Category Archives: Poems

The Rape of Persephone

(Inspired by the sculpture of “The Rape of Persephone” by Bernini, in the Villa Borghese, [...]

A Legend of Truth

Rudyard Kipling Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, Truth, rising from the bottom [...]

Eating Poetry

by Mark Strand Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness [...]

Fire and Ice

By Robert Frost Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. [...]

WILD GEESE

Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk [...]

Not Writing

Jane Kenyon A wasp rises to its papery nest under the eaves where it daubs [...]

The Dog

by Ogden Nash The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that [...]

Apostrophe To Man

Edna St. Vincent Millay (On reflecting that the world is ready to go to war [...]

The 19th Amendment & My Mama

Mahogany L. Browne I always took it for granted, the right to vote She said [...]

Drop a Pebble in the Water

by James W. Foley (1874-1939) Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and [...]