Guest poem sent in by Supriya Nair <nair_supriya@...> 'Sonnet' All we need is fourteen lines, well, thirteen now, and after this one just a dozen to...
Guest poem sent in by Raj Bandyopadhyay <rajb@...> A universal gem in sarcasm... 'On the Birth of his Son' Families, when a child is born Want it to be...
'Yasmin' (A Ghazel) How splendid in the morning grows the lily: with what grace he throws His supplication to the rose: do roses nod the head, Yasmin? But when...
Guest poem sent in by andreea cioloca <xaneira@...> "Luke Havergal" Go to the western gate, Luke Havergal, There where the vines cling crimson on the...
Guest poem sent in by Frank O'Shea <foshea@...> 'Brother Mick' The mountain frowned upon the school, The school stared at the street, And rich men's...
Guest poem sent in by Aseem Kaul <mithwarg@...> 'A Vow' I will haunt these States with beard bald head eyes staring out plane window hair hanging out in...
Guest poem submitted by a poster who wishes to remain anonymous 'To A Poet A Thousand Years Hence' I who am dead a thousand years, And wrote this sweet,...
Vikram Doctor <vikdoc@...> writes "For no particularly clear reasons, today's poem [Poem #1225] made me think of three others, each quite different,...
Continuing with Vikram Doctor's guest theme: 'Here Dead We Lie' Here dead we lie Because we did not choose To live and shame the land From which we sprung. ...
The third of Vikram Doctor's guest poems inspired by Poem #1225 'Learn by Heart This Poem of Mine' Learn by heart this poem of mine; books only last a little...
Guest poem sent in by Dominik Rabiej <dominik@...> 'You Whose Name' You whose name is aggressor and devourer. Putrid and sultry, in fermentation. You...
Guest poem sent in by Ivan Krstic <ccikrs1@...> Breaking with Minstrels convention, I'd propose the readers take a look at Marcel Duchamp's painting,...
Guest poem sent in by Russell Y. Webb <rw20@...> 'Ballad of Hector in Hades' Yes, this is where I stood that day, Beside this sunny mound. The walls of...
Guest poem sent in by Vidur <vidur_b@...> 'Peonies' This morning the green fists of the peonies are getting ready to break my heart as the sun rises, as...
Another guest poem inspired by Poem #1224 - Aseem <mithwarg@...> writes: Reading the Gluck poem reminded me of this exquisite Williams poem that I can't...
Guest poem sent in by Vidur <vidur_b@...> 'No Images' She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown skin Has no glory. If she could dance Naked, ...
Guest poem sent in by Seema Pai <seemapai@...> "This Will Not Win Him" Reason says, I will win him with my eloquence. Love says, I will win him with...
Guest poem sent in by Allen Finley <allen.finley@...> 'Hospital Haiku' The new interns Stiff in starched white suits. The July heat! Grinning into The...
Guest poem sent in by Mallika Chellappa <mchellappa@...> 'The Night has a Thousand Eyes' The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the...