Recent Trends in Young Adult Fiction
I swear like a drunken sailor, I’ve written more books than I’ve read, I may not be Norman Mailer, I may not be too well-bred. But I…
Antiques & Collectibles
For C. G. 1 Remember how you wrote to me when Your father died, that it was difficult Navigating the vacancy: I have repeated This phrase to…
An Old Memory
I could not follow you, good teacher, why Demand what I could not safely afford? Amid my riches in mourning I lie, Thinking of when you might…
Where the Nereids Swim and Play
Where the Nereids swim and play On golden sand there I lay Under the sun, moon, and stars My heart does look from afar. Where the Nereids…
A Pharisee Notices a Tax-Collector
I bought up my God at a deluxe sale, He fits snugly in my pocket, clinking With my loose change, a most amusing tale, Here is no…
Ode to the Archangels
Michael, His sword is sharp, His armor thick, He does not play a flute or harp, His spear a deadly stick. Oh, Holy Knight of Christ, Who…
Total Love
Tired Withering Dark olive skin resting on the soft embrace of light blue shirt, like weary Atlas leaning against hospitable skies momentarily. And then those chestnut punctuations…
To Die at Appomattox
On the removal of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery The compromise has been forsaken. She was lifted from the pedestal As an airbus smeared…
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Would that I but had a garden Wherein which I could tend the soil, And stand watch like patient warden Over the seedlings as they grow. What…