‘Child’s Laughter’: A Poem by Jane Schulert
. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any...
Read moreDetails. Child's Laughter It bubbles forth from deep inside his soul; Joy twinkles brightly through his youthful eyes, For any...
Read moreDetails. To Dance with Death I caught the fierce gaze of the trickster, Death. He charred bleak Aztec ruins with...
Read moreDetails. All Saints' Day by Gabrielle de Coignard (c.1550–1586), translated by Margaret Coats O Saints, you have your heritage in...
Read moreDetails. The Legend of Ole Stingy Jack Do you recall Ole Stingy Jack?Whose tricks cost him a great set back?They...
Read moreDetails. Word Witch She’ll tease and tempt with mystic words, __This foxy sorceress. Her syntax soars like sun-bound birds--- __This wizard poetess Casts...
Read moreDetails. The Great Sonnet I set myself to write a sonnet. I labored hard and long upon it. Sweet verse...
Read moreDetails. Mrs. Cyclops Ain’t really gonna leave. I’ll just pretend, Brontesa. Cy and I are bound. I simply Can’t bear...
Read moreDetails. The Democratic Party Dressed for Halloween The Democratic Costume Party is held on Halloween With Hillary as Jezebel, the...
Read moreDetails. . Plato’s Pumpkins A patchwork quilt of pumpkins sown with gourds, odd fellows green and yellow ‘twixt-and-‘tween October’s orbs...
Read moreDetails. Extract from DoorWay Canto 3: Constellation of the Virgin DoorWay is the Poet’s journey through Heaven. Having left the...
Read moreDetails. Apocalypse Women The Christians gather at the baby’s grave. There are no tall stones in the children’s field. Red...
Read moreDetails. Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), translated by Bruce Phenix The falling leaves seem fallen from afar, as though...
Read moreDetails. Reviewed Book: Selected Verse of Émile Nelligan: Québec's Great Lyric Poet, translated with commentary by Ian Allaby, Petra Books,...
Read moreDetails. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 2: C.B. Anderson, Poetical Gardener If you enjoy this video,...
Read moreDetails. The Number 192: Inside the Floor in which we encounter a vision of Hell ’Twas on the 192 at...
Read moreDetails. The Reincarnations of Donald J. Trump after Andrew Benson Brown’s Legends of Liberty . I. 218 B.C. Above the...
Read moreDetails. After Brain Death Based on the article “May We Donate Our Organs?” by Drs. Jay Boyd and Paul A....
Read moreDetails. Mike Burch Still Around? Good Lord, No… with apologies to J.C. Squire’s Ballade de l’Évolution Créatrice Strange beasts have...
Read moreDetails. Excusing Evil A peaceful protest just took place, and some unlucky people died. Hamas just wanted more air space...
Read moreDetails. The Word “Let there be light,” He said and light there was. The seething chaos split to day and...
Read moreDetails. Classical Poets Live with Andrew Benson Brown Episode 7 Part 1: The Problem with Arts Grants If you enjoy this...
Read moreDetails. The Life of the Party The commissar, in his most common clothes, Patrols the margins of their conversations, And...
Read moreDetails. Cystolitholapaxy Cystolitholapaxy (si-stow-luh-THAA-luh-pak-see): a procedure to break up bladder stones into smaller pieces and remove them “It’s Cystolitholapaxy for...
Read moreDetails. Be Careful What You Ask For “Genie, please make me a banana split.” Poof! “You are a banana split! Just...
Read moreDetails. The Truth about Fall Colors I am October’s most submissive bitch, And just when I believed I’d struck it...
Read moreDetails. Quiet Night Thoughts by Li Bai (701-762), translated by Talbot Hook My bed looks over bright moonlight. I muse:...
Read moreDetails. Unveiled, They Appear Reminiscence, and longings, and echoes unseal, from the depths in the ground which has covered, concealed,...
Read moreDetails. Salome's Soliloquy John the Baptist rebuked Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for an incestuous and adulterous union with his...
Read moreDetails. Avoidance I don’t sign up for group Zoom calls __With folks I know are boorish. I don’t go visit...
Read moreDetails. Bunker Hill an excerpt from the forthcoming Legends of Liberty, Vol. 2 . The Eve of Battle The midnight...
Read moreDetails. Words of Wisdom “The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.” ---Socrates She knows the what. She knows...
Read moreDetails. A Petless State after Katherine Philips' A Married State, 1664 A house with pets affords but little grace. The...
Read moreDetails. Congratulations to Society of Classical Poets Member Paul A. Freeman who won the Queen's English Society Poetry Competition. His...
Read moreDetails. My Brother in Galilee I had a fearsome dream---I saw my friend -- My teacher-brother---nailed onto a cross. I...
Read moreDetails. A Leftist Rebukes Hamas Hey, Hamas, you silly dolts, You need to mow down more adults. Keep fighting for...
Read moreDetails. Autumn Winds have Come Again Autumn winds have come again, Whistling wafts are dithering, Trees are shedding leaves like...
Read moreDetails. Epiphany It stays in your memory like a pealing bell, A smallish thing, an unimportant fact— The mute suggestion...
Read moreDetails. Trump in Asia the carp glows in dark waters, remembering the time that Trump fed him . . White...
Read moreDetails. Autumn in Pennsylvania in 2023 In response to Susan Jarvis Bryant’s poem on "Autumn in Texas" If Autumn is...
Read moreDetails. Two Bugologues . Moth Onto a wall in chilly gloom I fold myself, all silk and dust, and then,...
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