‘Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans’ by Joseph S. Salemi
. Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans Columbus bumped into this wondrous land— Out of his ships came...
Read moreDetails. Homage to the Cultural Contributions of Native Americans Columbus bumped into this wondrous land— Out of his ships came...
Read moreDetails. Uninvited Guest A man came by my house one day. I smiled and said he couldn’t stay. He smiled...
Read moreDetails. The Number 235: The Fall Sludge in extremis ‘Twas on the 235 at Feltham Station, It happened in the...
Read moreDetails. A Psalm of Lament So says the Lord: A voice is heard on high, lamentation, bitter weeping, Rachel weeping...
Read moreDetails. Sacandaga I go, I go to the lake so blue, Tree-lined shore in autumn hue. This place, my heart,...
Read moreDetails. One of England’s best-known poems, “Kubla Khan,” was written by Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Waking from an...
Read moreDetails. Ode to the Cello Fingered strings upon the cello Vibrate by the moving bow. Autumn tones in red and...
Read moreDetails. For Israel Under Siege Imagine that you live in fear of violent Acts of terror daily---bombs may kill Your...
Read moreDetails. The Man in 2C I’m trying not to make too much of this, But someone in 2C (the floor...
Read moreDetails. Morning Witness To greet the dawn, I crossed a meadow green, still blanketed in jewels of morning dew. I...
Read moreDetails. Not Alexa's President a pantoum on the news story here “The real risk with AI isn't malice but competence.” ...
Read moreDetails. It’s All for Show The Big Guy’s going to build a wall. He’s going to build it strong and...
Read moreDetails. The Cabin _Atop the plateau’s rise, __I’m homeward bound, When sights familiar strike my eyes. Come with me---see the...
Read moreDetails. Blocked Though honeyed breezes warm the marble halls on Mount Parnassus, vainly do I search for writing on my...
Read moreDetails. The Lowest Heaven: Canto III of Paradise by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) translated by Stephen Binns The sun which with...
Read moreDetails. Winter Storm in May A High Sierra snowstorm passes through, Injecting winter into springtime May; As frozen fluffs of...
Read moreDetails. Village Home after George Enescu's Orchestral Suite no. 3, “Villageoise” Along the tree-lined lane he walks at dusk; What...
Read moreDetails. Hybrid and Wild All of her life had a meaning, Each section in its compartment. Tenants went through a...
Read moreDetails. Introduction This long lyric of short lines has pairs of stanzas linked in rhyme. It is a sequence honoring...
Read moreDetails. Late Changes Though older people may proclaim __That they intend to change, One should by no means find it...
Read moreDetails. The Song of the Woman Who Bled Mark 5:25-34 When you have no more money you can spend, Then...
Read moreDetails. Season of Gall and Sticky Listlessness Autumn is upon us here in Texas. Her shy arrival’s destined to perplex us. Just like...
Read moreDetails. . Massacre of the Innocents Matt. 2:18, 10:28, 18:10; Psalm 116:15; 2 Mac. 7:29 Why are the fish and...
Read moreDetails. The Fairy Godmother for Susan Jarvis Bryant The fairy sings so far away and lifts My spirit, day by...
Read moreDetails. The Idealist Who Became an Ideologue a rondeau redoublé To heal the world he treasured this ideal: Unite the...
Read moreDetails. Writers of the Purple Sage What happened to the music? The writers of the West? The legends of the...
Read moreDetails. Autumn Summons The wind carries the leaves, And leaves the colors bear; The field prepares the sheaves That hold...
Read moreDetails. Victimhood & Narcissism . I. The Joy of Grief “To have a grievance is to have a purpose in...
Read moreDetails. Wood a pantoum It’s only furniture. But that’s both truth and lie. To find Mom’s treasured things a loving...
Read moreDetails. Ode to the Strings of My Guitar I How still you sleep, oh strings of my guitar, As if...
Read moreDetails. The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged...
Read moreDetails. Two Dragon Statues Tây Hồ, Hà Nội, Việt Nam, Constructed 2012 They stand on waves just off West Lake’s...
Read moreDetails. Sea Breeze Negative ions aloft, Wafting aloft in the breeze. That mystical, maritime breeze Bestowing a comfort and ease....
Read moreDetails. Labyrinthine Bag My wife, bless her heart, went and bought me a bag with tons of compartments, and pouches,...
Read moreDetails. Abortion Notes Please bury babies ripped to parts, Especially their tiny hearts. They’re slain in hiding from our sight....
Read moreDetails. In Eve’s Footsteps based on “Genesis 2: Teaching its Truth to Women” by Kimberly Hartke “And the Lord God...
Read moreDetails. Ponderings on the Porch The chutes of light this autumn day __Beam down between the leaves. Sun’s equinox has...
Read moreDetails. In the Park ___It showed up in the green ___Today: that velveteen _Exhaustion that betokens summer’s end, ___Its richness...
Read moreDetails. Rhyme Subprime I tend to rant against slant;maybe it’s something I can’t__embrace with affection__or write to perfection but I...
Read moreDetails. Poets create marvels of linguistic delights about anything and everything… but what about nothing? Can your Muse capture the...
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