. According to The Telegraph, the University of Salford is planning to remove sonnets from its Creative Writing program.  The...

. All Are Numbered Moving along the narrow grassy rows Under a sherbet sky, time seems to be The only...

. The Devoted Angler The river follows on its winding way, And in the angler’s camp above the bank Lilt...

. Satan’s Limericks on the Seven Deadly Sins Sepulchrum patens est guttur eorum; linguis suis dolose agebant: venenum aspidum sub...

. The Obsession of Emily Rose (A Cautionary Tale) Emily-May Matilda Rose, from the age of three, Acquired the habit...

. https://youtu.be/6gDs63kyLhc . CREDITS Poetry: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Voice-Over: S.A. Todd Photos/Footage: Photo of Pharaoh by ArchaiOptix, licensed under...

. Some Days in the Life of a Bride of Christ “But he that is joined unto the Lord is...

. FIRST PLACE https://youtu.be/F3aTnHiJ4yU . Amends to the Innocent by Brian Yapko Dear Falun Gong, I owe you my amends....

. Resist Arrest Instead of Arresting Resistance In Denmark, something now is very rotten, As fetid as the food-scraps in...

. Moments in Marble from Michelangelo’s sculptures; above from left are depicted Dusk, Dawn, Night, and Day Day hustles up,...

. Patriotic It’s really clever, isn’t it, The words they use to smear us with? They call the righteous hypocrite;...

. Read by Susan Jarvis Bryant . In This House... In this house... We value science so much we accept...

. Reviewed Book: Virtue’s End by Joseph Sale by James Sale In writing this review I have to come clean...

. "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in English . "Tomorrow, at Dawn" Sung in French . Tomorrow, at Dawn by Victor...

. Euryalus Describes His Mother In Vergil’s Aeneid, the youthful Euryalus volunteers for a dangerous nighttime raid, asking that his...

. In Honor of Birthing Person's Day In gratitude and thanks I bless the one Who gave me life, who...

. A Mother’s Worth A mother’s worth, it glows and gleams in eyes. It beams in grins and giggles sent her...

. The Canterbury Tales---General Prologue, Lines 1-18 by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) Translated by Evan Mantyk When April’s sweetest showers downward...

. Mind Games---Three Cerebral Triolets  Propaganda  It wants your mind. It wants you blind. It warps and washes wayward brains....

. The First Spring Rain a rhupunt The first spring rain ends winter's pain; new growth again, the earth revived....

. A recording of our Christmas and New Year Poetry Reading in December has just been made available. Thank you...

. This, Too, Will Pass This, too, will pass--- They like to say. This pain now here Will fly away....

. Incense I cast my words aloft this way and that, Imagining they’re incense offered sweet And fragrant, curling in...

. Crank Out a Few, Please by Joseph S. Salemi Many years ago, when I was in graduate school, I...

. Guardians of the Sunset III. The years go down like liquor.  Drink and pour and drink again, and laugh...

. The Song of Nina Jankowicz The lies burst ripe and rife today. __Their juice spurts forth with pride. The...

. A Sonnet for My Nephew Your mother held you first, and then your dad, And after that, the nurse....

. May Day Note: Maypoles were a feature of ancient Roman festivals to mark the renewal of Spring. The feast...

. Apollo’s Lament He pounds his naked chest and looks for bones Suspecting that the bay tree is a sham....

. Apocrypha Two orbs in hand—one large, one small— He climbed the tower to the top. He let them go...

. Beauty at the Waterslide She stood at the top of the waterslide, Bikini, new curves, wavy hair; Surrounded by...

. Seasons of Change Our fervour was apricity’s embrace. As neon streaks awash a Nordic night, it flared unfettered through...

. Revelation You never see suspects admitting their guilt, __Or partisans stating they lied. You’ll never hear soccer stars fearing...

. Douglas MacArthur, Et Al. Douglas MacArthur waded through the surf, Unafraid to lead his men in battle. Today, they’d...

. A Tale of April 25, 1999 I’d practiced Falun Gong for seven years. It stopped my spine disease’s jabbing...

. Photo of Uluru / Ayers Rock by the Poet Uluru / Ayers Rock The winter outback chill of mid-Julys...

. St. George Updated Our age old bold defender __Now an up to date transgender Is consorting with the witless...

. By George! By George, St. George! You really are a slouch. Arise, pick up your lance, eschew the couch....

. Remembering Ophelia His scathing tongue had thrust her to the edge. It nudged her through the willow’s sunless fringe....

. A Call for Secession by Adam Sedia The fine arts currently lie atrophied in utter decline and degradation. Poetry is...