’s a summer hum Of distant outboard motors, or a plane Relentlessly pursuing...

. How to Build a Monster Don’t bother digging corpses up to suture body parts; Don’t seek out full-moon werewolves...