Guest poem sent in by Paul E Collins <e@...> "The Sonnet" Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, you have frown'd, Mindless of its just honours; with this key ...
Guest poem sent in by Catherine Pegg <theamazingcatherine@...> "Tobacco Is Like Love" Tobacco, Tobacco sing sweetly for Tobacco, Tobacco is like love, O...
Inspired by yesterday's poem... "The Betrothed" "You must choose between me and your cigar." --BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, CIRCA 1885. Open the old cigar-box, get...
Guest poem sent in by Don Case "Nice To Be Here" Nice to be here hope you agree Lying in the sun Lovely weather, must climb a tree The show has just begun All...
Guest poem sent in by Priscilla Jebaraj <prisci@...> "I Asked No Other Thing" I asked no other thing, No other was denied. I offered Being for it; The...
Guest poem sent in by William Grey <wgrey@...> "Tobacco's But an Indian Weed" Tobacco's but an Indian weed, Grows green at morn, cut down at eve, It...
Guest poem sent in by Dr. Roger Thurling <rogerthurling@...> "Christ in the Universe" With this ambiguous earth His dealings have been told us. These...
Guest poem sent in by a contributor who wishes to remain anonymous "September Twelfth, 2001" Two caught on film who hurtle from the eighty-second floor, ...
Guest poem sent in by Nisha Susan <nisha_s_a@...> "The Dover Bitch" So there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl With the cliffs of England crumbling away...
Guest poem sent in by Genevieve Aquino <gm.aquino@...> "Bonsai" All that I love I fold over once And once again And keep in a box Or a slit in a hollow...
Guest poem sent in by Firdaus Janoos <firdaus@...> 'Breakfast' He poured the coffee Into the cup He poured the milk Into the cup of coffee He added the...
Guest poem sent in by Pavithra Sankaran <twijavanthi@...> Something Genevieve Aquino said about packing and putting things away [1] reminded me of this...
Guest poem sent in by Prachi Gupta <prachi.gupta@...> 'Untitled' When the heart Is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let...
Guest poem submitted by J. Goard: "Mimi on the Beach" I scan the horizon for you, Mimi, I scan for the both of us... I scan the horizon for you, Mimi, I stand...
"Oh! Ever Thus, From Childhood's Hour" Oh! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay; I never lov'd a tree or flower, But 'twas the...
"Did I Miss Anything" Question frequently asked by students after missing a class Nothing. When we realized you weren't here we sat with our hands folded on...
Guest poem sent in by Ray Williams <Williams_Ray@...> "The Return" See, they return; ah, see the tentative Movements, and the slow feet, The trouble in the...
"Dead Man's Chest" Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of...
Guest poem sent in by Rachael Shaw <rachecola@...> "Call Me by My True Names" Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. ...
Guest poem sent in by Swati Chaudhary <swati.chaudhary@...> "Simplify Me When I'm Dead" Remember me when I am dead Simplify me when I am dead. As the...