The Halloween Party by Aidan Mathews (published in The Irish Times , October 29, 2022 ) I hoist a knitted skeleton on a drip-stand in...

We all need to let go of something or someone. (Hey, "The Raven" speaker! Let go of Lenore!). It is easy to talk about, even plan, but...

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of...

Early October Snow by Robert Haight (published in his 2013 book, Feeding Wild Birds , from Mayapple Press) It will not stay. But this...

Dish of Mashed Peas by Susan Terris (published in her 2019 book, Familiar Tense , and can also be found here on her website) Some...

First, you should really read today's poem on my blog. If you are not a "nana" person, you may be jealous of how those folks get through...

Every Body Lies by A.E. Hines (published in his 2021 book, Any Dumb Animal , from Main Street Rag Press) That’s what it says on her...

As a Capricorn, I am ambitious, loyal, responsible, honest, determined, pessimistic, sensitive, practical, and suspicious. Part of my...

Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My...

Onions by William Matthews (published in his Selected Poems and Translations, 1969-1991 , Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992) How...

Use today's wonderful poem posted here on my blog, During an Enchantment in the Life by Brenda Hillman, for your inspiration today. She...

During an Enchantment in the Life by Brenda Hillman (published in her 2022 book, In a Few Minutes Before Later (Wesleyan University ...

Birds in Cemeteries by George Kalogeris (published in NOR 11, Spring 2012 ) It must be the shade that draws them. Or else the grass....