A Nameless Fossil
What creature’s frame, entombed in stone, Lies, though marine, in open air? As if it glimpsed the Gorgon’s stare, Hard rock outlines its...
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By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 13, 2018
- 1 min
I Know Why the Red Rose Weeps
I know why the red rose weeps, Why she hides her tears in dew, As the summer breezes sweep From those seas of peaceful blue, And then...
By James A. Tweedie
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
A Grief Observed
In dactylic hexameter Turgid the sea as it billows and foams in the face of the tempest. Wind-lifted wave-crests explode into diamonds...
By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
- May 14, 2018
- 1 min
Only if
If I am your priest Confess to me all, If I am your lover Trust in this fall, If I am your guru Then listen deeply, If I am your friend...
By Michael R. Burch
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
Poetry
Poetry, I found you where at last they chained and bound you; with devices all around you to torture and confound you, I found...
By Shouvik N. Hore
- May 1, 2018
- 1 min
On the Epitaph of John Keats
Here lies One whose name was writ in water- O Delphic streams washing aged tombs by! A single glance spare when violets cry Near one...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 23, 2018
- 2 min
Father Hennepin and the Great Spirit
This concludes a third in the series of poems, based on the poet's journey to Niagara Falls. Read parts 1 & 2 & 3 here. Father Hennepin...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 16, 2018
- 2 min
Three Sister Islands*
Again I sit, as I sat long ago, Upon a rock, among the delicate ferns, While all around, the rushing waters flow In violent, impetuous...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 9, 2018
- 1 min
To a Northern Summer Morning
Soft, cool Northern Summer morning, You often greet my eyes in pleasant dreams, Old friend, who whispered to me in my youth Of love, or...
By Daniel Leach
- Apr 2, 2018
- 2 min
Flight of the Ibis
In the golden light of the late Spring evening, A boy is dreaming on the backyard swing, Swinging and dreaming, as over the treetops And...
By Paul Gallagher
- Mar 31, 2018
- 1 min
Of Sense
‘Cross all the rise of history The greatest voices spoke to me, Warmed me like fire; I did not reply, But hearing I stood as in their...
By Omar Ahmad Alkhulaki
- Mar 25, 2018
- 1 min
My Soul is Dark
My soul is ever so dark, Like the majestic night, In its center my heart, Shines atop milky white. And from an early start, It never had...
By Edward Hoke
- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min
Sonnet — by Edward Hoke
12/03/17 Of all ye gods, that crown Olympus high, Who yet remains that man’s not brought to heel? When aircraft daily pierce great Zeus’s...
By Paul Gallagher
- Mar 20, 2018
- 2 min
Who Can Tell a Wave...
Who Can Tell a Wave… Who can tell a wave when its run will end? A soldier answers, “None.” How many chances come to flee or stand? Again...
By Daniel Leach
- Mar 3, 2018
- 2 min
In St. Mary's Church — Fredricksburg, TX
High above the altar, looking down, The stained-glass angel smiles almost unseen, At generations passing through below, Some raise their...
By David B. Gosselin
- Dec 4, 2017
- 2 min
The Gardens of Cordoba
My heart longs for gardens at Cordoba Where young maidens weep like morning roses; And suns never shimmer without gilding Cloudlets with...
Omar Ahmed Alkhulaqi
- Nov 23, 2017
- 1 min
Ode to the South of Yemen
Years have passed and sadly miles apart, I dip this pen in the blood-pools of my heart, We cried for help, there’s no response, Our...
By Daniel Leach
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min
Evening Flight
The sun appeared to linger long and low Upon the Western sea of clouds that day, And for a moment draw the soul away To sacred places...
By David B. Gosselin
- Nov 1, 2017
- 1 min
In Memory of John Keats (1795 – 1821)
If time must all accounts settle And with all mortals seek requital How should the earthly heaven afford When in time death’s train all...
By David B. Gosselin
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
Behind the Sparkling Light in All Men's Eyes
Behind the sparkling light in all men's eyes, Across the wide arcade of twinkling skies Reside the hidden dreams of those who died, Who...
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