. Author/Composer’s Note: The noël, Il est Né le Divin Enfant (“He is Born, the Divine Christ Child”) is one...

. . “Even now, in sordid particulars, the eternal design may appear.” ---T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral . Among...

. Sleigh Rides Do Not a Christmas Make While folks down under get to ride their bicycles __And dine alfresco...

. The Wisemen and the Shepherds after Eileen Duggan The camels’ footfalls over and around Baked dunes, through pebbled streams,...

. Christmas by Force The jostling beast increases the distress Of Mary whose first labor has progressed. Joseph of the...

. Christmas I don’t recall the tree or what we ate With sentiment Dickensian and sweet. The tree was in...

. . Decay What causes a relationship to fail? Decay sets in when thoughtlessness persists, when selfishness extends beyond the...

. Midwinter “O blesséd day we now enjoy, from heaven it is granted.  He brings us bliss, He shows Himself...

. Goodwill Toward Men I’m reeling with the latest headline shock. The Mother of our Savior’s hit the skids. Her reputation’s...

. Dancing Bear I came late to the party. I should have stayed away. When I walked in, I heard...

. A Christmas Carol Complete text here: https://staging.classicalpoets.org/2021/12/24/a-christmas-carol-after-charles-dickens-by-talbot-hook/ . . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in...

. . To a Budding Ode   with apologies to John Keats   . I’m in the mood to crack your odic...

. Love Nibbles and Bites He saw she was sad; deep inside, he was glad. He smiled, quite mild, and...

. Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin in reference to the recent storm in Maine In Maine the Governor had to delay...

. . Reviewed Book: Songs of My Life and Death by Peter Hartley, Grosvenor House Publishing Limited, May, 2023 by...

. Curse of the Desert Ill-tempered droughts strip lands of foliage sheath. Its barren womb still yields a wilted crust...

. Red and Green . Red Tomatoes Tomatoes fresh or in a jar Must top the list of red by...

. Whence Come You, Shepherdess? . Translator's Note: “D’où Viens-tu, Bergère” was one of a number of old songs and...

. 10 Great Poems for Teaching in High School Classrooms by James Sale . 1. Language with a Twist ....

. December Oak Leaves Puis çà, puis là, comme le vent varie, A son plaisir sans cesser nous charrie, (The...

. . Webb Beyond the vast and empty sky, Where darkness dwells forever wide, The eye arrives to question, "Why?"...

. Miles Fidelis (The Faithful Soldier)  for Joseph Salemi, whose essay introduced me to the soldier of this poem. The...

. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BlwV4od1SFY https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xydGuYpfWJo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4A3yt0FgEAo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BlRGeOxq1_Y https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_mPzBw66U9M https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MjYuErVDytw   . . Andrew Benson Brown has had poems and reviews published in a...

. Are you looking for a good poem to read at your Christmas party or gathering? Is it a more...

. Against All Earthly Fire “Our earthly fire … no matter how fierce or widespread it may be is always...

. Cattleman Sinewed arms and knotted hands, head inclined, intense you peer Toward the heavens, clear-sky eyes Viewing the parade...

. The Color Plaid At Christmastime, when I was just a lad Of eight or nine, my aunt would bring...

. A Travelogue of Wonders My friends, I’m here to speak of wondrous sights. The first, at Alexandria’s port, was...

. The Best Thing… What’s the best thing A man can do For his children--- Just what is true? It's...

. Soft the Morning Starlight Shines Soft the morning starlight shines __Above in black-hued skies, Whose dark aspect, foreboding mien...

. Here We Go Again… by Joseph S. Salemi Oh dear… it looks like the hillbilly software salesman is having...

. The Anarchist’s Wish “all the great men in the world and all the nobility could be hanged, and strangled...

. Evening, Washington Metro Entrained, en masse, an ebb as from a beach: the tide drawn by the Capitol (the...

. Fartgates: Of Biden and Kerry That climate crap (no pun intended)They’re pushing is so much projection,A bellywash that’s open-endedFrom...

. What’s Left to Say? a rhupunt  When women’s plans Are like a man’s, So they act trans, What’s left...

. Limericks for Lame Cowboys A cowboy who came from Seattle, Had a habit of disturbing cattle. __The horse made...

. 1.How odd a fallen snow’s fresh reassurance,Begotten in a winter’s biting cold,But taking edges off a world waxed old,And...

. Moon Before Yule The ashen lantern leavening the skyBegins in languor to proclaim sublimeFestivity to winter’s weather eye. The...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTgWaNsnpE . . The Odyssey, 21.388-22.125, translated with an eye on Homer's instinctively cinematic style. by Homer, translated by...

. Fugal Harmonies Softly chanted serpentinous neumes, melodic levitation, heavenbound, monotonal meditative sound; a capella in medieval rooms. Then Bach,...