. From The Burkean: Icarus magazine currently holds the reputation of being Trinity College’s — if not Ireland’s — premier...

. Sold I. Summer Honey Crush  Soft, silken lips shone from her screen last night. She saw them, plump and...

. https://youtu.be/LRxFaGgdazE Our Worthy Sons dedicated to Samuel by Susan Jarvis Bryant Our worthy sons should never be ashamedOf who...

. Ode to Salmon, the Episcopal Fish a poem in honor of Bishop Athanasius Schneider No birdsong greets the chilly...

. Your poem can be serious, silly, or something in-between. List the “random words” you chose as your poem’s title...

. Dispiration I have nothing to say, Not a thought in my head. If I needed to pray There would...

. Not What He Thinks All my success An old friend said Has clearly gone Straight to the head. I’ll...

. The Street Cop's Choice Thanks for coming home to help me choose. I know my kids will always have...

. Tribute to a Poet for Leonard Dabydeen, an SCP poet who passed away on March 16, 2022. Read Leonard...

. Love Letter to a Spoon How fine thou art my silver spoon. Your neck as graceful as a swan....

. Dueling Violins Yanni, Karen Briggs and Shardad Rohani live at the Acropolis in 1993 Anticipating each half-note he brings to...

. Slàinte! Today we’ll lift the Lenten limitations And don our Gaelic garb of kelly green. Bonhomie and glee and lush libations...

. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Share your St. Patrick's Day Poetry in the comments section below. While writing and posting,...

. Heights of Passion Passion flowers white and purple Bloom where tendrils curl and cling To the overhanging myrtle Sheltering...

. Berenice for my mother, Berenice Stone Cook Indebted to a simple spark of life, You missed your chance at...

. On Sighting a Marsupial "Serve with: Turnip greens" —Joy of Cooking Opossums are so ugly that it isn’t clear...

. Two Poems for White Day On White Day, March 14, men in Japan present white gifts to women, in...

. Time Is of the Essence The powers that be in their ivory tower, Make important decisions for sure, While...

. A White Knight a triolet With fires of hope and spirit bright, who will stand up for what is...

. A North Indian Summer They ask of me to write a sonnet fine In praise of Summer and her...

. The Arch of Titus The Arch of Titus was constructed in 81 AD by the Emperor Domitian to commemorate...

. "I Heard Chapman Speak Out Loud and Bold" by Margaret Coats My title quotes “On First Looking into Chapman’s...

. Captured As Herbert writes in Love-joy there’s a view of grapes upon a vine.  But mine is this- the...

. Hermes, The Artisan Hermes, son and messenger of Jove, Surveyed the coast, where often he would rove, And found...

. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaAv09XqwAY . Young Strongbow anonymous American ballad (Words in parentheses are alternate lyrics suggested by other extant versions of...

. Prudence Huntleigh, Head Librarian theme of “the proverbial uptight librarian” suggested by Brian Yapko She mans the front desk...

. Yet Another Exhibition Opening "Art is the pleasure of a spirit that enters nature and discovers that it too...

. Ex Nihilo Is a Joke “. . .it starts with an empty universe” ---Stephen Fry, Cosmos, vii An empty...

. Justification He smashed the windows, grabbed the wares, With rage against society That made him free of any cares...

. Seeing the Light by Susan Jarvis Bryant . I. Peace Be with You… a pantoum   “Peace is possible, truth...

. Little to Regret When Time has stilled my body __Think of me now and then, Asleep beneath the wattle,...

. Introduction Today, the communist government of China, the world’s largest nation, is attacking the basic freedom of thought and...

. Pergola My vines entwined around your posts and beams of weathered wood the sun had silvered gray. My trunk...

. Memento, Homo… "There is no architecture in New Orleans, except in the cemeteries." —Mark Twain If we should go...

. The Poem that Built a Nation: Finland and the Kalevala by Adam Sedia Nowhere perhaps is the power of...

. Trudeau’s Canada Jab them all, Big and small. Small are buffer And must suffer. No opinions, Little minions. Cover...

. Beneath the Tide The tidal basin ebbs and flows each dayAs if it were a sentient, breathing thing—A pas...

. Salieri on Mozart More wine, Signore... Should I say mein Herr? I know! French cognac. Spirits help me share...

. Many poets have been sending in poetry on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Post your poetry directly below. . ....

. Spring The Spring is coming and each day Earlier falls dawn’s curtain grey Before the star-enchanted world Where, in...