. First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America Leave home behind, another lies ahead, Beyond these hills, these clover-covered...

. Ghost in This House "I don’t mind staying in, there’s another ghost here. He sits down in your chair,...

. The Boy Who Cried Wolf Once there lived a shepherd boy who Despised his dull profession. His job was...

. The Fall of the House of Yellow On July 28, 2023, after months of failed negotiations between Yellow Freight...

. The Cultured Hedonist Art responds to our need of pursuing an activity without end, for the pleasure of the...

. My Boy His mess of hair plays with the wind; Eyes beaming now, he shines alive, A thrill to...

. Lahaina I’ve felt your restless tides and watched your palms Sway in the breeze that sweeps in from Lanai;...

. Mighty Oak Spread thy boughs, oh mighty oak, __Let fall thy wine-red leaves, Which, when the rains around thee...

. The Jet Not Owned When climate czar John Kerry was chastised, For flying in his carbon-spewing plane, He angrily...

. Beach Fragments A million tiny fragments strewn across the sand Along the foaming margin of the boundless sea--- The...

. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing...

. Facing a Famine of Fatherhood in memory of Father Peter Carota They say a country road or city street,...

. Pick-up Truck Dude This dude in his old pick-up truck Sped recklessly, riding his luck. __He swerved ‘round the...

. Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of...

. To a Sand Gazelle You must believe the light will carry you, Across the Rub al Khali of your...

. Some Questions? “We’ll know our disinformation is complete when everything the U.S. public believes is false.” —William J. Casey,...

. Two Kites Ascending a Spenserian sonnet Two kites ascending, carried on the wind, Each in its way, a most...

. The Certainty of Kelly Green My friend and I went to a coffee shop; She read her intricately crafted...

. Mercedes Benz Makes a Corporate Decision Good morning, fellow members of the board. I’ve summoned you because your vote’s...

. Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it...

. Snowflakes on the Campus Snowflakes on the campus. Snowflakes in the hall. Snowflakes were insulted. Watch the snowflakes bawl!...

. Paradise Lost Satan Found in the Modern by Michael Curtis The guardian prince Saint Michael, spiritual warrior, leader of...

. Batten the Sovereign Soul I think we used to be stronger, home-made With simple stuff.  We’d read a headline, see...

. The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s always Them....

. On Water & Evil “Evil, like water, seeks the lowest point.” ---Earnest McDaniel The thunder clapped again, applauding light...

. Conversion The great advantage of the years I stacked up often carelessly And often as a mutineer Against all...

. Some Post-Animated Protestations of Goliath of Gath Firstly, I protest That this protestation Is useless nonetheless. Secondly, I object...

. The Forgotten Earl He thought about the sonnets that he wrote; The time he spent composing metered lines Of...

. The End’s Hard Edge The End Is Near, it always was, Its point is clearer now because Collapsed disturbance...

. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate. Among members of the Society of Classical...

. August. The rose-of-sharon blossoms float like stars Within my reach: I’m lying on the grass Observing sunset fade and...

. Medieval Scam Letter Felicitations from the Holy Land, Where I, as sole survivor of a band Of mercenary soldiers...

. The Sky Within The rolling sea becomes a frothy lather When argent Sister Moon calls forth a tide And...

. Death Musings . 1 On New Year's Day my body fell as dead Before a frightened child who hid...

. The Tortoise and the Hare in limericks A tortoise and hare were a-talkin’. Said Hare: “Why, your slowness is...

. One Law Away Everyone can agree that we all disagree. __We don’t see what we see quite the same....

. The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll The landing offered just the space required for Wagner and the band...

. . Learn Now, Learn Now, Young Master ‘Learn now, learn now, young master; You soon will take your test....

. Key West Rum, reeling, raunchiness, and revelry, Palms, poincianas, palaces of old--- All lie behind; the Morro Castle’s hold...

. The Number 53: To His Coy Transport Had we but world enough and time, My coy and tardy 53,...