The Old Horse In The City
By Vachel Lindsay The moon’s a peck of corn. It lies Heaped up for me to eat. I wish that [...]
The Power Of Words
Letitia Elizabeth Landon ‘Tis a strange mystery, the power of words! Life is in them, and death. A word can [...]
Anthem for Doomed Youth
By Wilfred Owen What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? — Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only [...]
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863 – 1940) The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day: The score stood four [...]
Vocabulary
– Jason Schneiderman I used to love words, but not looking them up. Now I love both, the knowing, and [...]
The Rape of Persephone
(Inspired by the sculpture of “The Rape of Persephone” by Bernini, in the Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy) Susan A. Katz [...]
A Legend of Truth
Rudyard Kipling Once on a time, the ancient legends tell, Truth, rising from the bottom of her well, Looked on [...]
Eating Poetry
by Mark Strand Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been [...]