The Chained Muse

By Bruce Meyer

A Homeric Hymn

There is a picture a friend snapped of me drunk atop Dun Laoghaire’s Martello tower. I’d been overseas for months, my hair grown into an...

By Bret Weinstein

Let Loose the Seuss! - A Poem by Dr. Weinsteinium

Liberalism is back, and it rhymes. Poem introduced in DarkHorse Podcast Livestream #70: https://youtu.be/13ZrAs7o8wY

By David B. Gosselin

Chinese Mountain Man VIII: The Night Sky

Trekking among the steep defiles, Trailed by the sage, a young boy tried To use the dim-lit stars in hopes Of finding some path or some...

By Michael R. Burch

Infinity

Have you tasted the bitterness of tears of despair? Have you watched the sun sink through such pale, balmless air that your soul sought...

By Gerald Therrien

Shall We Allow Poets in the Republic?

Much has been written and read about Plato banning poets from the republic – why would he do that? The poet John Milton wrote a humorous...

By Charissa Roberson

Riptide

The sky calls me forward. I plant my feet on trembling boards, A world racing, throbbing below. Salt spit stings my toughened skin....

The Editor

Escaping the Brave New World: Defeating the Culture of Zeus

This week, the New Lyre Podcast’s David Gosselin sat down with RTF’s Matthew Ehret in order to discuss the important matter of art,...

By Unknown Author

The Monk

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When...

By James A. Tweedie

Two Pearls

This poem (and the music that accompanies it) was written to honor the memory of a Japanese woman who survived two American bombings of...

By Daniel Leach

Ghost Spring

The light falls softly on the sparkling lawn, And then awakens every tree and flower, All earth renews, as it has since the dawn Of life...

By Gerald Therrien

The Sleep of Reason

If you should fall asleep, once more, And heed that soothing, calm refrain – From evening’s care, close fast the door – To quiet the...

The Editors

Escaping the Brave New World Part I: Fleeing Huxley's Island

In this first episode, poets David Gosselin and Adam Sedia discuss the nature of tragedy and explore the subtleties of escaping a today's...