‘So Simple’ and Other Poetry by Mike Bryant
. So Simple Lies are told to Balkanize, To disenfranchise, federalize, To bloat the vote. An anecdote, A narrative, a...
Read moreDetails. So Simple Lies are told to Balkanize, To disenfranchise, federalize, To bloat the vote. An anecdote, A narrative, a...
Read moreDetails. Maria Montessori Seldom felt hunky-dory. Her vision for education Fell short of inspiring a nation. . King George the...
Read moreDetails. The Devil and the Hounds of Hell Over and over in the gloom of night, In degrees of Celsius...
Read moreDetails. What Is Truth? a pantoum To keep us blind and riven You falsify the facts. You will not be...
Read moreDetails. We Are in for Another Covid Christmas! We are in for another Covid Christmas: __Lockdown tales of woe. ____Now...
Read moreDetails. Turn, Turn, Turn I, whose heart is closed and locked, Who turned away when your Son knocked And who,...
Read moreDetails. Daphne and Apollo “O foolish Cupid,” fair Apollo mocked. “To think that you, a wanton boy, should dare To...
Read moreDetails. Failure to Strive Do, or do not. There is no try. —Master Yoda We’ve traveled far, or so it...
Read moreDetails. Elemental, My Dear Slight air and purging fire, the first my thought, the other my desire. ---Shakespeare, "Sonnet 45"...
Read moreDetails. Passer Mortuus Est, from Carmen 3 by Catullus (84-54 B.C.)| Translated from Latin by R.W. Rhodes My baby's favored...
Read moreDetails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCmLSOndstY . CREDITSPoetry: Robert FrostAudio/Visual Work: Society of Classical PoetsVoice-Over: S.A. ToddPhoto: "Yellow Forest" by Eflon (used under creative...
Read moreDetails. The Biden Oil Refrain As President, on his first day, He closed old Keystone down, Then shut off Arctic...
Read moreDetails. The Gusting Winds The gusting winds, they blow, it seems, more bleakly this December; They bite my cheeks and...
Read moreDetails100 Days of Dante Poetry Contest Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Faith & Writing with the Society of Classical...
Read moreDetails. A Shot in the Dark "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government,...
Read moreDetails. The lights went off, for long enough, And in the darkness things got rough, All four quarters gushing red—...
Read moreDetails. Listening to Bach While the World Falls Apart for Adrianna, Paul, and Beth I Sight isn’t needed---the continuous cracking...
Read moreDetails. Where Is God? Along life’s way Problems arise. Some seen before--- Some do surprise. “Why Lord, to me Comes...
Read moreDetails. Ruby’s House to the memory of Ruby Elaine Seal Rizley (1896-1978) You knew it when you woke up in...
Read moreDetails. On Mark Twain's Birthday He piloted a Mississippi steamboat, Then panned for gold and sailed around the world. He...
Read moreDetails. A Silenced Voice Cried Out dedicated to Peng Shuai A voice cried out decrying her assault, Courageously to light...
Read moreDetails. Allentown Nights Sometimes the nights were full of evil there. Relentless searchers drove the block most nights, While novices...
Read moreDetails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxBbaZHU3qk . Audio/Visual Work: Society of Classical Poets Voice-Over: Evan Mantyk Photo: Hans Permana, “Meal time!” (used under creative...
Read moreDetails. Haiku Across western skies, a long, dark array of clouds: the storm approaches. . . Parnassus O, God, he...
Read moreDetails. CDC: Urgent Directive Dillard “Sparky” Barker Is a Doc at CDC. It seems he’s done a study That is...
Read moreDetails. Four Thousand Four Hundred Miles The shiny willows waved in yellow bloom Inland beyond the spit of dirty sand...
Read moreDetails. Many years ago I gave a talk at a scholarly conference at Queens College, C.U.N.Y. My section of the...
Read moreDetails. Guilty Thoughts I Through idle thoughts alone if no-one knows, We cannot hurt someone who never will Find out....
Read moreDetails. My Raven My Raven is a different bird. I guess he learned a different word Than Poe’s that uttered...
Read moreDetails. A Song of Thanksgiving The pilgrims long ago faced strong __Attacks on their beliefs, And found a land they...
Read moreDetails. Honest to God a rondeau I do not know why Sarah died; I only know her parents cried Such...
Read moreDetails. Permanent Power Plan Scene: While Joe Biden is taking notes, the Statue of Liberty appears and gives him ideas....
Read moreDetails. Making Asses A meditation on pop star Demi Lovato’s expounding on her newfound sexuality in an interview on "The...
Read moreDetails. First and Foremost We’re human first and foremost: kith and kin. So never judge on looks and looks alone....
Read moreDetails. Three Perspectives from Samos Poet’s note: The Greek island of Samos, in the region of Ionia, was the reputed...
Read moreDetails. Reality—Plan B If you don’t like the world the way it is, And think that “he” should be the...
Read moreDetails. A Knot of Ought Nots A bright blue canoe atop of Mount Crumble, canoes can be tippy; down it...
Read moreDetails. Don’t Tread on Me For Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted on November 19, the feast day of St. Elizabeth of Hungary,...
Read moreDetails. Circles It seems to me that living comes in circles, That nothing, even this, is ever new, That all...
Read moreDetails. Who’s the Villain Now? My poems drip with vitriol and gall,Each stanza driving home a heartfelt curse—A side-effect of...
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