. Heritage I’ve never asked for anything The living soil does not provide. I don’t want cash; I don’t want...

. An Ode to Silay Cathedral bells now toll, And horses march the streets, The crowd has filled the hall,...

. Medusa's Sisters Medusa lost her head and found renown instead. Her living sisters roared, “And why are we ignored...

. High Society The Cornelius mansion on Park Avenue, New York City, Sunday, August 22, 1886 A derby hat; a...

. Book Reviewed: Doorway: The English Cantos, Volume III, by James Sale, 2025 by Cynthia Erlandson It’s been several years...

. Healing by Heart Dear André, let me see your face And cry out with you to lament The rot...

. Linden She stands against the sunlit sky, _Her beauty plain to see. The birds sing sweet and pleasant songs...

. Anachronistic Chaucer When April showers, forecast on TV,delayed our pilgrimage to Canterbury,an eating house, clept Hooters, we espiedbeside a...

. The Luigi Mangione Act We need to contemplate the true impact of The Luigi Mangione Act. Although we sympathize...

. https://youtu.be/9Qx03HgoXAQ . . Andrew Benson Brown‘s epic-in-progress, Legends of Liberty, chronicles the major events of the American Revolution. He writes...

. The Ballad of Shamus Well, Shamus were a likely lad wid a good well-meanin’ ‘eart As strong as O’Malley’s...

. Bardic Bones Who dug the dust? Who didn’t spare the stones? Who churned the earth that festered with a...

. Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more...

. The Comedy of Rosalind ---As You Like It I show more mirth than I am mistress of. This forest...

. On Shen Yun . I. The land of China. Deep in history That like a river flows with people...

. Voyage Among the Ancients "Tread softly, for here you stand On miracle ground…" ---Lawrence Durrell, "On Ithaca Standing" (...

. Two Lyrics by Philodemus of Gadara translated from Greek by Joseph S. Salemi . V.124 Summertime has not yet...

. Innovative Thinking My long-time love gave me a special gift, a photo of himself when he was young. He...

. Stone’s Point of View They brought Him to the tomb and rolled me into The right position to seal...

. Easter Couplets Easter’s more than just about eggs and bunnies;More than what you may have read in the funnies....

. Who Are You and Who Am I ---a villanelle Who are you and who am I That you fill...

. Emmaus We barely saw he’d joined us as we made Our way along the road, so sad, afraid, So...

. In the Garden of the King In the garden of the King I sit beside a crystal spring. The...

. Holy Saturday "Call the Sabbath a delight." —Isaiah 58:13 His weary, soulless body needed rest, Not only pierced and...

. Crucified  She pondered horrors of the modern age. He thumbed through piles of dusty history tomes. She craved the...

. Unless . . . As un-sun darkness swallows up the day, And quake shake rends an empty Holy Place,...

. Good Friday Rain I wake and hear the rain cascade. Its cleansing drops roll down my pane; They soak...

. . Lament for Clairac by Théophile de Viau (1590-1626) translated from French by A.Z. Foreman Sun-hallowed walls where I...

. Poetry Legacy Superb is her poetic contribution, Unique in its design and execution. She hopes the work is widely...

. Australian poet Clive Boddy sent in the article "How Poetry Changes You and Your Brain" published in Greater Good...

. Magnolia The south wind’s newfound breath, The spring sun’s waxing ray, Draw from your outward death An opulent array....

. "But Fruits Are Not Concealed in Them" ---Friedrich Schiller, "Breath and Depth" We hear the ancient rule: The fools...

. The Hermit Curses Sharp sunrises cut white streaks on the plain, whet edges on black soil, where all at...

. Curb Appeal . I. You really couldn't find a better plotOn which to build a house. The yard is...

. Druthers I’ve never warmed to the absurd idea That I should lean toward being what I ain’t. I’m more...

. Ovechkin Beats Gretzky He’s the greatest at one task, it’s putting biscuits into baskets. He scores goals from awkward...

. Cantarella Wine Rome. 1501. Lucrezia Borgia hosts Bishop Giovanni Cavalieri of the Republic of Siena. He is visiting Rome...

. Strange Blindness: A Play in Two Acts . Prologue Joseph and Jesus knew that perfect timing---and not plain, unforeshadowed...

. A Ballad of Life ---after Winslow Homer's "Through the Fields" They spoke of life unfolding, A future far from...

. Hannah Duston She looms there, immortalized, in bronze gone blue, a puritan woman with crude hatchet cocked. Her stare...